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Masan Group

18th Floor, Masan Tower, No. 23 Le Duan, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Overview

They are one of Vietnam’s largest private sector companies with a focus on the consumption and resources sectors. They have a track record of actively building, acquiring and managing large-scale operating platforms that capitalize on Vietnam’s structural consumption and resources stories. They believe that substantial value can be created for their shareholders through professional management, global partners and a commitment to serving Vietnam’s emerging middle class. Their vision is to become Vietnam’s local private sector champion in terms of scale, profitability, and shareholder return and to become the country’s growth partner and employer of choice. In order to achieve this vision, they operate in sectors where a local private sector company can be a market leader and can develop scale through focus and consolidation. Their management team comprises professionals with global risk management and capital allocation expertise, Vietnamese managers with local execution experience and, at their operating businesses, senior industry executives with a track record at multinational corporations.

Total investments
1
Lead investments
1
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
2

Sector focus

  • Finance
  • Financial Exchanges
  • Financial Services
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Investment portfolio

  • TrustIQ

    Led · Equity · Feb 2023

    Trust IQ Pte. Ltd. is a Singapore-based technology firm primarily engaged in software development, technology and global applications, including development of comprehensive AI-based credit risk assessment methods. The company builds AI-driven platforms and tools intended to support credit risk evaluation at scale. Under the agreement with Masan, Trust IQ will help develop Retail AI and Consumer AI platforms and an AI/ML-powered loyalty programme that integrates offline and online channels. Plans also include building a consumer credit access platform to issue credit cards to mass consumers without requiring proof of income and integrating Trust IQ’s platform into retail operations. The partnership is positioned to accelerate application of artificial intelligence in retail and consumption as part of Masan’s broader consumer–retail–technology ecosystem strategy.

Team

  • Nguyen Dang Quang

    Founder & Chairman cum CEO

  • Domininc Heaton

    Head of Strategic Initiatives

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