Binh Tran is the co-founder and General Partner of Ascend Vietnam Ventures, a seed stage venture capital firm investing in Southeast Asia's next wave of market leading tech companies that begin their journey in Vietnam. Prior to Ascend Vietnam Ventures, he co-founded 500 Startups Vietnam in 2016, the first tech focused seed stage VC firm in Vietnam. He and his team have invested in the seed stages of unicorn companies such as Axie Infinity, Applyboard, Outreach, and Turing.
Prior to investing, Binh co-founded Klout, the Kleiner Perkins-backed social analytics company in San Francisco that was acquired for over USD$200M in 2014. Binh currently resides with his wife and two kids in Ho Chi Minh City.