VinUni sets up Entrepreneurship Lab, offers assistance to startups
VOV.VN - VinUni University has officially established the Entrepreneurship Lab (E-Lab) and unveiled an annual grant of US$100,000 to fund students’ startup, research, and social projects.
The E-Lab is anticipated to create opportunities for real learning and practice and to promote the entrepreneurial spirit of VinUni students.
The facility has been designed to deploy entrepreneurial activities to feature a broad range of flexible spaces, including a Co-working Space, Creative Space, and Design Thinking Lab where students can design models and demo products for their projects.
The E-Lab will serve to connect students with a wide network of local and international firms, as well as entrepreneurs who have a wealth of experience in startup innovation, including Finhay, Elsa Speak, MoMo, Base.vn, and Amazon Web Services. In addition, it will also provide advice to help students’ start-ups as they seek to raise capital from these investors.
Most notably, VinUni's E-lab will spend US$100,000 per year sponsoring students’ research, start-up, or community projects.
Professor Rohit Verma, Provost of VinUni University, emphasised that one of VinUni’s top priorities is to further develop the spirit of entrepreneurship for future leaders in the fields of business, health sciences, engineering, or community organisations.
Following the inauguration week, E-Lab announced 10 student start-ups that are currently being incubated at VinUniversity’s Demo Day.
Two of these start-ups, namely Zinance and Mediaverse which have been co-founded by VinUniversity students, won first and second prizes at the Finnovation 2022 competition, an event which is the first and largest national competition on entrepreneurship and innovation in the field of financial technology for Vietnamese students.
