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Growth investor Monterro opens software development centre in Vietnam

Leading Nordic Growth investor in B2B software companies, Monterro, launches Scandinavian Software Park in Hanoi, Vietnam to support its portfolio companies establishing software development in Vietnam. The initiative enables Monterro’s SaaS companies to accelerate their growth journey.

-”Software engineers are scarce resources, and there’s a lot of qualified engineers in Vietnam”, says Gustav Lagercrantz, CEO of Monterro. ”Our mission is to support Nordic software companies in their growth journey but finding software engineers is a bottleneck. Therefore, we’re really happy to launch Scandinavian Software Park”, he says.

The center is managed by Monterro’s own staff that takes care of recruitments, administration and venues. The engineers that are hired are employed by Monterro’s portfolio companies and are part of their existing development teams.

Building a software development centre in Vietnam is not new to the people at Monterro. One of the initiators, Per Ivansson, used to work as CTO at the Swedish global SaaS company Episerver, where he was responsible for the global development team.

-Per Ivansson shared that ”Vietnam is an ideal place in many ways. Every year, more than 50,000 software engineers graduate with competence in cutting edge technology. Furthermore, we have the benefit of having a very experienced leader for Scandinavian Software Park, Mr Hieu Doan, who has built and run Episerver’s development centre in Vietnam for 10 years. His network and experience from both Sweden and Vietnam is a fantastic asset”, he adds.

-“Many students in Vietnam want to work for a Nordic SaaS company”, says Hieu Doan, leader of Scandinavian Software Park. ”Nordic companies are known for their creativity, innovation and work-life balance. It’s a win-win situation for both parties”.

About Scandinavian Software Park

Scandinavian Software Park gathers software engineers at some of Scandinavia’s market-leading SaaS companies that develop cutting edge products for a wide variety of industries across the world.

The Park is founded by Nordic growth investor Monterro to support their portfolio companies with high-quality software development in Vietnam.

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Monterro is the leading B2B software investor in the Nordics, with a mission to turn Nordic software companies into market leaders and global players within their niches. Our team has successfully developed and led companies such as Pointsec, Episerver and Orc Software – and we bring this operational experience to the Monterro portfolio, supporting the companies in all aspects of growth. We also bring significant financial commitment to our partnerships, with 30% of capital coming from our partners and employees.

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Gustav Lagercrantz

Gustav Lagercrantz

Press contact CEO of Monterro At Monterro, Gustav is Chairman of the Board of Matilda Foodtech, Next, TimeEdit, and PLAYipp. He is a board member at Umbraco. +46 70 734 74 11

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