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Wildcats
Wildcats is a community platform based in Da Nang, Vietnam, dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs through resources, mentorship, and collaborative activities. It focuses on empowering young entrepreneurs, particularly in Southeast Asia.
Overview
What Wildcats does
What Wildcats is
Wildcats is a community platform based in Da Nang, Vietnam, dedicated to supporting entrepreneurs through resources, mentorship, and collaborative activities. It focuses on empowering young entrepreneurs, particularly in Southeast Asia.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports community and event host capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Community
- Founded
- Founded in 2021
- Approximate age
- About 5 years
- Structured capabilities
- Community · Event host
- Last reviewed
- March 19, 2026
Official channels
Find Wildcats elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Wildcats as a community
Community overview
Wildcats is a community platform based in Da Nang, Vietnam, focused on supporting entrepreneurs. The organization aims to empower individuals from diverse backgrounds to explore their entrepreneurial potential by providing resources, mentorship, and a collaborative environment.
Community focus
Wildcats invests in early-stage entrepreneurs and small businesses, offering services such as mentorship, workshops, and community engagement. Their focus includes fostering innovation and resilience among young entrepreneurs, particularly in the Southeast Asian region.
Member value
Members benefit from access to mentorship, workshops, and a collaborative environment that fosters innovation and resilience. The community provides resources to help entrepreneurs develop their ideas and connect with local businesses.
Membership
- Membership fee
- $80 · one-time
- Pricing models
- fixed-tuition
Format and cadence
- Modality
- hybrid
- Schedule
- rolling-admissions
- Commitment
- light
Availability
- Membership state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- September 28, 2025
Audience and fit
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Benefits
- mentorship and network-access
- Program types
- community and bootcamp
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Regions
- AsiaSoutheast Asia
Community activity
Events and activity
Wildcats hosts a variety of events including 'Into the Wild', an adventure series, 'WildMeets', networking events for entrepreneurs, 'Big Business Energy: Game Night Edition', a game night for networking, 'Work Smarter with AI', workshops focused on AI tools for entrepreneurs, and 'Wildcats Town Hall', regular meetings for community updates.
Notable members
The team includes Melissa Lo (Co-Founder, CEO), Sameen Sohail Jasim (Director of Operations), and several other dedicated members who contribute to the community's initiatives.
Capability profile
Wildcats as an event host
Event focus
Wildcats invests in early-stage entrepreneurs and small businesses, offering services such as mentorship, workshops, and community engagement. Their focus includes fostering innovation and resilience among young entrepreneurs, particularly in the Southeast Asian region.
Format narrative
Wildcats provides a collaborative environment through various programs, including mentorship and workshops, aimed at supporting entrepreneurs from diverse backgrounds.
Participant value
Wildcats offers resources, mentorship, and a collaborative environment to empower entrepreneurs, helping them explore their potential and foster innovation.
Format and cadence
- Event types
- workshop, hackathon, and meetup
- Modality
- hybrid
- Recorded ticket price
- $80
- Startups can present
- Yes
Availability
- Registration state
- Accepting
- Next recorded event
- September 28, 2025
- Next event location
- Da Nang
Audience and fit
- Selection criteria
- open
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed
- Audience
- Founders · Students
- Regions
- AsiaSoutheast Asia
Speakers and past editions
Past editions
Wildcats has collaborated with various brands and organized open innovation challenges, helping young innovators develop their ideas. Notable initiatives include the Wildpaws project, which connects real-life shelter cats with the NFT and blockchain space, and the WildHacks event, which integrates AI solutions into local businesses.
Common questions
What to know about Wildcats
Upseed classifies Wildcats under the Community organization type. Its current public profile includes community and event host capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
Know what this page is based on
Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 19, 2026
Known limits
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