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Minh Q. Tran

Board Observer at Evercontact

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Overview

Tran founded Mandalore Partners in December 2008 as a Corporate Venture Capital-as-a-Service platform [2][3]. The institutional model was formalized in 2012 with the launch of AXA Seed Factory, which Tran scaled to AXA Strategic Ventures, growing the fund from $10M to $400M between 2012 and 2017 [2]. Apicil Group joined Mandalore as anchor LP in 2019 [2]. Tran holds an MBA in Business Administration from INSEAD (2000) and a BBA in Business Economics from ISG Institut Supérieur de Gestion (1989–1992) [11][12]. Current board and advisory positions include Managing Partner at Insurtech Capital (since January 2019) [6], Board Member at IZNES (since December 2020) and Mipise (since December 2021) [9][10], Board Observer at INVYO (since September 2023) [7], and Strategic Advisor at Liminal (since April 2025) [5].

Profile introduction
Source excerptLinkedIn [2]

I founded Mandalore Partners in December 2008 and built it into the institutional Corporate Venture Capital-as-a-Service (CVCaaS) platform it is today. The model started taking shape across earlier mandates — MobileTag (2008) and Truffle Capital (Venture Partner, 2010) — and was formalized institutionally in 2012 with the launch of AXA Seed Factory (founder), which I scaled to AXA Strategic Ventures ($10M → $400M, 2012-2017). Apicil Group joined Mandalore as anchor LP in 2019. CVCaaS solves a problem large insurance and finance groups had been raising with me for a decade: how to do venture w…

Career history

  1. Founder and Managing PartnerDec 2008 to presentMandalore Partners
  2. PresidentJun 2023 to presentPledger
  3. Strategic AdvisorApr 2025 to presentLiminal (formerly Menyala)
  4. Managing PartnerJan 2019 to presentInsurtech Capital
  5. Board ObserverSep 2023 to presentINVYO
  6. Board Member -> Exit to Groupe ApicilApr 2023 to presentNalo
  7. Board MemberDec 2020 to presentIZNES
  8. Board MemberDec 2021 to presentMipise
  9. Board ObserverEvercontact

Education

  1. MBA, Business Administration2000 - 2000INSEAD
  2. BBA, Business Economics1989 - 1992ISG Institut Supérieur de Gestion

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