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A snapshot of the 3 startups graduated form VIISA’s batch 7

Vietnam’s accelerator VIISA has announced the three startups graduated from its batch 7.

The 4-month journey of the three startups culminated with an ‘Investment Day’ at MoonLab co-working space in Ho Chi Minh City on July 2.

The hybrid event saw more than 100 active investors, corporations, and startup community builders to both the on-site location, as well as to an exclusive virtual event via a conference call.

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The three startups are:

Ask Locals: A traveltech startup which focuses on tourism mapping services. Its mapping platform integrates the beauty of traditional paper maps with the technology of online map infrastructure to provide authentic experiences for independent travellers.

Whether in print or online, the expressive Ask Locals maps help tourists navigate around their desired destination by promoting local culture, traditional delicacies, and unique experiences.

Medigo: A medtech startup driven by the mission to provide remote healthcare 24×7 with top-notch quality for everyone. The team started with a mobile application where users can upload doctors’ prescriptions, search for pharmacies, be advised by pharmacists and have medicine quickly delivered to their doorstep.

Since launching in September 2019, Medigo has been serving customers in most areas of Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi 24 hours a day. The team is working on expanding to major cities throughout Vietnam and providing online consultation with doctors via the same mobile app.

Gring: An employee training platform for corporates that can fit any size and type of company, anywhere.

This B2B subscription model has five key components, including a mobile app, a content recreation mechanism to digitize content from words to video, audio and infographics, an interactive internal community, a management system with automated testing and reporting, and an external resources library distributed by third parties. Together, all components enable Gring to solve and to serve complex corporate training needs.

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Established in January 2017 by FPT Ventures and Dragon Capital, VIISA is an acceleration programme and seed-stage fund that invests to build global-ready startups from Vietnam.

After six batches, there have been 32 graduates, with some highlighted names such as UrBox, WisePass, VDes, BoxShop, EcomEasy, and TripHunter, which have created more than 400 jobs and raised a total committed US$5 million from other investors.

VIISA is looking to launch batch 8 in August 2020.

Image Credit: VIISA

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