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A letter from the founder

“I commit to do this because it is hard!”

I started Olinno, short for Online Innovations, in the Netherlands in 2008. For most of the years since, we built software for other people. Clients in 19 countries trusted a team in Da Nang with their products. That taught us how good software gets made, and how often the same software gets made again and again.

So we started building our own. Xagoe is the engine we wished we'd had: describe a business app, and it builds the parts. Enfue is the first company running on it.

Not every idea will work. When one doesn't, we will say so in the journal, and say what we learned. When one does, it gets its own team and its own story on this site.

My dream is to lead a tech incubator in my hometown. Before I do, I want to prove we can build successful products ourselves. That is what this site is for: the proof, in progress.

Huy Nguyen
Founder & Chairman, Olinno

Since 2008

The timeline

“The only impossible journey is the one you never begin.”
  1. Before

    Huy studies in Europe: a bachelor's in software engineering, a master's in AI and a doctorate in image processing.

  2. 20081 Sep

    Olinno, short for Online Innovations, starts in the Netherlands.

    Netherlands
  3. 201910 Jan

    Exit #1.

    Exit
  4. 201919 Jan

    Technocom starts in Vietnam.

    Vietnam
  5. 201919 Oct

    First investment in a startup, in Sweden.

    InvestmentSweden
  6. 2021

    A branch opens in Bình Dương.

    New officeVietnam
  7. 2022

    A branch opens in Ho Chi Minh City.

    New officeVietnam
  8. 20226 Jun

    Exit #2.

    Exit
  9. 202210 Jul

    Olinno Venture is founded, to build and back our own ventures.

  10. 20231 Sep

    #freedom

  11. 20231 Nov

    TechSoft opens in the Netherlands. Read the story →

    New officeNetherlands
  12. 20241 Feb

    DigitalAlfa starts, across Vietnam, Switzerland and Sweden.

    VietnamSwitzerlandSweden
  13. 20241 Nov

    TechSoft opens in Belgium. Read the story →

    New officeBelgium
  14. 20251 Apr

    enfue.com launches: Enfue, the first ATS under Olinno. Read the story →

    Launch
  15. 20256 Aug

    Exit #3.

    Exit
  16. 202519 Sep

    Enfue JSC is incorporated. Read the story →

  17. 20251 Oct

    An investment in a startup in France.

    InvestmentFrance
  18. 202512 Oct

    An investment in a startup in New Zealand.

    InvestmentNew Zealand
  19. 202519 Oct

    TechSoft opens in Canada. Read the story →

    New officeCanada
  20. Today

    Eighteen years in: one team, one engine, many products. This site is the proof, in progress.

What we believe

Values, learned the hard way

1

Do it because it is hard

Easy products already exist. We pick problems that take years, and we stay.

2

Release dreams, then test them

An idea only counts when real people use it. Every venture starts as a small pilot.

3

Build the engine once

What we learn in one product goes into the engine, so the next one starts further ahead.

4

Built in Da Nang. Made for the world.

Our home is Da Nang. Our clients and users are everywhere.