The member states of the GCC – Saudi Arabia, Oman, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) – are investing heavily into healthcare ventures to support the increasingly varied healthcare needs of their rapidly growing populations. In the UAE, the government is looking to make the most of the country’s predicted medical tourism…
Following Saudi Arabia’s recent 3.5 billion USD investment in Uber Technologies Inc., Middle Eastern investors are looking for viable tech investment opportunities abroad to capitalise on the rapid rise of tech startups like Uber and Lyft. Although Middle Eastern economies continue to suffer the lingering effects of the recent drop in oil prices, Middle Eastern…
As Middle Eastern economies continue to diversify away from oil in the wake of the oil price crash, investors in the region are also ramping up their investments into alternative energy and cleantech. HSBC Holdings Plc. estimates that 80 trillion USD in financing will be required to wean the world’s economy off fossil fuels, and…
In a sign that China’s dedication to boosting its domestic healthcare industry remains as strong as ever, three Chinese investment firms have recently announced a 150 million USD investment in CStone Pharmaceuticals Co., Ltd., a bio-pharmaceutical company that is developing new treatments for major diseases. The research-based company was founded in Shanghai and Suzhou. Its…
There is a healthcare revolution taking place in the Middle East, with investors in the region increasingly pursuing opportunities in pharmaceuticals, medtech, home healthcare services and a variety of other healthcare subsectors. This is most evident in terms of regional investment and the rapid expansion in the region’s healthcare sector. For example, home care provider…
Chinese foreign investment has grown rapidly in the past few years, reaching 123.12 billion USD in 2015. In the first four months of 2016, an additional 110 billion USD of Chinese capital found its way overseas. Chinese investors looking to protect their assets from a domestic economic downturn are investing in cross-sector opportunities around the…
Chinese companies have been investing heavily in the Indian tech sector – particularly startups in the web and mobile spheres. Earlier this year, Chinese online travel company Ctrip joined the trend with a 180 million USD investment in the Indian travel portal MakeMyTrip. China’s largest search engine, Baidu, is reportedly in talks with several Indian…
Interest from Chinese investors in the European tech sector has accelerated over the past year, according to analysts and commentators including Mattias Ljungman, a partner at venture capital firm Atomico. “There’s an increasing appetite by the Chinese to look at Europe because they have recognised the opportunities of Europe, which is a huge market in…
Linda Wong, CEO of China based Yihai Group, recently announced a 113 million USD initial investment in a European healthcare project that will provide both European and Chinese medicine and healthcare. The announcement was part of President Xi Jinping’s visit to the Czech Republic, and the investment will be part of President Jinping’s “One Belt,…
Cyber security is not a field where trends happen easily, but the few that do appear tend to spread at wildfire speed. The newest innovation sweeping the regional cyber security sphere is “threat hunting”. Cyber security has graduated from threat detection and response, to actively pursuing sophisticated threats. According to Nicholas Watson, Managing Director at…