The telemarketing enterprise is among six Topica Founder Institute graduates that have received US$50,000 worth of funding each from the Singaporean investor Insignia Ventures. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - ✤SixVietnamese start-up firms have raised at least 50,000 USD each from the Singaporean investor InsigniaVentures at the seed funding round.
This is the minimum funding guaranteed by the Singaporean firm for start-upbusinesses that graduate from the training programme of Topica FounderInstitute. TFI graduates receiving funding this time include on-demand telemarketingfirm TelePro, travel ticker booking firm Cheep Cheep and enterprise softwaredeveloper Clavis Aurea. The programme also marks the first of its kind between an investment fundand a Vietnamese start-up incubator, proving the quality of Vietnamese start-upcommunity has been growing. The maximum funding a TFI graduate may receive from Insignia Ventures is 500,000 USD. Funding will be automatically disbursed without evaluating the start-up’schance of success.-VNA
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The telemarketing enterprise is among six Topica Founder Institute graduates that have received US$50,000 worth of funding each from the Singaporean investor Insignia Ventures. (Photo: VNA) 
