Founder Nguyen Ba Canh Son

Founder Nguyen Ba Canh Son is known as the founder of the electric motorcycle brand "made in Vietnam” Dat Bike, promoting the trend of “going green”. In the technology world, Nguyen Ba Canh Son is like a "talent" who has won international awards in the field of technology. Wanting to challenge himself to understand his ability, Canh Son decided to quit his admirable job in Silicon Valley (USA), return to Vietnam to start a business with the Dat Bike electric motorcycle brand. Sharing about this decision, Son said that while studying and working in the US, every time he returned home to visit home, the thing that worried him the most was the need to use motorbikes. to move in Vietnam increased very quickly. Seeing smoldering gasoline-powered motorbikes ruining the atmosphere, the Master of Computer Science wants to change this situation. Son shared, developed countries, like the United States, are transitioning from gasoline-powered cars to electric cars. For the 2-wheeler segment, there are also a number of businesses that have done it, but all have failed. Because the market is very small, electric motorcycle start-ups in the US just come and go… The technology to develop electric motorbikes is already available, Son wants to bring this technology to Vietnam, further east. South Asia, to promote the trend of "greening" in traffic. In addition, he wants to "position" himself as a solver of "big problems", not just using tools (technology).

CEO 9x sees the potential for growth. electric motorbikes in the country, with a market of nearly 100 million people, electric vehicles have not been developed. However, no business journey is strewn with commissions. Son's journey is no exception. As a technologist, coming back from the US to start a business, he faced many difficulties and solved many problems by himself such as finding companions, finding parts suppliers, developing markets...

Recently, Son and Dat Bike team completed the second round of funding with 8 million USD, bringing the total mobilized investment capital to 16.5 million USD. The new investment will be used to develop and upgrade technologies and products; recruiting more sales, support, customer care, research and development (R&D) teams to handle rapidly increasing orders, in addition to investing in expanding production scale, researching additional stations Charger to serve customers.