Hatch! Fair 2015 was a two-day startup conference and exhibition held in Hanoi from October 31 to November 1, featuring innovation projects and startup showcases. The event aimed to connect entrepreneurs with investors, facilitated networking opportunities, and included competitions like Hatch! Battle and Hackathon for Social Good. With participation from over 500 visitors and successful feedback from attendees, the event highlighted Vietnam's growing startup ecosystem.

1. HATCH! FAIR 2015 /
IPP MIDTERM DEMO
Report
Hanoi Museum, Pham Hung, Tu Liem, Hanoi
October 31 – November 1, 2015

2. Table of contents
About the event
Objective
New at HATCH! FAIR 2015 / IPP Midterm Demo
Event Highlights
Media Clipping Report
Event Performance and Feedback
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3. ABOUT THE EVENT
HATCH! FAIR 2015 / IPP Midterm Demo was a two-day Startup Conference and
Exhibition organized on Oct 31 and Nov 1, 2015 in Hanoi Museum, Hanoi, Vietnam.
Ø HATCH! FAIR (fair.hatch.vn) is the Vietnam’s largest annual startup conference
and exhibition organized by HATCH! PROGRAM (HATCH!, hatch.vn). This year,
HATCH! FAIR was on its third year.
Ø IPP Midterm Demo was a showcase event for innovation projects and
consortiums in the Innovation Accelerator Program (IAP), a project of Innovation
Partnership Programme (IPP, ipp.vn) – a Finnish government ODA project.
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4. Partners
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5. OBJECTIVES
To create a platform where the top influencers in Vietnam’s startup
ecosystem gather to recognize achievements, exhibit new innovative
startups, introduce and connect entrepreneurs with potential partners
and investors.
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6. NEW AT HATCH! FAIR 2015 /
IPP MIDTERM DEMO
Speed-dating Session:
Series of 3-minute sharing rounds between one startup and one/ two
angel investors and representatives from venture capital firms.
Networking Dinner:
160+ influencers, founders and investors from the startup ecosystem
joined the dinner to expand and strengthen networks to create
discussions for further collaboration and investment opportunities.
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7. PRE-EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: HATCH! BATTLE
HATCH! BATTLE was a national startup competition seeking for the most
promising and competitive teams to participate in HATCH! FAIR 2015
and preparer to pitch to investors.
September 1 – October 31
Number of Applicants from Hanoi, Danang and HCMC: 60+
Number of Applicants pitching at First Pitching Round: 32
Short-listed for the Final Pitching Round: 14
14 mentoring sessions and 2 workshops to improve business pitch
Main mentor: Mr. Csaba Bundik, Strategic Advisor at HATCH!
PROGRAM, Mentor at IPP.
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8. First Pitching Round in Hanoi
18 teams pitched
Jury board of 5 members
8
Teams
were
presen+ng
their
businesses
Founders
were
checking
the
prototype
before
the
pitch
Teams
were
answering
the
ques+ons
from
Jury
board
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9. First Pitching Round in HCMC
15 teams pitched
Jury board of 3 members
9
Teams
were
presen+ng
their
businesses
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10. Mentoring session and Workshops
Organized in Hanoi - Participation of 7 teams
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Mr.
Csaba
Bundik,
Strategic
Advisor
at
HATCH!
PROGRAM,
were
mentoring
teams
to
improve
their
business
pitches
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11. PRE-EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: HACKATHON
HACKATHON FOR SOCIAL GOOD was a hacking competition which
brought together creative coders and social activists to build an
innovation product, addressing social challenges.
September 10 – October 31
Content partners: UNDP, Live & Learn, British Council
Number of Social Topics: 4 topics
01 Information session with 70 participants
48-hours coding day with 80 participants
Number of Coders: 64
Number of Social Activists: 16
Number of Projects on the Pitching Day: 16
Short-listed to the Final Pitching Round: 05
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12. Information session
07 partners
04 main topics raised
70 participants
12
Partners
were
presen+ng
the
topics
Par+cipants
were
asking
ques+ons
about
the
topic
presented
Par+cipants
were
networking
to
team-­‐up
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13. 48-hours Coding and Pitching Round
16 projects pitched
80 participants
13
Teams
were
working
with
mentors
Teams
included
coders
and
social
ac+vists,
working
on
their
products
for
48-­‐hours
16
projects
pitched
in
front
of
jury
board
of
9
people
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14. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: EXHIBITION
Startup Exhibition provided startup businesses to promote their
competitive products and services, create credibility in the market, attract
media attention and investment, as well as approach and receive direct
feedback from potential customers.
October 31 – November 1
Number of Startups Exhibiting: 43 (19 projects belong to IPP Portfolio)
70% is ICT-based
30% is Health, Agriculture and Education Technology
Impact startups increased by 30% (in comparision to H!F 2014)
Number of Partners Booths: 10
500+ visitors/day
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15. List of Exhibitors
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16. List of Exhibitors
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17. List of Exhibitors
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18. List of Exhibitors
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19. Exhibition photos
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During
the
2
days
of
exhibi+on,
exhibitors
received
hundreds
of
visits
from
special
guests,
investors,
mentors,
other
founders,
event
audiences
and
visitors
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20. EVENT HIGHLIGHTS: CONFERENCE
Startups Conference topics were around startups management for scale-
up, angel investment and policy supports from public sectors in form of
30-minute workshops and 60-minute panel discussions.
October 31 – November 1
6 workshops:
5 30-minute workshops
1 150-munite training workshop by IPP
13 speakers with varied backgrounds
50+ distinguished guests, including Vice Minister of MOST and MPI,
Ambassador of Finland Embassy in Hanoi
230+ audiences/session
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21. Opening ceremony
Mr.
Tran
Quoc
Khanh
Vice
Minister
of
MOST
Mr.
Dang
Huy
Dong
Vice
Minister
of
MPI
Mr.
Ilkka-­‐Pekka
Similä
Ambassador
of
Finland
to
Vietnam
Mr.
Lauri
Laakso
Chief
Technical
Adviser
of
IPP
Mr.
Pham
Quoc
Dat
Co-­‐founder
and
Director
of
HATCH!
PROGRAM
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Dis+nguished
guests
and
representa+ves
from
Organizing
commi[ee
delivered
Opening
speeches
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22. Opening Ceremony
22
Dis+nguished
guests,
founders,
mentors,
investors
and
other
visitors
and
audience
joined
the
Opening
ceremony
and
Networking
to
exchange
contacts
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23. Workshops
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Mr.
Adrian
Latortue,
UBER:
UBER's
Secret
Sauce
for
Launching
business
in
Southeast
Asia
and
in
Vietnam
Mr.
Quang
Phan,
ADB:
TPP
–
Opportuni+es
and
Challenges
of
Transforma+on
Mr.
Nam
Nguyen,
FPT:
Managing
a
Scale-­‐up
business
Mr.
David
Bea[y,
Golden
Seeds:
Angel
Investment
Scene
Mr.
Hung
Dinh,
Joomlart:
Angel
Investment
in
Vietnam
vs.
US
Mr.
Csaba
Bundik,
CEEC
&
HATCH!
PROGRAM:
Improving
your
investment
pitch
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24. Panel Discussions
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From
lec
to
right:
Mr.
Nguyen
Minh
Duc,
VCCI;
Mr.
Hoang
Minh
Duc,
Duane
Morris;
Ms.
Linh,
Moderator;
Mr.
Duong
T.
Hoang,
KPMG
in
Vietnam;
Mrs.
Phan
Hoang
Lan,
NATEC
Panel
Discussion:
Legal
Framework
for
Startups
and
SMEs
Panelists
were
answering
ques+ons
from
par+cipants
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25. Workshops
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Panel
Discussion:
Funding
your
startups
through
Angel
Investments
From
lec
to
right:
Mr.
Dat
Quoc
Pham,
HATCH!
PROGRAM;
Mr.
David
Bea[y,
Golden
Seeds;
Mr.
Csaba
Bundik,
CEEC
&
HATCH!
PROGRAM,
Mr.
Steve
Landman,
Lotus
Impact,
Mr.
Hung
Dinh,
Joomlart
Panelists
were
answering
ques+ons
from
par+cipants
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26. Workshops & Panel Discussions
26
Par+cipants
were
sharing
their
thoughts
and
giving
ques+ons
to
Guest
Speakers
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27. Speed-dating Sessions
40+ startups 20+ angel investors 150+ audiences
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28. IPP Training Workshop
4 teams presenting and receiving direct feedback from board and audiences
5 members on board of Mentors and Investors, 200+ audiences
Mentor: Mr. Csaba Bundik, Mentor at IPP, Strategic Advisor at HATCH! PROGRAM
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29. HATCH! BATTLE: Final Round
29
TOP
14
teams
pitched
directly
with
the
jury
board
of
10
members
and
250+
audience
members,
including
founders,
mentors,
and
investors
Jury
members
were
giving
ques+ons
to
teams
and
discussing
the
results
of
the
compe++on
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30. HATCH! BATTLE: Final Round
30
3
teams
were
selected
for
3
prizes
granted
by
3
organiza+ons
IPP
granted
Beeke+ng
team
a
+cket
to
SLUSH
Conference
in
Helsinki,
Finland
HATCH!
PROGRAM
and
Seedstars
World
granted
EzCloud
team
a
+cket
to
Seedstars
World
Conference
in
Geneva,
Switzerland
HATCH!
PROGRAM
and
Tigers@Mekong
granted
Hamona
a
Cash
prize
of
US
$1,000
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31. Hackathon for Social Good:
Final Pitching Round
31
TOP
5
teams
selected
from
a
48-­‐hours
coding
event
were
delivering
their
pitches
and
demo
Jury
Board
were
giving
ques+ons
to
teams
about
their
products
business
and
social
impact
sides
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32. Hackathon for Social Good:
Final Pitching Round
32
3
teams
were
selected
for
3
prizes
granted
by
3
organiza+ons
Second
prize
with
grants
in
cash
up-­‐to
US
$500:
NOTA
–
People
Services
Addi+onal
support
of
US
$2,000
from
UNDP
Second
prize
with
grants
in
cash
up-­‐to
US
$:
GT
101–
Driver
Educa+on
Addi+onal
support
of
US
$1,000
from
UNDP
First
prize
with
grants
in
cash
up-­‐to
US
$1,000:
NOBITA
–
Eventoon
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33. OVERVIEW
*Updated
on
November
14th,
2015
8
TV
Channels:
VTV
1
VTV
2
VTV4
HanoiTV
VTC
1
VTC
10
InfoTV
VOVTV
30+
Online
Media
VnExpress
Dantri
TuoitreThudo
GenK
ICTNews
CafeBiz
DealstreetAsia
E27
Talk
Vietnam
and
others..
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TV
&
Broadcast
Programs
12
Print
Media
2
Online
news
100+
Social
Media
Reach
16,674
2
printed
Media
The
Word
Vietnam
Economic
Times

34. Event media coverage
Television and Broadcast Program
Chuyển
động
24h
18:30
–
31.10.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/chuyendong24h1830
Chuyển
động
24h
18:30
–
31.10.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/chuyendong24h11h15
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35. Event media coverage
Television and Broadcast Program
7
Ngày
Công
Nghệ
22:30
–
04.11.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/vtv2bayngaycongnghe
35
VTV4
News
15:00
–
07.11.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/vtv4news0711
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36. Event media coverage
Television and Broadcast Program
Việt
Nam
Online
18:30
–
31.10.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/vtc1vietnamonline3110
Việt
Nam
Online
18:30
–
01.11.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/vtc1vietnamonline0111
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37. Event media coverage
Television and Broadcast Program
Việt
Nam
&
Thế
Giới
20:30
–
31.10.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/vtc10vietnamvathegioi
37
Thanh
Niên
10:45
–
09.11.2015
Link:
h[p://bit.ly/vovtvchuongtrinhthanhnien0911
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38. Event media coverage
Online News
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39. Event media coverage
Online News
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40. Event Performance Survey
4.23/5.00
3.98/5.00
Overall
Event
Content
3.96/5.00
Speaker
Presenta+on
3.97/5.00
Panel
Discussion
3.85/5.00
Speed-­‐da+ng
4.10/5.00
Workshop
on
Business
Pitch
for
Investment
3.70/5.00
Networking
Dinner
40
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Surveys
were
collect
independently
from
the
event
audiences
on
November
1st,
acer
the
Final
Pitching
Sessions.

41. Event Performance Survey
4.23/5.00
4.05/5.00
Overall
Event
LogisLcs
4.09/5.00
Venue
&
Facili+es
4.31/5.00
Support
from
Staff
4.24/5.00
Documents
and
Materials
41
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Surveys
were
collect
independently
from
the
event
audiences
on
November
1st,
acer
the
Final
Pitching
Sessions.

42. Testimonials
“We highly appreciate the initiative of organizing this
annual startup conference and exhibition. This will be
a forum for young entrepreneurs, startups companies
within and without the IPP, investors, incubators and
universities to meet up, partner and bring to the
market valuable products and services with high
quality.”
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Mr.
Tran
Quoc
Khanh,
Vice
Minister,
Ministry
of
Science
and
Technology
(Vietnam)

43. Testimonials
“I was impressed by HATCH! FAIR 2015/ IPP Midterm
Demo, where the organizers and entrepreneurs are
very energetic and enthusiastic. There should be more
events like this to encourage and inspire
entrepreneurship, establish a platform to share
experience and help companies raise fund, as well as
together build up a startup ecosystem in Vietnam.”
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Mr.
Dang
Huy
Dong,
Vice
Minister,
Ministry
of
Planning
and
Investment
(Vietnam)

44. Testimonials
“HATCH! FAIR 2015/ IPP Midterm Demo is an
excellent example of the entrepreneurial ecosystem
developing in Hanoi. The event provided
opportunity for startups to learn from and meet
experienced and successful business people and
investors.”
44
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David
Bea[y,
Managing
Director
at
Golden
Seeds
(USA)

45. Testimonials
“The event is very organized. It is so excited to
see a lot of energy and passionate in the room.
Our main criteria when approaching startups
are business investment return and social
impact, and there are several companies that
meet these goals, and we will follow up with
them.”
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Shuyin
Tang,
Principal,
Unitus
Impact
(Vietnam)

46. Testimonials
“HATCH! FAIR 2015/ IPP Midterm Demo is a great
activity for startups. There was a good energy
throughout the event. We have a chance to tell who
we are, networking with other peers and experts in
diverse business fields.”
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Phan
Thi
My
Hanh,
Fablabs
Saigon
(Vietnam)

47. Testimonials
“At HATCH! FAIR 2015/ IPP Midterm Demo, we
received lots of feedback on our products, not
only visitors but from mentors and potential
partners too. And, we are following up with 2-3
investors after the event.”
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Nguyen
Ba
Tien,
Founder
at
Mylink.vn
(Vietnam)

48. Testimonials
“This is truly a forum for startups. The event
provided us with useful sharing and discussions
from experienced and successful entrepreneurs,
opportunities to network with investors and
sources of fund to finance our businesses.”
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Tran
Thanh
Tung,
NV
Vietnam
Jsc
(Vietnam)

49. Testimonials
"HATCH! FAIR 2015 demonstrated the tremendous
strides of the HATCH! PROGRAM organizing team in
building a startup ecosystem and community from a
grass-roots level in 2013, to its current, regionally
significant and world-class level. I am extremely
encouraged by this team: by what it has done, and is
doing for their country.”
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Aaron
Everhart,
CEO,
Consor+o
Services
(Vietnam)

50. Testimonials
“It is an honour for Harmona to attend this competition.
HATCH! BATTLE was well organized and very useful.
Through the contest, we have gained more knowledge
of presentation skills for investors as well as how to
access potential investors. We are looking forward to
the more competitions held by HATCH! PROGRAM in
the future.”
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Nguyen
Hoang
Long,
CEO
of
Harmona,
the
winner
of
HATCH!
BATTLE
2015
(Vietnam)

51. Testimonials
“Joining HATCH! BATTLE, JAMJA has set the goal to
improve our pitching skills. And we made it with
HATCH! PROGRAM support. Moreover, HATCH!
BATTLE and HATCH! FAIR 2015/ IPP Midterm Demo
brought us a chance to meet and build the
relationship with potential investors, learn from other
start-ups as well as spread our brand to numerous
users through media activities and exhibition.”
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Le
Hoang
Viet,
Founder
and
CEO
of
JAMJA
(Vietnam)

52. Testimonials
“The Hackathon for Social Good is innovative and
opens new partnerships to expand voice and space
for the Sustainable Development Goals
implementation in Viet Nam. I hope that we will
explore to further build on this contest, especially
using digital devices and mobile apps for social
innovations and social entrepreneurship to deliver the
Global Goals.”
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Dr.
Pra+bha
Mehta,
UN
Resident
Coordinator
and
UNDP
Resident
Representa+ve
in
Viet
Nam
(Vietnam)

53. Testimonials
“I really appreciate the support as well as the effort
of the organizers during the contest. Thanks
HATCH! and mentors for creating such an amazing
platform for us to gain more knowledge and
experiences.”
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Minh
Tien,
GT101,
Runner
up
of
the
Hackathon
For
Social
Good
Compe++on
(Vietnam)

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