History —
Formerly known as Vietnam Silicon Valley Accelerator or VSVA, VSV Capital Accelerator is the longest-running and leading accelerator that invests in Vietnam-connected startups since 2014. To date, we have invested into hundreds of entrepreneurs across 70+ investments, who have gone on to raise next rounds of funding for their startups with multimillion-dollar in valuations.
Our program is designed for pre-seed and seed stages startups to quickly validate the viability of their products and business models before scale. Startups in our accelerator portfolio also have the chance to receive follow-on investment from our venture funds.
130+ COMPANIES ACCELERATED
Our firsthand experience working with startups in Vietnam is unrivalled.
70+ INVESTMENTS MADE
Many of the brightest of startups in Vietnam have had us as their 1st institutional check.
UP TO $50K PER TEAM
Each team joining receives up to $50K in cash in exchange for 7-10% equity.
07 BATCHES HELD
Apart from your own cohort of promising startups, you also have access to our amazing network of alumni.
OVER 500X INCREASE IN VALUATION
Our portfolio companies have achieved valuations at up to more than 500x increase since joining our accelerator.
70% RAISED MONEY POST-PROGRAM
Most of our companies have successfully raised next rounds of funding from investors all around the world after graduation.
Workshops
Workshops and seminars will be done by experts in their fields, consisting of in-house mentors and external speakers, who will provide you with knowledge about business modelling, marketing, fundraising etc.
Office Hours
During Bootcamp, you can book 1-1 meetings with VSV Capital Lead Mentors as often as you need, to discuss anything you are working on, or to figure out together what you should be working on. Talk to us often!
Dinner Talks
Every week during Bootcamp, we will invite a speaker, who is usually either a seasoned entrepreneur or investor, to come and join the batch for dinner, and share their journey as well as their advices with you.
Events
There are two important events that we always organise for each batch: Feedback Day and Demo Day. Apart from that, there will be other social and networking events where we organise or give you access to.
Lead mentors —
Different from external Mentors from our network that we will match with startups from time to time, our in-house Lead Mentors, whom you will see almost everyday, are actual Partners of the firm. This means they have skin in the game as well as a holistic understanding of this space from years of investing and directly working with countless startups in various fields.
Linh Han
MANAGING PARTNER
Linh Han is Founder and Managing Partner at VSV Capital. He has raised and managed 4 funds, as well as led 60+ investment deals through the batches of VSV Capital Accelerator. Linh plays a critical role mentoring most of our startups from day one, taking them from almost 0 to up to 500 times multiple in valuation, and remains an active partner and advisor as they continue their journey post-Bootcamp.
Prior to founding VSV, he was working in Consulting and Banking. He was honoured by Forbes Asia in the 30 Under 30 list of 2020 for Finance & VC.
Gibs Song
GENERAL PARTNER
Gibs Song is General Partner at VSV Capital. Previously, he was Director of Samsung R&D in America and Samsung Electronics Corporate Venture, with his background of 25 years in technology development, management and consulting internationally. Before coming to Vietnam, he was an angel investor and venture partner in Silicon Valley. Many of his investments were acquired by big Korean corporations.
At VSV Capital Accelerator, he plays an important role in pulling international resources and partnerships to our portfolio companies.
