Winners of National Innovative Technopreneur Contest announced
Otrafy, a startup that provides quality management and supply-chain software to the food industry, will represent Vietnam at the Startup World Cup next year after championing the National Innovative Technopreneur Contest on December 15.
Otrafy, a startup that provides quality management and supply-chain software to the food industry, champions the National Innovative Technopreneur Contest concluding on December 15. (Photo: laodong.vn)
Hanoi (VNA) – Otrafy, a startup that providesquality management and supply-chain software to the food industry, willrepresent Vietnam at the Startup World Cup next year after championing theNational Innovative Technopreneur Contest on December 15.
The competition’s finale took place in-person in Hanoi andHo Chi Minh City and on social media platform as part of the 7th National Festival for Innovative Startups (TechFest Vietnam 2021).
The champion received a cash prize worth 100 million VND(4,344 USD) and a pledged investment package worth up to 150,000 USD.
NanoNem was awarded the second prize while the third prizewent to Isofhcare. They were among ten finalists whose projects use AI, Blockchain,Deeptech technologies and others to address specific challenges in variousfields, from healthcare, education, sporting, to entertainment, environmentprotection, renewable energy and waste reduction.
Experts and investment funds said those candidates have demonstrated excellent insights intothe market, competitive technology capacity and courage to adopt new businessmodels.
Themed “Embracing Innovation – Reshaping the Future”, theTechFest 2021 featured a series of more than 120 workshops, seminars and otherevents held in both in-person and virtual forms from September through December. Theevent brought together a large number of innovative startups, innovationaccelerators, experts and investors at home and overseas.
Some 1,000 startups and 100 investors have participated inthe event series, with total committed investment exceeding 15.16 millionUSD./.
The Techfest Vietnam 2020, which wrapped up on November 29, saw over 120 connections and about 14 million USD worth of investment committed for innovative and startup projects.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended the opening of the national festival for innovative startups TECHFEST and Week for Ho Chi Minh City Innovation, Startup and Entrepreneurship WHISE 2021 via videoconference in Hanoi on December 14.
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The visit aimed to assess the new two-tier local government model, preparations for upcoming Party congresses at levels, and implementation of the Politburo’s Conclusion on school construction in border areas.
Otrafy, a startup that provides quality management and supply-chain software to the food industry, champions the National Innovative Technopreneur Contest concluding on December 15. (Photo: laodong.vn)
