Investors in Vietnam

Founded in 2009, East Ventures is a Tokyo-headquartered investment firm with an office in Singapore and Indonesia, targeting early-stage technology companies. EV Growth is a joint venture between East Ventures, SMDV and YJ Capital that focuses on providing growth capital to startups in Indonesia and the rest of Southeast Asia with an industry agnostic focus. The joint venture was started in March 2018.

IMM Investment Corp. is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in mezzanine investments. It focuses on mergers and acquisitions, venture capital investing, corporate restructuring, private equity investing, industry consolidation, management buyouts, spin-offs, recapitalizations, and cross-border investments. Within mergers and acquisitions, the firm invests in strategic mergers, growth through acquisitions, going public via a reverse merger, and strategic divestures. For recapitalizations, it targets family owned enterprise considering whole or partial exit and balance sheet restructuring. The firm also co-invests in buyout transactions. For its growth stage investments, it allocates 20 percent to startups, 40 percent to expansion, and 40 percent to mezzanine. The firm targets companies operating in information technology infrastructure, wireless communications entertainment and contents, franchising, cement, software, electricity, food and beverage, machinery, game software, chemical, paper manufacture, and automobile parts industries. For industries concentration, it sets 40 percent to information technology infrastructure focusing on security, application service provider, and e-commerce solutions; 30 percent to contents, focusing on education, game, and animation; and 30 percent to digital hardware focusing on network and communications equipment, semiconductor, parts and others. The firm also invests in infrastructure, environment, manufacturing, enzyme, biotechnology, and healthcare sectors. It also makes secondary investments. The firm primarily invests in South Korean medium-sized companies located in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Daegu, Gyeongsangbuk-do, and Chungcheongbuk-do. It prefers to take an active role in management. IMM Investment Corp. was founded in July 1999 and is based in Seoul, South Korea.

Dream Incubator, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in incubation and investments in all business stages. It seeks to invest in Japan and Vietnam including other part of Asia. The firm offers assistance in formulating capital policies and business plans to venture companies, as well as provides support required to meet the needs of companies in hi-tech and IT fields. Dream Incubator, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is based in Tokyo, Japan, with additional offices in China, Singapore and Vietnam.

Mekong Capital is a private equity and venture capital firm specializing in growth equity, financing expansions, and restructurings of existing businesses. It seeks to invest in early stage companies and may participate in management buyouts. The firm will not invest in property, hotels, banks, and start-ups. It invests in companies involved in the manufacturing sector, packaged consumer products, industrial products, distribution, retail, and may consider investments in agricultural and food processing; manufacturers of furniture, wood-products, and handicrafts; light manufacturing including garments, footwear, and plastics; manufacturers of industrial raw materials; companies focused on branding and distribution; producers of machinery and equipment; software outsourcing; and business process outsourcing. It invests in unlisted companies. It seeks to invest in companies that are owned by entrepreneurs or were formerly state-owned. The firm invests in private companies based in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. It invests between $1 million and $15 million. The firm typically invests in companies with annual revenues between $3 million and $10 million and annual net profit between $0.3 and $2 million in the year it makes the investment. It invests in new issuances of shares by existing companies. The firm prefers to take a seat on the board of directors of the company. The firm prefers to take minority stakes. It typically holds its investment for a period of five to eight years and seeks to exit through listing of shares or sale of shares to financial institution, strategic investor, or the company itself. The firm prefers to invest in companies that have at least one year of operations. Mekong Capital was founded in 2001 and is based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam with an additional office in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Cocoon Capital Partners Pte Ltd is a venture capital firm specializing in seed through Series A and early stage investments. It seeks to invests in B2B ecommerce, fintech, and SaaS with a target ticket size from SGD $350 thousand to SGD $1 million. The firm primarily invests across Southeast Asia and India. It prefer to act as lead investors and would normally require a board position. Cocoon Capital Partners Pte Ltd was founded on 2016 and is based in Singapore.

Smilegate Investment, Inc. is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in investments in merger and acquisition deals, buyout, early and mezzanine stages. The firm typically invests in information and communication, electronics, internet, movies, online and mobile game, animation, contents, medical equipment, software, petrochemistry and energy, biotechnology, and healthcare sectors. It also makes secondary investments. The firm primarily invests in Seoul, Gyeonggi, Gwang-ju, Daejeon, Gangwon, and Gyeongbuk province. It also considers investments in Indonesia. Smilegate Investment, Inc. was established in 1999 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.

Seeded by VinaCapital Group, VinaCapital Ventures is a USD100 million Vietnam-focused venture capital platform focused on investing in and building world-class technology companies and incorporating them into a full digital ecosystem. Their mission is to support entrepreneurs with big ideas and to help them build companies that make a significant impact on the lives of people in Vietnam and beyond. We partner with entrepreneurs and empower them with capital, access to our extensive business network, and local know-how from their years of experience in Vietnam and Southeast Asia.

Cento Ventures is a venture capital firm specialised in under-invested emerging digital markets, primarily Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia, the Philippines and Vietnam. Since 2011, we have been backing digital companies that blend local insights with proven digital business models. We support entrepreneurs in their ambition to build companies that are regional leaders in Southeast Asia. Cento is a Series A investor, committing on average US$1M initially, and up to US$4M over the lifetime of each investment.

Insignia Ventures Partners is a venture capital firm specializing in startup investments. The firm prefers to invest in technology sector in Southeast Asia. Insignia Ventures Partners is based in Singapore.

Founded in 2006, CyberAgent Ventures is a Japan-headquartered private equity firm that focuses on seed-to-early stage investments in technology companies primarily in Asia-Pacific and in the United States.