Binh Tran is a General Partner at Ascend Vietnam Ventures and formerly a managing partner of 500 Startups Vietnam, a seed stage fund investing in Vietnam-connected startups. Prior to 500 Startups, Binh started his career as a software engineer, experienced and interested in big data and distributed systems, predictive analytics and consumer facing products. Binh co-founded Klout in 2008 which was acquired in 2014.