Nexus Research

* Support with funds, accelerators and networks
* Build an ecosystem of green energy entrepreneurs to address regional energy growth and climate change situation
* Launched in Vietnam in March 2019
* **Vision: 100% clean energy for 100% the population (Vietnam -> Asia -> world)**

### **What they do?**

#### **Focusing Area**

* Green energy and storage
* Energy efficiency, energy management, customize experience
* Immobility

#### **Project overview in Vietnam**

##### **Launch**

Bring green energy knowledge, entrepreneurship, inspiration for the youth & community. Support them by incubating their ideas, help get to prototypes

##### **Surveys**

Talk to Mekong Delta households: only know solar panels system saves 100k – 200k VND. Don’t know about the impact of clean energy to the environment and society

In Hanoi Electricity University and French Vietnamese University: ask them about what clean energy is and what’s its impact. Result: 89% don’t know about it.

-> Household (end-user) and students (future generation for startups) don’t know about clean energy while Vietnam has many potentials in clean energy (Nexus’s statistics).

##### **Organizing workshops**

* Nexus organized 2 workshops in universities where at the end students can pitch their ideas to investors/mentor.
* Workshops for students (HCMC technology university, FPT university in Can Tho) -> Calling out for clean energy initiatives -> Trainings for the students -> Selection stages -> Heckathon 25-26/11/2020 in Danang (also the last stage) -> 27/11: final round for Clean Energy Initiatives for young engineers in ASEAN (held in Danang)
* This year: no more incubation -> moved to acceleration

**GOAL: Inspire engineer students, get clean energy to anyone, get people inspired to help more entrepreneurship**

##### **Accelerate**

Supporting companies that already have prototype/products -> Connect them with investors -> Work with different stakeholders of the system (to help develop project)

* Ex. **Vietnam Smart Energy Hackathon:** incubated 4 startups
* Ex. **Connect meetups:** plan regular connect meetups where there’s a networking working events -> get all people in ecosystem of smart energy together to discuss about smart energy

##### **Scale-up**

pile up projects in different countries and match corporates and solution

Corporation: have problem about smart energy

Startup: provide solution

Nexus: match them

* Ex. **ADB (Asian development bank) venue**: do pilot projects: get corporations in Asia which have problem building efficient energy for the buildings (building energy challenge). Nexus: get best solution from around the world (from 1800 startups, now narrowed down to 10)
* Ex: Nexus works with Viettel Capital House to mitch match their meet with the solution.

##### **GOAL:**

* **Help startups by connecting them with other corporations (act as finance and business adviser)**
* **Build clean energy entrepreneurial culture**
* **Build an ecosystem of green energy entrepreneurs to address regional energy growth and climate change situation**

### **BRIEF**

Open for other proposals

Content required in the video:

* Overview of their programs
* Featuring previous events (Nexus has pictures)
* Introduce upcoming activities (Nexus has plans)

* Success stories (?)

-> Highlight Nexus’s works in renewable energy sector in Vietnam

-> Purpose: spread awareness of their work; engage partners, introduce programs, events (this year)

Target audience:

* Every elements of the ecosystem (startups, investors, mentor/trainers, other supporting organizations). Prefer startups, investors later.

* The community (because clean energy has sustainability characteristic, which is all about community. Therefore, to promote Nexus needs to build a foundation for community).

Duration:

* 1st sep: final product

### **New Energy Nexus Southeast Asia (Nexsea)**

* Is like Nexus but broader (for SEA)
* Branding color: blue & orange