City partnership deck

Growing Da Nang’s AI & startup ecosystem

For city & local government partners · Da Nang, Vietnam

Frontier Club is building an international community of builders in Da Nang: founders who don't just visit, but stay and grow their startups from the city itself. We believe Da Nang has the potential to become Southeast Asia's leading destination for AI founders, and Frontier Club is the on-ramp bringing that talent in.

440+ builders on the community list, 5 events in six weeks — and a phased partnership plan inside.

A packed table of builders at a Frontier Club event in Da Nang

Frontier Club · Da Nang City, Vietnam

What we run

Events, meetups, workshops & mentoring, multiple times per month

Multiple times a month, we run AI meetups, workshops, and founder mentoring, creating a steady pipeline that attracts international builders to launch startups from Da Nang. Alongside this, our community gatherings help them put down real roots: building relationships, finding co-founders and teammates, and coming to see Da Nang as a place to build a career, not just a stopover.

A speaker presenting at a Frontier Club AI Meetup

AI Meetups

Open builder nights

Talks, demos, and hands-on coworking for developers and founders shipping with AI.

Founder Hub

Peer sessions

Smaller circles where founders work through building, marketing, and startup questions together.

Builders working through a workshop together

Workshops

Hands-on formats

Focused sessions that turn tools and workflows into practice, not slides alone.

Founder mentoring

Ongoing support

Direct mentoring for startup founders on shipping, go-to-market, and connecting to the right people.

Traction on the ground

440+ builders on the Da Nang list

In roughly six weeks: 5 events run and around 100 unique builders checked in. Early proof of momentum and real demand from international founders for a destination like Da Nang.

440+

Builders on the Da Nang community list

Events run in roughly six weeks

~100

Unique builders checked in at Frontier

Frontier Club builders with the event standee on the table

The crowd gathered at a Frontier Club AI Meetup

Builders huddled around a laptop together

Builders coworking at Frontier Club Meetup #2

For the city & local government

Why partner with Frontier Club

Our vision: a thriving startup ecosystem in Da Nang, where a meaningful share of the international founders who come through choose to grow their startups here rather than in Saigon, Hanoi, or Singapore. We're also actively connecting into Vietnam's national startup ecosystem, linking local startups to international investors and vice versa, positioning Da Nang as a bridge between the two.

01
Destination for AI founders
Help Da Nang become Southeast Asia’s leading place for international AI founders to stay and grow, not just visit.
02
International talent pipeline
A steady on-ramp that attracts builders to launch startups from Da Nang and put down real roots in the city.
03
Roots, not stopovers
Community gatherings that build relationships, surface co-founders and teammates, and make Da Nang a place to build a career.
04
Bridge to the national ecosystem
Connect Da Nang into Vietnam’s startup ecosystem, linking local startups to international investors and vice versa.
05
Startup & innovation activity
Keep a steady calendar of meetups, workshops, and founder mentoring, multiple times per month.

A founder mentoring session at a Frontier Club event

Builders deep in work at a Frontier Club build night

Use of funds

Where the sponsorship goes

Every đồng goes into running the program on the ground in Da Nang. At full program, the monthly budget breaks down like this:

Full program · monthly

650MVND

≈ US$24,700 per month, covering the full events, mentoring, and staffing program.

We're proposing a phased start, beginning at 260M VND per month — see the next page.

Staffing
Community and operations team running events, founder support, and partner reporting.
280MVND
Regular event spaces
Venues across the city for meetups, workshops, and founder sessions, multiple times per month.
180MVND
Prizes
Hackathon and demo-night prizes that attract serious builders to compete and ship.
90MVND
Design & printing
Signage, banners, standees, and event materials for every event.
70MVND
Software tools
Founder tracking and community CRM to measure who we attract, retain, and help grow.
30MVND

The ask

A phased partnership: start small, scale with results

We're not asking for everything on day one. Phase 1 proves the program at a lean budget; each phase after unlocks more as the results come in, up to the full program that turns Da Nang into the launchpad for the region's next wave of AI startups.

Phase 1 · Prove

Months 1–3

260MVND / month

≈ US$9,900 / month

·Regular event venues secured
·Design, printing & prizes covered
·Founder-tracking software in place
·Lean staffing — hosts stay hands-on

Phase 2 · Grow

Months 4–6

450MVND / month

≈ US$17,100 / month

·Dedicated community staff
·More events every month
·Structured founder mentoring
·Regular reporting to city partners

Phase 3 · Full program

Month 7+

650MVND / month

≈ US$24,700 / month

·Full staffing & operations
·Flagship city-scale events
·Complete mentoring program
·National ecosystem connections

To discuss a city partnership or sponsorship package, contact us at events@frontierclub.ai. Commercial meetup tiers are also listed on the sponsorship prospectus.