The Extended Danang Start-up Exhibition – SURF 2021 officially came to an end with many remarkable achievements marking another “wave” season. After one month of taking place, the exhibition welcomed 80 businesses along with outstanding figures within the organizational time. 

National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day – TECHFEST 2021 – is an annual event hosted by the Department of Science and Technology, where a thousand individuals and start-ups gather. This is a golden chance for start-ups to connect with domestic and foreign resources and start-up communities, also a playground for start-up projects to enhance their capabilities.  

Following activities in the Extended Danang Start-up Exhibition – SURF 2021, the training program is organized with a view to enhancing competencies of 10 projects representing Danang entering the final round of National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day – TECHFEST 2021 and 6 potential start-up projects at SURF 2021. 

As the biggest annual event catered for the innovative start-up community, National Innovative Entrepreneurship Day – TECHFEST 2021 is organized by the Department of Science & Technology in collaboration with Departments, Sectors, localities and socio-political organizations. In addition to the mission of becoming a convergence of domestic and international resources to support start-ups, the event is a favorable playground to bolster technological initiatives as well as encourage innovation. At the same time, it is particularly a special occasion to promote an image of a dynamic, creative Vietnam start-up ecosystem and ready to welcome cooperation with foreign partners, investors, and start-ups. 

Nowadays, in the “new normal” context, activities have evenly come back to the original state even though latent risks of pandemics are about to break out. It poses a problem for society in terms of adapting and developing rapidly but still having to ensure safety. Innovative start-ups, therefore, need to search for a solution that solves this issue. Also, virtual reality technology has risen to become a pioneering start-up trend in that context.

In Vietnam, the start-up ecosystem has become more and more growing in both quantity and quality, the amount of investment funds for start-up activities has also been constantly rising. However, the development of the state’s innovative start-up still can not make a breakthrough due to some constraints such as the quality of the human resources is not high, a lack of investment funds to develop start-up models, a lack of close connection between components in the start-up ecosystem. Consequently, Vietnam truly needs efficient solutions to foster a nationwide innovation support network.

With the theme “Adapt – Transform – Accelerate“, the Extended Danang start-up Exhibition – SURF 2021 has gone more than half of the path, witnessing the spectacular transformation of start-ups amidst Covid-19 situation. Despite being organized on reality virtual (vrfair), the event still assures that participants have an interactive space and connection with start-up projects and investors through many activities: exhibition booths, seminars, information desks…

Capital plays a role as one of the essential factors for most start-ups in stages. Even though there are many investment funds catering to start-ups, venture capital funds are always the foremost choice of start-ups. Let’s learn about the 4 most prestigious venture capital in Vietnam with SURF 2021. 

Coming to the Extended Start-up Exhibition such as SURF 2021, you will have a lot of chances to meet and connect with investors. Therefore, it’s necessary to be well-prepared for a pitch that impresses investors. In order to help founders pitch for a start-up idea with flying colors in the exhibition, the following article will reveal 3 tip-offs for an impressive idea pitch.