Vietnam Founders & Builders Private Dinner by Airwallex, AVV, and BackScoop
Join us for an intimate Founder and Investor dinner hosted by BackScoop, Airwallex, and AVV.
We're handpicking 30 founders, investors, and ecosystem leaders from Vietnam's startup scene for a night of conversation over good food.
Featuring:
Bình Trần, General Partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures. • Bình co-founded Klout in San Francisco and sold it for $200M+ in 2014, then came back to Vietnam to build the early-stage venture capital layer that didn’t exist. • He's done 50+ seed deals between 500 Startups Vietnam and AVV, including Turing, ELSA, Axie Infinity, and Mudflap. His "Vietnam+" thesis (companies that keep HQ and engineering in Vietnam but sell globally) is playing out across his portfolio.
Sam Waldo, Head of Startups Asia at Airwallex. • Sam has been building cross-border for most of his career. He co-founded Mantra Eyewear in Beijing, raised $750K, and ran partnerships with Alibaba, JD, Tencent, and ByteDance. • Before that he co-founded Education in Sight, scaling vision screening across rural China.
Andrew Chim, Head of SEA Expansion at Airwallex. • Andrew is leading Airwallex's push across Southeast Asia, with Vietnam right in the middle of it. He spent five years at Shopee, most recently as Director, Head of Business Development in Vietnam, running 8 teams and around 800 people across seller-facing functions. • He also co-founded I-Health Medical (4 clinics in Singapore) and YinYang Wellness in Bangkok, with earlier stints at Singtel Group Strategy and McKinsey.
📍 Where? Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam
🗓️ When: May 21, 2026 (Thursday)
🕒 Time: 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
😉 Don't miss it. Slots are limited and by approval only, so sign up.
This dinner has limited slots to ensure meaningful connections and conversations.
This event is hosted by Airwallex, AVV, and BackScoop
About BackScoop
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Apart from content, BackScoop has hosted events across Asia in Singapore, Jakarta, Manila, and Hong Kong to bring their community—and the Southeast Asian business landscape—together.
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About AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures)
AVV is an early-stage venture capital firm with a deep local presence in Vietnam, backed by global experience. They are uniquely focused on, and suited to, their mission of backing ambitious founders early, helping them win in competitive markets, and scaling sustainably across Southeast Asia and beyond.
Their team brings proven operational DNA to the table. They have founded, scaled, and successfully exited companies in both Silicon Valley and Vietnam. This experience shapes their investment philosophy: hands-on, pragmatic, and always founder-first.
Since 2015, they've helped startups navigate Vietnam's fast-changing business landscape, avoid early-stage pitfalls, attract top talent, and scale quickly with confidence. Their GPs are the only team in the country that has backed multiple unicorns from seed.