“Establishing Connections: Ethos Fund’s Inaugural Investment in U.S.-Vietnamese Tech Pioneers”
Yi and Shin started Ethos Fund two years ago to bridge opportunities and startup communities between Vietnam and the United States.
They are also investing smaller checks into third culture founders there who fall into categories, including returned Vietnamese diaspora, Vietnamese Americans and expats residing in Vietnam, and subsequently doubling-down with larger checks into validated startups.
“Ethos is called Ethos because we focus on the ethos of the founders,” Yi said.
One of the things Yi noticed about his startups was that they weren’t growing past a certain stage.
Now the pair wants to help startup founders figure those lessons out early.
