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SuperReturn Emerging Markets
16-18 June, 2025
Hotel OkuraAmsterdam

Eddie Thai
General Partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV)
Speaker

Profile

Eddie is a co-founder & general partner of AVV, an IFC-backed early-stage VC firm with a mission to help exceptional teams in Vietnam and elsewhere in building iconic companies. He is particularly on the lookout for breakthrough approaches in fintech, edtech, and enterprise SaaS.

Eddie also continues to steward the Vietnam-focused fund of 500 Global, the early-stage VC firm and ecosystem builder headquartered in Silicon Valley. As a co-founder & general partner of 500VN he led more than 30 investments, including pre-seed / seed round investments in Axie Infinity (a16z-backed NFT gaming unicorn), ApplyBoard (Fidelity-backed edtech unicorn), Trusting Social (Sequoia-backed fintech centaur), and Base.vn (enterprise SaaS; acquired).

Agenda Sessions

  • Emerging managers: the make-or-break moment

    13:05