VIOT PROUDLY CELEBRATES VEEVOX, A STARTUP WITHIN THE VIOT ECOSYSTEM, FOR REACHING THE TOP 5 AT STARTUP WHEEL 2026

A new milestone for a Vietnamese ClimateTech startup advancing AIoT and energy-efficiency solutions for cold storage and the cold chain industry

VIoT is proud to celebrate VeeVox – a startup within the VIoT ecosystem – for successfully reaching the TOP 5 of Startup Wheel 2026, marking an important milestone in the company’s journey to develop and commercialize Vietnamese ClimateTech solutions.

This achievement is not only a recognition of VeeVox’s efforts and innovation, but also a proud moment for VIoT and the entire ecosystem of technology companies working together to accelerate digital transformation, energy transition, and sustainable development.

Startup Wheel is one of Vietnam’s leading startup and innovation platforms, bringing together startups from diverse industries while creating opportunities to connect with investors, experts, partners, and markets. Throughout Startup Wheel 2026, VeeVox successfully advanced through multiple stages of selection and competition, earning its place among the TOP 5 startups.

For VeeVox, this is a particularly meaningful milestone because the company is addressing a highly specific yet increasingly important challenge: improving energy efficiency in deep-freezer warehouses and the cold chain. Deep-freezer facilities operate under demanding conditions. They must continuously maintain stable temperatures, typically around -18°C to -21°C, while operating 24/7 to ensure food quality and safety.

As a result, energy consumption has become one of the most significant operating costs for cold storage businesses. And this is precisely where VeeVox began its journey.

VeeVox is a ClimateTech startup focused on developing technologies that improve energy efficiency, optimize operations, and reduce emissions across the cold chain industry. Rather than approaching cold storage solely from a refrigeration-equipment perspective, VeeVox is building an integrated solution that combines AIoT, sensors, data, energy management, and cold energy storage technologies to help businesses monitor, analyze, and optimize their operations.

One of VeeVox’s key technology directions is its PCM Cold Battery, based on Phase Change Material technology, designed to store cooling energy and support temperature stability within cold storage facilities. Under VeeVox’s current development direction, one cold battery module can provide approximately 2 hours of cooling support at -18°C to -21°C, creating opportunities to optimize refrigeration system operation, reduce operational pressure on equipment, and improve energy cost efficiency.

Alongside cold energy storage, VeeVox is also integrating AIoT and intelligent monitoring systems to provide real-time visibility into temperature, energy consumption, and operational conditions.

This enables businesses to move beyond simply knowing “how much electricity the cold storage consumes” and begin answering more critical questions:

• Where is energy being consumed?

• Which equipment is operating inefficiently?

• When are abnormal conditions occurring?

• How can energy consumption be reduced while maintaining the required temperature?

• How can operations be optimized without compromising product quality?

This is the value VeeVox is pursuing: turning operational data into optimization opportunities and transforming energy from a cost into a source of business value.

One of the biggest challenges in the cold chain industry is that businesses cannot simply reduce refrigeration operating hours to save energy. Deep-freezer warehouses must operate continuously and maintain strict temperature conditions. Therefore, the real question is not:

“How can we turn the system off to save electricity?”

It is: “How can we make the system operate smarter, more efficiently, and use energy at the right time?”

This is where VeeVox places its focus. By combining hardware technologies, AIoT, operational data, and cold energy storage solutions, VeeVox aims to create an operating model where decisions can increasingly be supported by real-time data rather than relying solely on traditional operating experience.

This approach is particularly relevant to the ongoing green transformation of the food, seafood, logistics, and cold chain industries. As energy costs become increasingly important to business competitiveness, improving energy efficiency is no longer simply about reducing expenses. It is becoming a long-term operational and sustainability strategy.

For VIoT, VeeVox’s achievement carries special significance. VIoT is not only building individual technology products. We are working toward a broader technology ecosystem, where teams, platforms, and companies can collaborate to solve real-world challenges across industries.

VeeVox is one of the startups representing this vision.

Building on VIoT’s AIoT capabilities, experience in energy-management solutions, and network of technology and industry partners, VeeVox has a strong foundation to develop specialized solutions for the cold chain sector. At the same time, VeeVox’s growth also expands the VIoT ecosystem into a high-potential market: cold chain and food processing.

This is how VIoT envisions a meaningful technology ecosystem: Not simply creating technology, but bringing technology together to solve real business and societal challenges.

eaching the TOP 5 at Startup Wheel 2026 is also an important step toward bringing Vietnamese-developed ClimateTech solutions to a broader international market. The cold chain is a global industry. From seafood and frozen food to pharmaceuticals and logistics, the demand for reliable temperature-controlled storage and transportation continues to grow.

Alongside this growth comes increasing demand for:

Energy Efficiency – Digitalization – Automation – Sustainability.

These are precisely the areas where VeeVox is focusing its development. With the support of the VIoT ecosystem, VeeVox will continue to strengthen its technology, expand pilot and real-world deployments, and build partnerships across cold chain, food processing, seafood, logistics, and energy sectors.

The goal is not simply to build a great product. VeeVox aims to develop an intelligent energy solution platform for the cold chain industry, helping businesses improve operational efficiency, reduce energy costs, and progressively reduce their carbon footprint.

For VeeVox, reaching the TOP 5 of Startup Wheel 2026 is an achievement to be proud of. But more importantly, it is a new source of motivation to go further. From an initial idea focused on solving the energy challenges of deep-freezer warehouses, VeeVox is progressively building its technology, developing its products, establishing partnerships, and entering the market.

VIoT believes that technology startups capable of solving real-world problems will play an increasingly important role in Vietnam’s green transformation. And VeeVox is one of those teams. VIoT is proud of VeeVox. Proud to see a startup within our ecosystem reach the TOP 5 of Startup Wheel 2026.

Proud to see Vietnamese-developed technologies gradually creating real-world value. And most importantly, proud that VeeVox’s journey is only beginning – with many more opportunities ahead for Vietnamese technology to create positive impact across energy, cold chain, and a more sustainable future.