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Vinnie Lauria

Ho Chi Minh City, Singapore
As seen in: Forbes, Entrepreneur, Fast Company, MENAFN, e27, VIR(Vietnam Investment Review)
Covers:  I write about Silicon Valley trends in other parts of the globe.
🧔🏻 3x dad, world citizen, 2x SiliconValley ex-entrepreneur 🌉🌱 VC (80+ portfolio: 11 loss, 9 unicorns, 2 IPO) @GoldenGateVC 🎓 @KauffmanFellows @Tsinghua_Uni

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Vinnie Lauria’s Biography

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Vinnie is an entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. In 2011 Vinnie co-founded Golden Gate Ventures, an early-stage VC firm in Southeast Asia with US$250M AUM, 70+ companies, and 9 unicorns in the portfolio. He is a Kauffman Fellow, a Tsinghua University EMBA candidate, and a guest lecturer at the National University of Singapore. Vinnie was awarded Top Startup Mentor by the Founder Institute, from a pool of 2,500 mentors.

Prior to setting up Golden Gate Ventures, Vinnie built two startups in S…

Vinnie Lauria’s Journalist Portfolio

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How The Gulf Is Changing Global Capital Flows | Entrepreneur

How The Gulf Is Changing Global Capital Flows | Entrepreneur

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SVB crisis: Southeast Asia now looks like a ‘golden child’ to U.S. investors

SVB crisis: Southeast Asia now looks like a ‘golden child’ to U.S. investors

CNBC’s Street Signs Asia 3min video interview that describes the after-shock of Silicon Valley Bank's collaps…

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Why Vietnam Will Be the Growth Driver Of SEA's 'Startup Golden Triangle'

Why Vietnam Will Be the Growth Driver Of SEA's 'Startup Golden Triangle'

Southeast Asia comprises almost a dozen countries, with cultures so beautifully varied and unique that there …

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This $360 billion e-commerce trend is huge in Asia-and it's coming to the U.S. next

This $360 billion e-commerce trend is huge in Asia-and it's coming to the U.S. next

As an American heading a Singapore-based VC firm for a decade, I often see new tech trends emerging earlier o…

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Grab, GoTo, and Sea: Who Has the Formula For Superapp Supremacy in Southeast Asia?

Grab, GoTo, and Sea: Who Has the Formula For Superapp Supremacy in Southeast Asia?

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A good bit of media attention has focused on t…

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How two Southeast Asian superapps beat Uber at its own game

How two Southeast Asian superapps beat Uber at its own game

In 2009, while Uber's cofounders were gearing up to launch, a cadre of young Asian entrepreneurs-to-be entere…

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Mind The Gap Business Book Announced By Vinnie Lauria

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By Vinnie Lauria
| MENAFN
(MENAFN- EIN Presswire) EINPresswire/ -- Vinnie Lauria, a two-time Silicon Valley entrepreneur and Founding Partner of Golden Gate Ventures, today announced the upcoming publication of the Mind the Gap business book, Scaling Businesses Across Cultures, a new title focused on the cultural challenges that derail global expansion. The Mind the Gap business book, co-authored with international business builder Stefano Pellegrino, is set to be released by Wiley.
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Resilience vital for startups to attain long-term success

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By Vinnie Lauria
| VIR(Vietnam Investment Review) Verified
I made a bold move for Golden Gate Ventures by moving my family to Vietnam to open our office here. It has been an incredible learning experience and I feel very fortunate to live here. Vinnie Lauria Co-founder, Golden Gate Ventures I travel the globe monthly to meet with other investors, and one question that always comes up is “Why Vietnam?”. To me, the answer is simple: it’s the people. The talent here is unmatched, and the resources put into education is some of the highest in the world.
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Why Vietnam Will Be the Growth Driver Of SEA’s ‘Startup Golden Triangle’

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By Vinnie Lauria
| Entrepreneur Verified
Southeast Asia comprises almost a dozen countries, with cultures so beautifully varied and unique that there are hundreds of languages spoken across the region. However, this can present a growth challenge to southeast Asian startups and their investors. Unicorns looking to expand throughout the region find that no one-size-fits-all approach will do. Pexels Some of the region's largest Unicorns are therefore moving to a three-pronged approach.
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