Can emerging SEA markets deliver amid venture capital slump?

  • Trung Hoang, Partner, VinaCapital Venture Capital Fund (VCVCF), VinaCapital Ventures
  • Vy Le, Co-Founder & General Partner, Do Ventures
  • Minette B. Navarrete, Vice-Chairman and President, Kickstart Ventures, Inc
  • Louis Nguyen, Chairman and CEO, Saigon Asset Management
  • Huiting Koh, Founding Managing Partner, Blueprint Ventures
  • Mars W. Mosqueda Jr., Senior Correspondent, DealStreetAsia (Moderator)

Despite setbacks, Vietnam’s increasing significance in global supply chains, growing middle class, and rapid pace of digitalisation make it a hard-to-ignore long-term tech ecosystem. The emerging market of the Philippines also boasts favourable demographics, policy backing, consumption, and digital adoption making it a compelling bet, especially in the fintech and e-commerce space. In fact, according to DealStreetAsia’s DATA VANTAGE, traditionally the second-largest market for venture funding until the end of last year, Indonesia was outperformed by the Philippines and Thailand in the second quarter this year. How can emerging markets leverage the opportunity?