What's at stake: Bridgewest CEO Masood Tayebi says the way to lure overseas investors is to give them hands-on experience with Kiwi startups and research, as he experienced when deciding on residency here in 2016.
Background: The Government has the welcome mat out for wealthy overseas investors, setting up Invest NZ and tweaking the Active Investor Plus residency visa. US-based private investment firm Bridgewest Group, set up by Iranian brothers Masood and Massih Tayebi, chose New Zealand as a safe haven because of growing extremism in the US.
An American venture capital firm that has invested more than $150m in New Zealand says the key to attracting active investors here is to expose them to as many startups and entrepreneurs as possible.
The Government has put out the welcome mat for overseas investors, setting up new investment
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What's at stake: Bridgewest CEO Masood Tayebi says the way to lure overseas investors is to give them hands-on experience with Kiwi startups and research, as he experienced when deciding on residency here in 2016.
Background: The Government has the welcome mat out for wealthy overseas investors, setting up Invest NZ and tweaking the Active Investor Plus residency visa. US-based private investment firm Bridgewest Group, set up by Iranian brothers Masood and Massih Tayebi, chose New Zealand as a safe haven because of growing extremism in the US.
