# Eddie Thai

> Eddie Thai is a seed investor at AVV backing Blockchain and Information Technology. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [AVV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascend-vietnam-ventures)
- Location: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Dec 2024
- Lead investor: 26%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edwardthai
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/EddieThai
- Website: https://x.com/EddieThai
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edwardthai

Eddie Thai is a seed investor at AVV in Ho Chi Minh City focused on Blockchain and Information Technology. Eddie is a General Partner of Ascend Vietnam Ventures (AVV), focused on investing in startups addressing the Vietnam market and/or leveraging Vietnam's low-cost, high-tech talent. Before that, he was a General Partner of 500 Global. He was an alumnus of Harvard and Yale.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 16% |
| Video Games | 2 | 11% |
| B2C | 1 | 5% |
| Web3 | 1 | 5% |

32 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 47% |
| Series A | 4 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 11% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 4 | 21% |
| United States | 4 | 21% |
| Vietnam | 3 | 16% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Techcoop | TechCoop is an agrifintech for MSMEs, delivering a comprehensive solution package combining access to market, access to finance, and access to technology for smallholders. | $28M | Series A | Dec 02, 2024 |  |
| Cerebry | Cerebry's artificial intelligence (AI) technology is similar to that of a personal instructor. The AI tutor develops a one-of-a-kind question for the user to answer that is not repeated for any other student and is based on the student's exact level of comprehension. For each created question, the AI tutor can also provide tips andstep-by-step solutions. The AI can alter the complexity of the following question based on the student's answer, pose a question involving numerous topics to challenge the student in a different context, and break down the question into its constituent steps based on the student's answer. | $1M | Seed | Jun 28, 2023 |  |
| Finblox | Finblox is the alternative crypto investment and savings account. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Finblox | Finblox is the alternative crypto investment and savings account. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 09, 2021 |  |
| Axie Infinity | Axie Infinity is a game about collecting and raising fantasy creatures called Axie, on the Ethereum platform. Besides collecting and raising, you can make a team of Axies to battle in the arena. You can also buy, sell, and trade Axies with others on the marketplace. | $7.5M | Series A | May 11, 2021 |  |
| Sky Mavis | Sky Mavis is a technology company that creates decentralized applications and services. They specialize in the fields of information technology, blockchain, video game, and more. | $7.5M | Series A | May 11, 2021 |  |
| Turing | Turing.com connects world-class remote software engineers with world-class companies. 200+ companies, including those backed by Google Ventures, Andreessen, Founders Fund, Kleiner, and Bloomberg, have hired Turing developers. Over 1M+ developers from across 150+ countries have chosen Turing as their preferred platform for landing remote jobs. | $32M | Series B | Sep 14, 2020 |  |
| Turing | Turing.com connects world-class remote software engineers with world-class companies. 200+ companies, including those backed by Google Ventures, Andreessen, Founders Fund, Kleiner, and Bloomberg, have hired Turing developers. Over 1M+ developers from across 150+ countries have chosen Turing as their preferred platform for landing remote jobs. |  | Seed | Apr 14, 2020 |  |
| Sky Mavis | Sky Mavis is a technology company that creates decentralized applications and services. They specialize in the fields of information technology, blockchain, video game, and more. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 08, 2019 |  |
| Axie Infinity | Axie Infinity is a game about collecting and raising fantasy creatures called Axie, on the Ethereum platform. Besides collecting and raising, you can make a team of Axies to battle in the arena. You can also buy, sell, and trade Axies with others on the marketplace. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 07, 2019 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [10K Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/10k-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BEENEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bee-next) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BlueOrchard Finance S A](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blueorchard-finance-s-a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Collab+Currency](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/collab-currency) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About AVV

VC Fund · Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tech focused seed stage firm in Vietnam

3 contacts available at AVV.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Binh Tran | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/binh-tran |
| Eddie Thai | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eddie-thai |
| Hau Ly | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hau-ly-1437 |

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## FAQ

### What does Eddie Thai invest in?

Eddie Thai invests primarily in Blockchain, Information Technology and Video Games startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Eddie Thai last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eddie Thai closed in Dec 2024. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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