The Ha Noi-based ThinkZone, a venture capital firm, has officially opened the registration portal for the Global Minds Accelerator (GMA) programme.

GMA is the largest investment and support scale in Viet Nam, aiming to receive and select to support technology ideas and startup projects with great growth potential in the international market.

Participating projects will have the opportunity to receive direct investment worth at least US$125,000 and follow-up investment in the next rounds from ThinkZone Ventures and TNB Aura.

Also, they will have a chance to contact with a network of advisors including senior leaders from startups, corporations, Venture Capitals in Viet Nam and in the region such as Finhay, Appota, eWTP Capital, Viet Nam Investment Group, along with a network of partners to support startups to develop markets and reduce operating costs from FPT Play, AWS, Google Cloud and Stripe.

At the same time, the participants will be facilitated to raise capital for startups, with a network of 200+ funds investment in the region.

After the 3-month programme, GMA will focus on supporting startups with business models with international growth potential, thereby creating momentum to help Vietnamese startups spread to the world.

Any interested startups can find more details and apply to be part of the GMA at https://bit.ly/GlobalMindsAccelerator-Fb. The registration deadline for GMA is November 30.

Reporting by THIEN NGUYEN - Translating by M.DUNG