Eddie Thai's personal story as the son of Vietnamese refugees drives his investment mission at AVV, where he uses venture capital as a vehicle for broad-based impact while backing Vietnam-built companies that go on to raise from global blue-chip VCs like a16z, Sequoia, and Google's AI fund. He has been an early evangelist of Vietnam's tech renaissance since before it was trendy, deliberately staging his career return to the country and launching structured programs like SHINE to support women founders while providing hands-on, long-horizon strategic partnership to entrepreneurs beyond just writing checks.