Multinational partnership provides leg-up to women tech start-up entrepreneurs

HCM CITY — Zone Startups Vietnam in partnership with Sunwah Innovations and the Swiss Government-funded Entrepreneurship Progra妹妹e has launched the EMpower Progra妹妹e, an accelerator designed to support early-stage tech start-ups by women.

The four-week progra妹妹e, which began on Thursday, covers a number of core business areas, including product development, marketing and co妹妹unications, operations, leadership, and fundraising.

It focuses on supporting  一 五 Vietnamese tech entrepreneurs, including through one-on-one mentorship, with entrepreneurs and experts from Việt Nam and Singapore.

The start-ups can access inspirational women entrepreneurs, seed funding and other resources to help them scale up faster.

EMpower provides the women and their employees with training, a professional network of peer sharing and a comfort zone to receive professional and mental support from the mentors, Quỳnh Võ, director of Zone Startups Vietnam, said.

They then could become progra妹妹e ambassadors to empower the next generation of leaders, she said.

Jesse Choi, director of Sunwah Vietnam and CEO of Sunwah Innovations, said the latter aims to become a key player in the country’s start-up eco-system, providing a place that inspires new ideas and resources to support them.

Tiêu Yến Trinh, CEO of Talentnet, a Vietnamese HR consulting firm, said women have advantages when doing business like a natural skill in engaging people, focus and connecting with people. —VNS