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The investment, subject to regulatory approval, will help Sieu Viet solidify its value proposition in its core segment and roll out value-added services across its platform, Affirma Capital said in a statement.
DealStreetAsia had earlier reported that Sieu Viet had acquired local HR website MyWork.com.vn, bringing its network to a total of four job portals.
The recruitment firm caters to both small and medium businesses as well as large corporates. Sieu Viet claims to have referred millions of job applicants to over 500,000 companies in Vietnam.
“We are witnessing the most exciting growth period in Vietnam with a 55-million strong workforce and an economy that is rapidly becoming increasingly productive and well-diversified,” said Thuy Dropsey, executive director at Affirma Capital.
“Additionally, the Vietnamese entrepreneurial spirit has fuelled the development of the private sector in terms of the number of established enterprises, which serves as a catalyst for the expanding local job market,” she added.
Sieu Viet falls under the ambit of Simple Tech Investment (STI Holdings), a Vietnam-based early-stage investor founded by Phan Minh Tam.
Tam started out with his digital media venture 24h in 2004 and has since built a group of over 20 companies in several Southeast Asia countries across media, technology, HR services, transport, consumer retail, real estate and education verticals.
Tam said STI will continue to support Sieu Viet by leveraging its own ecosystem.
Other portfolio companies under STI include advertising firm Ants, social commerce platform Ecomobi, proptech startup Rever and edtech startup Dream Viet Education, which have secured investments from venture capital funds.
Sieu Viet is Affirma Capital’s fifth investment in Vietnam since 2014. The investment firm is owned and operated by the former senior leadership of Standard Chartered Private Equity.
Before the management buyout of StanChart’s private equity arm in 2019, the Singapore-headquartered firm had invested in children’s lifestyle platform N Kid, restaurant chain operator Golden Gate, agrochemical distribution and food production company Loc Troi, and Online Mobile Services JSC, which operates e-wallet MoMo.
Affirma Capital currently manages over $3.5 billion in assets.
Prior to the Sieu Viet deal, other transactions in the recruitment space in Vietnam have included South Korean company SaraminHR’s investment in IT sector-focused startup TopDev, KK Fund’s funding in JobHop and Mynavi Corporation’s acquisition of ITViec.
In an earlier deal, Dream Viet Education sold majority ownership of two of its learning platforms, Kyna.vn and KynaBiz.vn, to HR service firm Navigos Group.