On November 17, 2015, the network security solution CyRadar by Security team under FPT Technology Commission beat more than 100 competitors from 12 countries in Asia to be named among Top Asia 10 potential technoloy startups of Echelon Thailand's Startup Launchpad 2015. This is an annual competition for entrepreneurs, founders of technology startups in Asia.

According to Nguyen Minh Duc, the leader of security team, CyRadar helped detect risks to information safety of corporates and other personal devices. This product running Machine Learning and Big Data would assist businesses in detecting new risks faster and more accurately.

The test is being run in a number of agencies in Vietnam such as MobiFone, VietNamNet. These agencies informed that CyRadar was detecting new risks efectively.

Criteria for selecting Top 10 start-ups is the high potential from idea to development and call for investment. 7 countries with products among Top 10 included Thailand, Philippines, Japan, India, Malaysia, Myanmar and Vietnam. Vietnam topped the list with three projects Q&Me; CancerCare and CyRadar.

Expectedly, Top 10 will present their solutions to the jury on November 26 in Thailand in order to choose Top 5. Besides they will be displayed at Echelon Thailand 2015. The winner will receive the award worth USD 120,000 and get the chance to be invested.

Currently, Vietnam is one of the fastest growing startup markets in Southeast Asia. FPT always encourages start-ups inside and outside FPT. In 2015, FPT launched FPT Ventures to seek and support potential start-ups. Many startups have been formed and got some significant success such as Sendo, ANTS etc.

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