The Founder Institute Vietnam, the local chapter of the world’s largest pre-seed startup accelerator, is thrilled to introduce the newest Alumni from the Vietnam Spring 2025 program!
After an intensive four-month journey filled with rigorous business-building sprints, continuous evaluation, and invaluable feedback from investors and mentors, only 20 startups successfully graduated—achieving a 43.4% graduation rate. These founders have demonstrated exceptional resilience, creativity, and execution ability, earning their place in the global FI Alumni Network—a lifelong community of top founders, mentors, and investors.
This graduation marks an exciting new chapter for these founders. They are now stepping into their roles as global-minded entrepreneurs, ready to build high-performance teams, navigate market expansion, and drive their companies through waves of growth. With a deeper understanding of startup and venture capital ecosystems, they are better equipped to connect with investors, secure funding, and scale their businesses successfully.
With the support of Founder Institute Vietnam’s leading startup experts, these promising startups are now ready to scale, innovate, and disrupt industries across Vietnam and beyond.
And now, without further ado, we present the Alumni of the Vietnam program:
- LovinBot AI – AI-powered white-label solutions enabling experts, trainers, and coaches to boost productivity and monetize their expertise.
- Deutschfun – AI-driven language learning platform making German education more accessible for Vietnamese learners, unlocking career, education, and migration opportunities.
- Abivin Trading – Connecting Vietnamese and Southeast Asian agricultural producers with global markets through AI-driven logistics, crypto payments, and education tools.
- iTTEND – AI-powered SaaS platform streamlining visa processing for immigration professionals in Japan.
- DKD Pharma – Innovating patented drug delivery solutions, enhancing the effectiveness of therapeutics and revolutionizing global healthcare.
- LunchUp – A smart web-based networking platform that helps professionals schedule, optimize, and maximize lunch meetups for business and personal growth.
- Cokeep – Tackling information overload with a knowledge retention platform, helping users effectively consume, organize, and share information.
- PreFounder School – Providing elite startup training, mentorship, and networking, giving early-stage founders a stronger foundation for success.
- StarGlobal 3D – Creating immersive, interactive 3D replicas of real-world locations, revolutionizing tourism, real estate, education, and business accessibility.
- VeriHub – A structured data room solution that simplifies data management for startups, streamlining the fundraising process.
- EM&AI – Transforming call centers with AI, optimizing customer service operations through Virtual Agents, VirtualQC, and Reals technology.
- Viet Phu Fruits – Freezing high-quality fruit at the source, providing pre-portioned smoothie ingredients to cafés for cost efficiency and consistency.
- ViMeeting+ – Developing AI Agents tailored for Vietnamese businesses, optimizing business processes through automation and intelligent solutions.
- NewEdu Platform – An AI-powered education platform bridging the gap between academia and industry through project-based learning and mentorship.
- SIB Network – Driving ESG transformation, connecting users with green products and fostering a sustainability-driven community.
- AIFA – Delivering an affordable, fast, and accurate AI-powered financial audit platform, transforming the auditing industry.
- XHiring – An autonomous AI-powered headhunting platform that revolutionizes talent acquisition by automating candidate discovery, validation, and hiring—cutting recruitment time by 5X and reducing costs by 50%.
- ULink Logistics – Tech-driven logistics platform optimizing routes, cargo tracking, and real-time pricing for e-commerce and enterprises.
- Simple Academy (SINGA) – An AI-powered educational platform matching students with the best educators, streamlining lesson planning, and providing access to financial support.
- TransCare – Empowering transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals through a dedicated healthcare platform, offering medical resources, telehealth consultations, and peer support.
A Bright Future Ahead.
These 20 startups represent the next wave of innovation in Vietnam’s startup ecosystem. With a 43.4% graduation rate, the program continues to foster high-impact founders who are not just building businesses but shaping industries and setting new benchmarks for entrepreneurship.
As they graduate into the FI Alumni Network, they now have access to a global support system that will help them secure funding, scale their ventures, and navigate the ever-evolving business landscape.
To investors, mentors, and ecosystem builders—these startups are now ready to connect, grow, and make an impact.
To aspiring founders—the next cohort is now open for applications! Apply at FI.co/vietnam and join the next generation of Vietnam’s most ambitious entrepreneurs.
Congratulations once again to all our graduates—your journey is just beginning!
The Vietnam Spring 2025 program would not have been possible without help, because it truly takes a city to raise a startup.
Join us at Vietnam Founder Institute Graduation Event.
Vietnam Local Directors
We would first like to thank the Local Directors of the Vietnam Founder Institute: GiangTrinh Minh (Country Director, Founder Institute Vietnam), Hieu Le (CTO, IZZI Venture Studio), TuanDung Nguyen (CEO, IZZI ASIA). Our Local Leaders play an incredibly important role in building the local Founder Institute program, and creating an environment and network in Vietnam that is conducive to building to great companies.
In addition, the Vietnam Spring 2025 program was supported by some of Vietnam's top technology organizations, including:
Some of Vietnam’s top startup mentors helped our founders in the program, including:
In the Founder Institute's pre-seed accelerator program, early-stage entrepreneurs and teams build their business alongside a critical support network of local startup experts that share equity in their success, and through a structured and challenging business-building process that has helped alumni raise over $1.85BN.
After Graduation, the new Vietnam Founder Institute Portfolio Companies now have a fast-growing company that has been fully validated by experienced startup founders, with access to the Founder Institute's global network and post-graduate support programs to continue building their business.
Leaders of the world’s fastest-growing startups have used the Founder Institute to raise funding, building a co-founding team, get into seed-accelerators, generate traction, recruit a team, build a product, transition from employee to entrepreneur, and more. Based in Silicon Valley and with chapters across 200+ cities and 100+ countries, the Founder Institute’s mission is to Globalize Silicon Valley and empower talented and motivated entrepreneurs to build companies that will create one million new jobs.
The next Vietnam Founder Institute program is being planned now. If you are interested in being notified when applications open, visit FI.co/apply/vietnam.
Alumni of the Founder Institute are creating some of the world's fastest growing startups, having raised over $1.85BN in funding, and building products people love across over 200 cities worldwide.
See the most recent news from our Grads at FI.co/news, or learn more about their stories at FI.co/graduates.
