Not only 1 but 4 serial startups behind Koina Investment Group
It is known that serial startup is the term for entrepreneurs who, after having established an effective business, continue to start a business in other fields and use their experience and relationships to develop new businesses. go faster.
Having in a serial startup is already an advantage of the business, but Koina is gathering up to 4 such members.
Specifically, the founder of Koina is Mr. Nguyen Tran Thi. Mr. Thi is a familiar face to the technology and investment world in Vietnam, known for his role as CEO and Co-Founder of Fast Delivery and recently as a founding member of Vinshop. Mr. Thi has experience in applying technology to build a system to handle more than half a million orders per day.
The second position is Mr. Luu Hoang Khoa, currently serving as a member of the Board of Directors and CEO of Koina. Previously, Mr. Khoa held the position of Operations Director of VinID (now OneID), Regional Manager of Grab’s Automated Business Process Division. He was once likened to an online city administrator when he used to ensure the operation of applications with more than 10 million monthly users.
Mr. Luu Hoang Khoa – Member of the Board of Directors cum General Director (Group Chief Executive Officer).
Taking the position of Sales Director for Koina is Mr. Vo Duy Phu. Before joining Koina, Mr. Phu was known to the media as the Director of Marketing & Growth Division of One Mount Distribution, a co-founder of the coffee chain The Coffee House. He has rich experience in developing and digitally transforming traditional retail networks across the country.
Mr. Vo Duy Phu – Member of the Board of Directors cum Sales Director
Finally, Mr. Steve Nguyen, Member of Advisory Board – Technology. This is the person with the most extensive battlefield experience in the company when he has 26 years of operating experience at large corporations in technology and agriculture in Vietnam.
Mr. Steven Nguyen – Member of the Board of Directors
Before joining Koina, Mr. Steve Nguyen was Deputy General Director and Group CIO at Masan Group, Vice President at Vinamit JSC… According to Mr. Nguyen, the early end of Resolution 26-NQ/TW created a hinge for the company. In the past 13 years, Vietnam’s agriculture sector has set expectations on a strong, inherited and realistic new Resolution that puts technology first and farmers at the center.
Koina seriously considers bringing information science, which has been forged in other fields, even artificial intelligence and blockchain, into Agriculture with low cost, high convenience, and universality. population faster than in the previous period, is a great competitive advantage.
The founding members of Koina all have deep experience in building and operating large output industries (indirectly – directly related to agriculture, fishery, aquaculture,…); directly manage a large-scale network of consumers, customers, partners, suppliers, employees, etc.; supply chain management in purchasing, warehousing and transportation; financial management, cash flow; especially information technology.
Because of these advantages, after only 6 months of operation, Koina received investment from Glife Technology, a company in the portfolio of Heliconia Capital Fund – a unit specializing in investing in unlisted businesses under Temasek. of the Singapore government. Koina is also the first Agritech in Vietnam to receive investment from PE Fund (Private Equity) in the past 10 years.
It is known that PE funds often invest in companies that are exploiting the market with high growth potential, experienced staff and more importantly, those companies can become the leader. domestic or regional market.
“Koina will not stop at fruit purchasing and trading. It is a difficult enough, attractive enough start, but only the beginning of the journey to owning the right to serve Vietnamese consumers, the right to contribute. on the prosperity of each and every member of the agricultural ecosystem and Koina will certainly reach out to the world one day,” said Mr. Nguyen.
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