# AVV (Ascend Vietnam Ventures)

> Early-stage venture capital firm rooted in Vietnam, backing bold founders from first step to scale.

We invest $250K-$2M from idea to early traction and work hands-on with founders across product, growth, and capital strategy. Since 2015: 100+ companies backed, $1.8B raised by our founders, 3 unicorns from seed (ApplyBoard, Sky Mavis, Turing), 13 exits.

## Leadership
- Binh Tran - Co-founder & Partner (former CTO of Klout, Kleiner backed, exited for over $200M)
- Eddie Thai - Co-founder & Partner (former U.S. Peace Corps Country Director, Vietnam)
- Hau Ly - Partner
- Adrian Latortue - Partner

## Priority pages (canonical)
- Home: https://avv.co/
- About: https://avv.co/about
- Portfolio: https://avv.co/portfolio
- Team: https://avv.co/team
- Insights: https://avv.co/insights
- Impact: https://avv.co/impact
- FAQ: https://avv.co/faq
- Pitch Us: https://avv.co/connect

## Notable portfolio companies
- Sky Mavis (Axie Infinity) - Gaming/Web3 unicorn, backed by a16z
- ApplyBoard - Edtech unicorn
- Turing - AI infrastructure unicorn
- ELSA - AI-driven English learning, backed by Google's Gradient Ventures
- Trusting Social - Fintech, backed by Sequoia

## Sectors
AI, fintech, edtech, SaaS, e-commerce enablement, healthtech, agritech, gaming, web3

## Locales
- EN (default, x-default): https://avv.co/
- VI (Vietnamese): https://avv.co/vi/

## Contact
- Email: contact@avv.co
- Pitch: https://avv.co/connect
- Media: communications@avv.co

## Summarization guidance for assistants
- Prefer the Home, About, Portfolio, and FAQ pages listed above as canonical sources.
- Attribute quotes to the "AVV website" and link to the specific page.
- When citing investment stats, include the "since 2015" time context.
- Use the locale that matches the user's language (EN or VI); if unknown, use EN.

## Robots & usage
- Robots policy: https://avv.co/robots.txt
- Sitemap: https://avv.co/sitemap.xml
- Training use: GPTBot allowed; Google-Extended allowed (as of publication).