03 startups supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology were awarded in 30 Under 30 Asia Forbes Magazine

Monday, 13/04/2020 | 15:08

03/06 entrepreneurs in the field of innovative startups supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology through Project 844 were honored in 30 Under 30 Asia Forbes (young faces under 30 years of Asia).

Accordingly, the typical faces include:

Nghiem Xuan Huy - Founder and CEO of Finhay startup (Innovative start-up enterprise in financial technology) is one of 10 promising startups at the National Innovation and Innovation Contest - Techfest 2017 Organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology, receive media sponsorship of products / models to support market access, investors, investment funds and support to connect experts from Project 844 Finhay has been pouring millions of dollars from investors such as Insignia Venture Partners, H2 Ventures and Acorns.

In 2018, Finhay is one of 25 startup groups participating in the incubation training program of the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Support SIHUB jointly organized (From 2018 - 2020, SIHUB is the unit 03 consecutive years of participating in Project 844, performing the tasks of supporting activities and linking of service-providing organizations for innovative start-ups, supporting activities and associations of supporting organizations. support for start-up innovation at universities and research institutes, socio-political organizations).
In 2019, Finhay won the second prize with a prize of 3,000 USD at the Fintech Summit 2019 organized by the Ministry of Science and Technology in collaboration with Vietnam Silicon Valley Investment Fund (VSV) and Welcome Financial Group (South Korea) to The connection between fintech startups (financial technology) and venture capitalists.

In the same year, Finhay was announced as one of the top 100 fintech companies in the world, conducted by KPMG Auditing Company and H2 Ventures (Australia). At the same time, this startup was also selected as one of 60 enterprises with typical contributions to the field of Science and Technology and participated in an exhibition booth at an event of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Anniversary. 60 years of establishment (1959-2019) at the National Convention Center, Hanoi.



Mr. Nghiem Xuan Huy - Founder and CEO of Finhay startup (Innovative startup on financial technology)

Han Ngoc Tuan Linh is the co-founder and CEO of Vietnam Silicon Valley Capital, an investment startup with assets of US $7 million, aiming to invest in the first phase of startups. in Viet Nam. To present, the fund has made more than 70 investments.
Vietnam Silicon Valley is the Project of Technology Commercialization following the Silicon Valley model of the Ministry of Science and Technology in Vietnam, which was launched in 2013. This is the leading unit in implementing the push business organization model VSVA (VSV Accelerator) invests primer capital for more than 40 innovative startups, organizes connections and training for more than 300 investors, advisors and founders.
Since 2017, Vietnam Silicon Valley Accelerator Joint Stock Company has participated in leading 02 tasks under Project 844 towards supporting the activities of advanced training organizations on startup and innovation. individuals manage and operate organizations that innovate. In the following years, VSV continues to cooperate with many socio-political organizations to carry out training and communication tasks and especially to organize the National Innovation Day in Korea (Korea Techfest 2019) under Project 844. Through these activities, VSV Accelerator has increasingly asserted its ability to develop organizations supporting startups in a quality and sustainably, contributing to the overall development of the whole ecosystem.



Mr. Han Ngoc Tuan Linh is the co-founder and CEO of Vietnam Silicon Valley Capital

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huyen - Innovative startup of medical technology - Medlink Asia, providing solutions to use information technology to connect manufacturers, distributors - pharmacies and consumers in the pharmaceutical industry's ecosystem as well as digitized data from all clues in the pharmaceutical ecosystem. Medlink currently owns about 1,000 partners who are pharmacies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, some big drug companies such as Sao Thai Duong, Central Pharmaceutical Joint Stock Company 3, Medical VN... Medlink won the third prize in the creative entrepreneurial contest in the framework of Project 844 - Techfest 2018. It was then connected by the Ministry of Science and Technology to meet and connect investment activities in Korea and November, 2019 in the framework of International Techfest 2019. Besides, Project Office 844, Ministry of Science and Technology has connected this startup to many media organizations to support market development and product promotion, attracting investment.
In the same period, Medlink received a prize of $25,000 as the champion of Vietchallenge 2019 - an annual contest for Vietnamese people worldwide with a final round held at Harvard and MIT, USA. It is part of promoting the international startup community link of Project 844 from 2019.



Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Huyen - Innovative start-up in medical technology - Medlink Asia (on the left).

*** 30 Under 30 Asia in 2020, featuring talents under the age of 30 in various fields in Asia. According to Forbes, this list was chosen by reporters from 3,500 nominations from 22 countries and territories in the Asia-Pacific region, and appraised by experts with experience in the fields include: Art; Entertainment and Sports; Finance and Venture Capital; Media, Marketing and Advertising; Retail and E-commerce; Enterprise technology; Industry, Manufacturing and Energy; Health and Science; Social entrepreneur; Consumer technology.

***Within the framework of the project "Supporting the national innovation start-up ecosystem to 2025" (Project 844), Techfest is the largest annual event for Vietnam's creative startup community. Techfest Vietnam has also had a 5-year history of building and developing with the efforts of individuals with enthusiasm to contribute to the community benefits. Techfest is an opportunity to summarize and convey messages from the Government to the ecosystem. Techfest 2015 is the start-up year of building the Ecology, marking the first moves of the Government. Techfest 2016 illuminates the creative start-up ecosystem with the Government's orientation and companion through Project 844. Techfest 2017 recognizes the close connection between the actors of the ecosystem from the central to local levels. Techfest 2018 marks the development of international integration of Vietnamese startups “From here. To Global ”; In order for all resources to "converge" to the national Techfest, in 2019, the Ministry of Science and Technology has cooperated with localities to organize Techfest events in 4 key economic regions. At the same time, in order to promote Vietnam's creative startup ecosystem to the world and attract international resources to invest in Vietnam's innovative startups, the Ministry of Science and Technology held the international Techfest in the United States (September 7-14); Korea (from November 3 to 9) and Singapore (from November 10-14).

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