Lana Duong

E-commerce entrepreneur | Ex tech investor and investment banker | Forbes 30 Under 30

📍 Singapore, Singapore🔄 Updated September 2026💼 5 investments📅 8 years investing🗓 Last invested Jan 2019
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2019
Validus Group is the #1 SME financing marketplace in Southeast Asia backed by top tier banks, PE / VC funds, DFIs, and strategic FIs across Asia. An award-winning Fintech, Validus uses Data Analytics and AI to drive growth financing to the underserved SME sector, pioneering an anchor-led supply chain financing model. Validus Group has disbursed over US$5 billion to SMEs across ASEAN and holds leadership position in Indonesia and Thailand.
Board Member
2018
Topica Edtech Group is a leading online education platform in Southeast Asia, with offices in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand. Our mission is to bring high quality online education to millions of people. We have a number of successful products including ‘Topica Uni,’ which offers online degrees from top-tier universities in the Philippines and Vietnam; and ‘Topica Native,’ our online English speech tutoring program which employs 1,800 part-time teachers across four continents. We’ve have Edumall, a e-learning marketplace for wide range of courses for professional to personal development. Topica runs the Vietnam and Thailand chapters of the Silicon Valley early-stage startup accelerator, Founder Institute, which has presence in 60 cities globally. Graduates of our Vietnam program have raised over $8 million USD over three years, the most notable alum being Appota who reached the Series B level of venture financing in 2014. Launched in 2008, we’ve grown to be a force in Asia’s edtech arena and employ more than 400 full-time staff across two markets. But we still operate very much like a startup: Lean, experimental and entrepreneurial. We’ve got big plans and are looking for global-minded people who are passionate about education to join us.
Alternate Board Member
2018
Topica Edtech Group is a leading online education platform in Southeast Asia, with offices in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand. Our mission is to bring high quality online education to millions of people. We have a number of successful products including ‘Topica Uni,’ which offers online degrees from top-tier universities in the Philippines and Vietnam; and ‘Topica Native,’ our online English speech tutoring program which employs 1,800 part-time teachers across four continents. We’ve have Edumall, a e-learning marketplace for wide range of courses for professional to personal development. Topica runs the Vietnam and Thailand chapters of the Silicon Valley early-stage startup accelerator, Founder Institute, which has presence in 60 cities globally. Graduates of our Vietnam program have raised over $8 million USD over three years, the most notable alum being Appota who reached the Series B level of venture financing in 2014. Launched in 2008, we’ve grown to be a force in Asia’s edtech arena and employ more than 400 full-time staff across two markets. But we still operate very much like a startup: Lean, experimental and entrepreneurial. We’ve got big plans and are looking for global-minded people who are passionate about education to join us.
Board Member
2018
Oway is a leading travel company in Myanmar offering a wide range of on- and offline distribution solutions for the industry as we well as comprehensive services for business travelers and consumers. Oway operates oway.com.mm, Myanmar’s first one-stop online travel portal, offering the largest inventory of hotels, flights, cars, buses and tours, with multiple secure payment options for local and international travelers. To know more details Please visit our website oway.com.mm
Alternate Board Member
2018
Oway is a leading travel company in Myanmar offering a wide range of on- and offline distribution solutions for the industry as we well as comprehensive services for business travelers and consumers. Oway operates oway.com.mm, Myanmar’s first one-stop online travel portal, offering the largest inventory of hotels, flights, cars, buses and tours, with multiple secure payment options for local and international travelers. To know more details Please visit our website oway.com.mm
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2019
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2019
Validus Group is the #1 SME financing marketplace in Southeast Asia backed by top tier banks, PE / VC funds, DFIs, and strategic FIs across Asia. An award-winning Fintech, Validus uses Data Analytics and AI to drive growth financing to the underserved SME sector, pioneering an anchor-led supply chain financing model. Validus Group has disbursed over US$5 billion to SMEs across ASEAN and holds leadership position in Indonesia and Thailand.
2018
Board Member
2018
Topica Edtech Group is a leading online education platform in Southeast Asia, with offices in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand. Our mission is to bring high quality online education to millions of people. We have a number of successful products including ‘Topica Uni,’ which offers online degrees from top-tier universities in the Philippines and Vietnam; and ‘Topica Native,’ our online English speech tutoring program which employs 1,800 part-time teachers across four continents. We’ve have Edumall, a e-learning marketplace for wide range of courses for professional to personal development. Topica runs the Vietnam and Thailand chapters of the Silicon Valley early-stage startup accelerator, Founder Institute, which has presence in 60 cities globally. Graduates of our Vietnam program have raised over $8 million USD over three years, the most notable alum being Appota who reached the Series B level of venture financing in 2014. Launched in 2008, we’ve grown to be a force in Asia’s edtech arena and employ more than 400 full-time staff across two markets. But we still operate very much like a startup: Lean, experimental and entrepreneurial. We’ve got big plans and are looking for global-minded people who are passionate about education to join us.
Alternate Board Member
2018
Topica Edtech Group is a leading online education platform in Southeast Asia, with offices in Ho Chi Minh City & Hanoi Vietnam, and Bangkok, Thailand. Our mission is to bring high quality online education to millions of people. We have a number of successful products including ‘Topica Uni,’ which offers online degrees from top-tier universities in the Philippines and Vietnam; and ‘Topica Native,’ our online English speech tutoring program which employs 1,800 part-time teachers across four continents. We’ve have Edumall, a e-learning marketplace for wide range of courses for professional to personal development. Topica runs the Vietnam and Thailand chapters of the Silicon Valley early-stage startup accelerator, Founder Institute, which has presence in 60 cities globally. Graduates of our Vietnam program have raised over $8 million USD over three years, the most notable alum being Appota who reached the Series B level of venture financing in 2014. Launched in 2008, we’ve grown to be a force in Asia’s edtech arena and employ more than 400 full-time staff across two markets. But we still operate very much like a startup: Lean, experimental and entrepreneurial. We’ve got big plans and are looking for global-minded people who are passionate about education to join us.
Board Member
2018
Oway is a leading travel company in Myanmar offering a wide range of on- and offline distribution solutions for the industry as we well as comprehensive services for business travelers and consumers. Oway operates oway.com.mm, Myanmar’s first one-stop online travel portal, offering the largest inventory of hotels, flights, cars, buses and tours, with multiple secure payment options for local and international travelers. To know more details Please visit our website oway.com.mm
Alternate Board Member
2018
Oway is a leading travel company in Myanmar offering a wide range of on- and offline distribution solutions for the industry as we well as comprehensive services for business travelers and consumers. Oway operates oway.com.mm, Myanmar’s first one-stop online travel portal, offering the largest inventory of hotels, flights, cars, buses and tours, with multiple secure payment options for local and international travelers. To know more details Please visit our website oway.com.mm
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