The Founder Institute, the World’s Largest Startup Accelerator, announced today that it is exploring a new semester launch in Hanoi this Summer 2014.
If you'd like to help bring this great program to Hanoi this Summer, then fill out an Interest Form. If enough people complete this form by Sunday, April 27, 2014, then the Founder Institute will begin enrolling for a Hanoi Semester in the Summer of 2014.
If you would like to learn more, then please join us for a free, upcoming event:
- How to Come Up with Great Startup Ideas: 8:00am, Nov 11, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382158
- Founder Institute Online Information Session: https://FI.co/infosession
- How to Unlock Your Region’s Entrepreneurial Potential for Economic Growth: 12:00am, Nov 13, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382174
- Ask an Investor Anything: Q&A with Kirby Winfield (GP, Ascend VC): 1:00am, Nov 18, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382182
- Co-Founder Networking: Find a Business Partner: 1:00am, Nov 25, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382214
- How to Build Your 2026 Startup Operations Plan: 1:00am, Dec 02, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/381741
- Hiring for Startups: How to Build Your Team Early: 1:00am, Dec 09, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382202
- Founder Showcase: Startup Pitch & Networking Event, with Jenny Fielding (Everywhere Ventures): 12:00am, Dec 11, 2025 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382194
- Startup Pitch Practice: Share Your Idea and Get Expert Feedback: 1:00am, Jan 27, 2026 (Asia/Jakarta): https://FI.co/e/382110
Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200 cities and 100 countries, the Founder Institute has helped launch over 8,100 companies, which have created over 30,000 new jobs. The company's mission is to “Globalize Silicon Valley” and create sustainable startup ecosystems that will create one million new jobs worldwide.
In the Founder Institute's four-month, part-time program, promising entrepreneurs “learn by doing” and launch a company through structured training courses, practical business-building assignments, and expert feedback from a large network of business mentors. Plus, aspiring founders are not required to quit their day job to participate, so they can begin building a business around their ideas without putting their livelihood at risk.
Leading the Founder Institute's efforts in Hanoi are Pham Minh Tuan, Founder and CEO of the TOPICA Edtech Group; Mai Duy Quang, Founder & CEO at Biaki; and Tran Manh Cong of the TOPICA Edtech Group.
Hanoi is home to some of the country's most successful startups, including VNG, CleverAds, VCCorp, and Appota, and posesses an environment that's conducive to entrepreneurial expansion.
It's amazing when working with founders in Vietnam; they have big dreams, and teams of the talented, hungry, and foolish. I believe if they have the support, training, and guidance of the Founder Institute, they can acquire huge success." - Mai Duy Quang
Other successful entrepreneurs who have signed on to mentor founders in the program include:
- Aaron Everhart: Former Vietnam Country Leader for Draper Startup House, HATCH!
- Adrian Ho: Partner, Blueprint Ventures
- Ahmed Mounir: Mr, Mindshift Ventures
- Anh Tu Duong: Founder, Web3 X
- Ben Berenson: Managing Partner, Asia SGE, Hong Kong
- Bich Hoang Ngoc: President, Global Leaders/Crestcom Vietnam
- Binh Do: Director, Global Business & Cooperation, VINASA
- Cong Nguyen: Founder, Wellbeing
- David Nguyen: Executive Director, Vietcham Singapore
- Deepak Peschard: Founder & CEO, Digeto
- Denise Thi: Founder/CEO, SYLVA
- Dongmi Choi: Senior Manager, Chungbuk Center for Creative Economy & Innovation
- Dr. Joe Hüg: Managing Director / Professor of Practice, IOAK, Corp. / iU University
- Dr Marcuz Tan: Executive Director, CEO, Boustead APEX INC
- DrWarren Linger: CEO, exmersive.ai
- Duc Dang The: Lawyer, General Secretary, Vietnam Independent Directors Association (VNIDA)
- Duc Vuong Anh: Director of Digital Transformation, Galaxy Holdings, SOVICO Group
- Duc Hoang: Special Counsel, Duane Morris Vietnam
- Duc Minh Nguyen: Partner, Consulting, EY Consulting Vietnam Joint Stock Company (EY Consulting Vietnam)
- Dung Nguyen, IZZI Venture Studio (IVS)
- Erdinç Ekinci: Founder, Investment Lead of Co-capital, Co-Founder & CEO of Openfor.co & Co-capital.co, Managing Director of Founder Institute Japan/Korea/Taiwan
- Eric Ha: CEO & Founder, Student Life Care
- Esmeralda Herrera: Co-Founder, Well Invest
- Giang Trịnh: Managing Partner, VMCG Capital
- Giang Trinh: Country Director, Founder Institute Vietnam
- Hany Sayed: Chief Digital Officer, Gyozer Proptech
- Hau Ly: Partner, Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV)
- Hieu Tran: Co-founder, Not A Basement Studio
- Hieu Tran: Investment Manager, DO Ventures
- Hieu Tham: Senior Legal Manager, ThinkZone Ventures
- Hieu Ngo: Principal AI Engineer, Backbase
- HK Noh: Investment Manager, O3 Partners
- Hoang Nguyen: CEO , VinHMS
- Hung Ngo: Vietnam Investment Lead, Cocoon Capital
- Karin Wellbrock: Executive Leadership Coach and Co-Founder., .
- Klaus Derendorf: Co-Founder/Partner, Crescenta Global Ventures
- Le Hoang Quoc: Journalist, VTVDigital
- Linh Lee: CEO, Links Group
- Linh Le Hong: General Secretary / CEO, CFO Vietnam
- Linh Nguyen: Investment Associate, Ansible Ventures
- Louise Linh Pham: Founder/CEO, LOGIVAN
- Luis Andrés Enriquez Arias: Partner & Co-founder, Bridge Latam Ventures
- Maaike Doyer: Founder, Epic Angels
- Mark Birch: Start Founder & Authoer, Community-in-a-Box
- Mason Anh Bui: Investment Principal - VC, Kasikorn X Venture Capital (KXVC)
- Minh Toan Duong: Director, UOB Venture Management
- Nam Doan: Principal, ThinkZone Ventures
- Ngan Tran: Founder/CEO, The New Leaders
- Ngoc Nguyen Ba: Founder/CEO, ProtonX
- Ngoc Anh Ly: CEO, VClass
- Nguyen Tran Vu: President, AI Education
- Nilay Jayswal: 5+ Years in B2B Growth Marketing (APAC, EMEA, LATAM) | Experienced in Advertising, Analytics and Automation | Mentor at GrowthMentor | TEDx Speaker, GrowthMentor
- Phieu Le Minh: Lawyer, Founding & Managing Partner, LMP Lawyers
- Phuc Thinh Nguyen: Founding Partner, Renaissanc.IO
- Quan Truong: Founder & CEO, Leanflag & OpenCommerce Group
- Roger Do: CEO, Co-Founder, Watchdog Cyber Defense
- Sean Kwon: Investor, 500 Global
- Sheikh Masud Iftekher: Key Account Controller, Ericsson Indonesia
- Sheyla Felix: Investment Strategy & AI, Sheyconomics
- Steve Sidhu: Senior Director/Owner, CSS Partners LLC
- Thao Ha: Venture Partner, Integra Partners
- Toan Nguyen: Founder/CEO, Aniday
- Tri Dung Tran: Program Manager in the Hanoi Region, The Swiss Entrepreneurship Program at J.E. Austin Associates Inc.
- Trinh Nguyen: Investment Director, AiViet Venture
- Valdis Sprogis: COO, i1x Ventures
- Wilson Santoso: Co-Founder at Dabble, Director at Founder Institute Jakarta
- And many more to be announced.
Help bring the Founder Institute to Hanoi this Summer by filling out an Interest Form today.
