Keynote and investor panel on fundraising: Venture Capital & Fundraising Masterclass in Ho Chi Minh City
Singapore–Vietnam Future School Festival 2023 · keynote and panelist
What was covered
Jeremy gave a fundraising keynote and then joined an investor panel on the same theme at the Venture Capital & Fundraising Masterclass, part of the Singapore–Vietnam Future School Festival 2023, in Ho Chi Minh City on 21 July 2023. The session looked at startup funding in Vietnam, from pre-seed to Series A.
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Key points
- Date and venue: Friday 21 July 2023, 4:00pm, The Sentry, Ho Chi Minh City
- Organisers: Reactor School and The Sentry, with the Singapore Global Network as co-organiser
- Format: a fundraising keynote by Jeremy, then an investor panel on fundraising straight after
- Moderator: Adriel Yong (Head of Community, Ascend Angels)
- Panelists: Valerie Vu (Founding Partner, Ansible Ventures), Thao Ha (Venture Partner, Integra Partners) and Jeremy Au (then Chief of Staff, Monk’s Hill Ventures)
- The panel opened with each investor naming one point they agreed with and one they disagreed with from the keynote, given the different fundraising context in Vietnam
- How angel and pre-seed investing in Vietnam has been affected, and how early-stage startups raise capital in a difficult climate
- Down rounds as runway shrinks, and the trade-offs and complexities involved
- Creative ways startups extend runway while delaying a raise
- Common mistakes in early-stage fundraising, and what founders should prepare before approaching VCs
- How founders should choose which local or regional VCs to approach, and how to choose between multiple offers