Venture Capital refers to the activities that investors provide financial capital to individuals and start-up/small businesses that are believed to have long-term growth potential. Venture capital could be from banks, well-off investors or any financial institutions. They have to acknowledge the risks if the project they invest fails to make up for. In case successful, the investment will become the share of the venture capital firm. Venture capital are mainly focused in information technology, biology, chemistry, environmental protection projects or health projects.

A stark example in Vietnam is FPT Ventures, a venture arm of FPT Corporation. With the target to turn Vietnam into a startup country, FPT strategically cooperated with international funds & incubators to support startups by let them take full advantage of technical infrastructure as well as use the resources available from FPT. These startups will have the opportunity to work with experienced mentors internal & external of FPT, with the sole goal is to create the product that the market really needs, and be able to scale not only In Vietnam but also in the world. The highest priority of the fund was to invest Seed and Serie A funds in the companies that had undergone the concept development phase and had already entered the business or groups graduated from local and international incubators in a relationship with FPT.

List of some projects supported by FPT Ventures

Source: http://fptventures.com/portfolio.html

Writers

Le Thi Quynh Anh – ID.04

Nguyen Thu Ha – ID.06

Tran Thi Thu Trang – ID.19

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