Da Nang hosts first exhibition on startups

The Da Nang Entrepreneurship Support Co., Ltd. (DNES) on June 18 organised the first Startup Fair 2016 in Da Nang, targeting start up and entrepreneurship development across the central city.

Startup models introduced at the event. (Credit: NDO)
Startup models introduced at the event. (Credit: NDO)

The event includes a chain of workshops and an exhibition of startup models focused on the startup ecosystem, support policies and investment for Da Nang startup.

It also features dialogues among local government, businesses, partners, investment funds, and startups on the role of institutions supporting startup activities and networks of advisors network, experts, and consultants to startup ecosystem to make strategic orientation for the development of Da Nang startups in particular, and Vietnam in general.

The exhibition brings together 26 startup projects and 18 booths of startup companies, partners and units supporting Da Nang entrepreneurship.

Among projects exhibited, the organisers will select the 11 best projects for presentation to investors at home and abroad. In addition, two projects from Germany and one Vietnamese project operating in Singapore will also be presented at the event.

Since early 2016, DNES has selected eight projects out of 41 to put into incubators and graduate at the end of this June. The company will continue to implement phase 2 with about ten projects, in addition to 15 projects to joint training with Microsoft and Singapore’s Expara Ventures.