Where does Binh Tran work?

Binh Tran is Co-founder & General Partner of AVV and General Partner at AVV.

What check size does Binh Tran write?

Binh Tran typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.

Where did Binh Tran go to school?

Binh Tran studied at UC Irvine (BS, Computer Information and Sciences).

Binh Tran

InvestorFounder

General Partner at AVV · Co-founder and General Partner at 500 Startups Vietnam

Ho Chi Minh City

Writes $500K – $2M checks · typically $1M

FoundedAVV

Find your path to Binh

45 people in our graph share verified history with Binh — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Vinnie LauriaunlockedBinh: together at Vietnam Private Capital Agency (2024–2026)

Binh: together at Vietnam Private Capital Agency

×2Binh: together at UC Irvine

×3Binh: together at Klout

About

Co-founder and General Partner of AVV. Previously co-founded 500 Startups Vietnam, leading 40+ seed investments including Turing, ELSA, and Mudflap, and earlier co-founded and was CTO of Klout, acquired for over US$200M in 2014.

Invests in

AgTechAI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3FintechFoodTechFuture of WorkSaaS

Experience

Vietnam Private Capital AgencyFounding Board Membercurrent2024 — present
AVVCo-Foundercurrent2021 — presentHo Chi Minh City, Vietnam
500 Startups VietnamCo-founder and General Partnercurrent2015 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area and Vietnam
KloutCo-founder2008 — 2014San Francisco, California, United States
Evalulogix, LLCCo-founder2004 — 2008Manhattan Beach, California, United States
ICMPartner, Director of Technology2002 — 2007Manhattan Beach, California, United States
Player One, Inc.Senior Game Programmer1998 — 2001Santa Monica, California, United States
Software Development ContractingSoftware Engineer1995 — 1998Santa Monica, California, United States

Skills & more

Entrepreneurship99Start-ups21Seed Capital15Database Design48Hadoop67MapReduce34Venture Capital2

From Binh's professional profile.

Colleagues at AVV

Adrian Latortue

Partner at AVV

Balbir Bakhshi

Chief Risk Officer at London Stock Exchange Group

Eddie Thai

General Partner at AVV

Gregor von dem Knesebeck

Venture Partner at Nodem Capital

Hau Ly

Partner at AVV

Michael Tatarski

Communications Manager at AVV

Natalie Hoya

Legal Counsel at AVV

Network11

Fabrice GrindaScout

Co-founder & Managing Partner at FJ Labs

Akshay ChaturvediScout

Angel

Ariel JaduszliwerScout

Managing Partner at Brainstorm Ventures

Daniel IbriScout

Managing Partner at Mindset Venture

Dmitry AlimovScout

Founding Partner at Frontier Ventures

Eddie ThaiScout

General Partner at AVV

Faizan J. KhanScout

Founder and CIO at Visary Capital

Jeff WeinsteinScout

Partner at FJ Labs

Anthony Goldbloom

Investment Partner at AIX Ventures

Hau Ly

Partner at AVV

Omar Hamoui

Partner at Mucker Capital

Investors connected to Binh in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Who is Binh Tran?: Co-founder and General Partner of AVV. Previously co-founded 500 Startups Vietnam, leading 40+ seed investments including Turing, ELSA, and Mudflap, and earlier co-founded and was CTO of Klout, acquired for over US$200M in 2014.
Where does Binh Tran work?: Binh Tran is Co-founder & General Partner of AVV and General Partner at AVV.
What does Binh Tran invest in?: Binh Tran invests in AgTech, AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Fintech, FoodTech, Future of Work, SaaS.
What check size does Binh Tran write?: Binh Tran typically writes checks of $500K – $2M.
What companies did Binh Tran found?: Binh Tran founded AVV.
Where did Binh Tran go to school?: Binh Tran studied at UC Irvine (BS, Computer Information and Sciences).