Recently published is a thoughtful article looking at the links between foreign-direct investment (FDI) and corporate venture capital by Alex Irwin-Hunt at the FT’s magazine with great insights by Gen Tsuchikawa, Anu Wadhwa, Raido Lember, Peter Rowan, Dave Rosenberg, Christina Bechhold Russ, Kaloyan E. Andonov, Bala Nagarajan, Nigel Vaz, Saneel Radia, and Jayme Queiroz.
The issue of who can and wants to invest where is only heating up. Some countries, such as Canada as identified in the SVB state of markets report graphic below, wanting more entrepreneurs and seeing immigration as a way to achieve this.
Others, such as the US through visa denial or capital controls through the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (Cfius), seem to want less.
The use of visas allied to capital and company formation tools are powerful instruments of soft power. The report for Gateway House on China’s CVC investments in India have highlighted how investments in tech platforms can be part or even more important than a physical strategy of owning or investing in ports and road and rail or control through debt ownership.
It is interesting times we live in but still good to know that all, of course, are welcome at the GCV Digital Forum on 29 September as long as David Hume’s advice is heeded: “Truth springs from argument among good friends.”
