Investment strategy

Invest in core technology, balance risks 

The list is allocated in stages, focusing on six priority technology areas. Enterprises can compare the Fund's investment criteria before submitting their application.

Investment thesis

Why does the Fund divide its portfolio into stages?

Deep technology does not mature at the same time. A semiconductor or biological project takes years to have a marketable product, while a digital platform can hit the market in a few quarters. If capital is concentrated in a single stage, the Fund will either have to wait too long, or have to ignore difficult projects for which the market is lacking sponsors.

Therefore, the Fund divides the portfolio into many periods with different cycles. Most of the resources are focused on the real bottleneck of Vietnamese startups: businesses have products and first customers but do not have enough documents to call for international capital. A smaller part goes early to create project resources for the following years, and a part goes late to recover capital for reinvestment.

This division also determines how success is measured. The fund does not evaluate each individual investment on a yearly basis but looks at the entire portfolio through the entire cycle, accepting failures as long as the entire portfolio is on track. This is the condition for daring to fund technology that no one has proven yet.

The guiding principle is market and transparent: all decisions are based on data and actual potential, there are no non-market incentives, and the process is published for businesses to compare before submitting documents.

Investment object

What businesses does the fund consider?

High-tech & digital technology enterprise

Enterprises manufacturing high-tech products, strategic technology and digital technology industries.

Includes strategic technology

Innovative startup enterprise

Innovative startups and science and technology enterprises have been granted Science and Technology Enterprise Certificates.

Main object

Incubation & technology transfer project

Incubation, research and technology transfer projects, requiring a prototype, MVP or patent.

Need prototype, MVP or patent

Conditions for investment consideration

Five conditions for investment consideration

  • Legality

    The enterprise is legally established and operates under Vietnamese law and belongs to the Fund's investment target group.

  • Creativity and innovation

    The product, service or business model is new, creating higher added value than existing solutions on the market.

  • Growth potential

    The target market is large enough, the business has the ability to scale-up quickly.

  • Team capacity

    The founder has the right expertise, long-term commitment, and execution capabilities to bring the technology to market.

  • Transparency

    Be willing to make financial and administrative information transparent as required by the Fund throughout the appraisal and investment process.

Particularly, incubation, research and technology transfer projects require a prototype, MVP or patent.

Does your business meet investment conditions?

Prepare documents for appraisal by the HCM VIF team according to five investment consideration conditions. Not sure yet? Preview profile checklist.