There is a lot of inefficiency in fundraising/investing and background details of investors. Founders generally pitch everyone and have a hard time finding the right, relevant investor for their business which slows down innovation. Investors typically have irrelevant or inadequate deal flow and lose interest and precious time. 

Adapter removes the friction from early-stage fundraising & investing by verifying and actively monitoring our investor/founder network.

To join Adapter, you have to register at the Investor section in the upper bar of the Homepage

After registration, you will receive a confirmation email to set your discovery settings to get access to the ventures on Adapter. 

Investors that we approve to our network are what we call “smart capital investors”. These are investors who are willing and capable to invest not just money but also network and knowledge since early-stage companies (Seed to Series A). 

Our investors range from experienced Business Angels to Venture Capitalists to any type of person who has accumulated wealth, also called “High Net Worth Individuals” (HNWI). Our product aims to educate users who are both established and new to early-stage investing in startups. 

It depends. Normally, Adapter does not take any commission from the connections of startups and investors, service providers or events on Adapter. However, if there are any circumstances for commission happened, Adapter will contact user or relevant stakeholders directly for more details

Every company from any stages is user on Adapter. Firstly, we provide startups starting from early stage with a network of investors (angel investors, venture capitals,...). Secondly, we support companies with services provided by service providers (any companies can offer services/products). Finally, event organizers can be our users to together host and bring out best offerings to those who are interested.

Adapter started in Hanoi in 2019 and currently serves startups all around the world.

Your Adapter Score determines the position of your company in the dealflow to make sure we offer relevant, and quality deal flow to our investor members.

The Adapter Score is our magic sauce and crunched behind the scenes. It includes your traction with investors, profile strength and engagement (profile updates, response time etc.. 

To increase/maintain your Adapter Score make sure your profile strength is near 100%, updated on a regular basis and your response time to interested investors stays within 24 hours.

We maintain a thorough approval process for each investor interested in accessing the Adapter network. This way, as a founder, you can rest assured your company’s overview and pitch deck is only viewable by verified members.

Besides, we don’t ask you to disclose every detail of your company but ask you to share enough information to trigger and inspire investors to reach out and connect.

As investors value their discretion, there is no possibility to perform outreach to investors on the platform. It is a dance, you must wait for them to connect with you.

You can encourage them to contact you by keeping your profile up-to-date by updating your profile regularly especially the fields in the progress and metrics section.

Note that investors who bookmark your company will receive (push) notifications on your progress which could lead to new connections.

No, it is not possible to see investor list as private investors value their discretion. If you are interested in finding out more about our institutional investor community, have a look at our experience and network. This a community we have developed over years of running matchmaking events around Vietnam and who have been invited to trial the first version of Adapter.

No, Adapter does not take part in further conversations and meetings with investors, we are merely your match-maker.

However, if you are looking for advice – let us know by writing to support@adapter.vn – we are always happy to help with any questions, or concerns where possible.

This depends entirely on you and the investor(s) that get in touch with you. However industry standard is typically 3-6 months. As we aim to work faster and more efficiently than what is already out there, we have built Adpater to deliver fast and successful connectivity through data-driven matchmaking.