Fintech & EM-focused Analyst, KT Capital Group

Alec Tseung

Fintech & EM-focused Analyst

KT Capital Group

Principal investments and advisory firm that focuses on connecting the CIS countries with East Asia.

Principal investments and advisory firm

Equity Capital Markets

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<li>Vietnam's tech giant, VNG, filed for US listing last week (valuation TBC).</li>
<li>Given the country's current foreign ownership restriction, the listing will be done via an offshore entity that effectively controls the company through contractual agreements.</li>
<li>Investors should be aware of the risk, esp. after previous market concerns surrounding Chinese tech companies' VIE structure.</li>
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Vietnam's tech giant, VNG, filed for US listing last week (valuation TBC).
Given the country's current foreign ownership restriction, the listing will be done via an offshore entity that effectively controls the company through contractual agreements.
Investors should be aware of the risk, esp. after previous market concerns surrounding Chinese tech companies' VIE structure.


VNG: Potential US Listing with the First Vietnamese “VIE” Structure

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements, Aequitas Research

Sumeet Singh

Head of Research, IPOs & Placements

IPOs and Placements coverage across Asia Pacific

Aequitas Research

We cover all listing across the Asia Pacific along with follow-up placements. As of Dec 2020, our team had covered 539 IPOs with a hit rate of 73.5% and 685 placements with a hit rate of 66.8%.

We combine fundamental bottom-up views with our proprietary quantitative framework to provide a holistic coverage across new listings and placements. Our coverage includes pre-IPO notes before the deal is launched, follow-up analysis once the deal is live and post-listing trading analysis as well.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vng-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26716:1" rel="noopener">VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US)</a>, Vietnam’s leading internet platform, aims to raise up to US$300m in its US IPO.</li>
<li>VNG is Vietnam’s leading homegrown digital ecosystem, as per the company, with diverse product offerings across games, communications and media, fintech and other opportunities.</li>
<li>We looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about valuations.</li>
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VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US), Vietnam’s leading internet platform, aims to raise up to US$300m in its US IPO.
VNG is Vietnam’s leading homegrown digital ecosystem, as per the company, with diverse product offerings across games, communications and media, fintech and other opportunities.
We looked at the company’s past performance and undertook a peer comparison in our earlier notes. In this note, we talk about valuations.


Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs, Douglas Research Advisory

Douglas Kim

Korea/Asia, Events, IPOs

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<li>VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US) is getting ready to complete its IPO on the NASDAQ exchange in the next several months. VNG operates the dominant chat app Zalo in Vietnam. </li>
<li>VNG is reminiscent of Kakao Corp (035720 KS) in its early years of operations when it captured a dominant portion of Korea's chat app market through its KakaoTalk app.</li>
<li>Although the company has yet to provide a firm timeline of the IPO, there is likely to be eye-popping demand for the IPO shares of VNG. </li>
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VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US) is getting ready to complete its IPO on the NASDAQ exchange in the next several months. VNG operates the dominant chat app Zalo in Vietnam. 
VNG is reminiscent of Kakao Corp (035720 KS) in its early years of operations when it captured a dominant portion of Korea's chat app market through its KakaoTalk app.
Although the company has yet to provide a firm timeline of the IPO, there is likely to be eye-popping demand for the IPO shares of VNG. 


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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vng-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26716:1" rel="noopener">VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US)</a>, Vietnam’s leading internet platform, aims to raise up to US$300m in its US IPO.</li>
<li>VNG is Vietnam’s leading homegrown digital ecosystem, as per the company, with diverse product offerings across games, communications and media, fintech and other opportunities</li>
<li>We looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we undertake a comparison versus its local competitors.</li>
</ul>



VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US), Vietnam’s leading internet platform, aims to raise up to US$300m in its US IPO.
VNG is Vietnam’s leading homegrown digital ecosystem, as per the company, with diverse product offerings across games, communications and media, fintech and other opportunities
We looked at the company’s past performance in our earlier notes. In this note, we undertake a comparison versus its local competitors.


IPOs and Catalysts/Events, Global Equity Research Ltd

Arun George

IPOs and Catalysts/Events

Uncompromised, Independent, Conflict-Free Research

Global Equity Research Ltd

Global Equity Research was started in 2017 by a group of experienced research professionals. It was founded on a passionate belief in the importance and the need for uncompromised, independent, conflict-free research. We aim to provide differentiated and actionable primary and bottom up fundamental research.

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<a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/entities/vng-limited" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="entities:26716:1" rel="noopener">VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US)</a> is Vietnam’s leading, homegrown digital ecosystem. VNG has filed for a Nasdaq listing to raise US$300 million.</li>
<li>In <em><strong><a href="https://www.smartkarma.com/insights/vng-ipo-the-bull-case" target="_blank" data-smartkarma-citation="insights:112269" rel="noopener">VNG IPO: The Bull Case</a></strong></em>, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.</li>
<li>The bear case rests on the Communications and Media business' faltering fundamentals, the Fintech business' uncertain path to profitability and VNG’s underlying cash burn.</li>
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VNG (VinaGame) (VNG US) is Vietnam’s leading, homegrown digital ecosystem. VNG has filed for a Nasdaq listing to raise US$300 million.
In VNG IPO: The Bull Case, we highlighted the key elements of the bull case. In this note, we outline the bear case.
The bear case rests on the Communications and Media business' faltering fundamentals, the Fintech business' uncertain path to profitability and VNG’s underlying cash burn.


United States

VNG Limited operates a digital infrastructure and technology platform. The Company offers products mobile games, communications and media, fintech, and cloud-based platforms. VNG serves customers worldwide.

VNG (VNG US)

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Alec Tseung

VNG Pre-IPO - Thoughts on Valuation

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Sumeet Singh

VNG (VinaGame) IPO Preview

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Douglas Kim

VNG Pre-IPO - Local Peers Comparison

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Sumeet Singh

VNG IPO: The Bear Case

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Arun George