WISE

An organisation supporting and promoting women startups and women entrepreneurship.

Women’s Initiative for Start-ups and Entrepreneurship (WISE) supported by the Australian Aid and Asian Development Bank (ADB), Swiss EP and Saigon Innovation Hub (SIHUB), is a network of high profile startup ecosystem builders to support women startup leaders. WISE’s missions is to create equal opportunities for Vietnamese women to succeed in business.

The Women’s Initiative for Startups and Entrepreneurship (WISE), supported by Australian Aid and Asian Development Bank, is a network of high profile startup ecosystem builders to support women startup leaders. WISE aims to become the best connected network of women-owned and led startups in Vietnam, and later throughout the Mekong region.

Our vision
Business Women in Vietnam still face many barriers that not only limits their own prospects, it limits the whole nation.  WISE help reduce the underrepresentation of business women that are able to leverage innovation to compete by addressing these gaps:

  • Lack of knowledge and business skills
  • Lack of access to finance
  • Limited connections and relationships
  • Spending 21 hours per week more than men on housework and child or elderly care

WISE’s vision is to become the leading organization enabling female founders through training, connections, community and innovation.

Our mission
We create equal opportunities for Vietnamese women to succeed in business.