India Emerges as the Most Favourable Destination Even in a Pandemic - Recent Investments (April-July, 2020)

India Emerges as the Most Favourable Destination Even in a Pandemic

Recent Investments (April-July, 2020)

1. Company –Google

            Investment Amount –10 billion dollars[1].

2. Company –Walmart

            Investment Amount –1.2 billion dollars[2].

3. Company –Foxconn (Apple Inc. Supplier)

            Investment Amount –1 billion dollars[3].

4. Company –Facebook

            Investment Amount – The world’s largest social media company invests 5.7 billion dollars in India’s Reliance Jio                              Platforms[4]. It is Facebook’s biggest single investment in another company.

5. Company –Qualcomm Ventures

            Investment Amount –97 million dollars[5].

6. Company –Thomson

            Investment Amount –142.8 million dollars[6].

7. Company –We Work Global

            Investment Amount –100 million dollars[7].

8. Company –Hitachi

            Investment Amount –15.9 million dollars[8].

9. Company –Kia Motors

            Investment Amount –54 million dollars[9].

10. Company –Saudi Arabia’s PIF

            Investment Amount –1.6 billion dollars[10].

11. Company –Hyundai Mobis

            Investment –Hyundai Mobis expands its technical centre in India to strengthen software development of future vehicles.                   Through this expansion, the company aims to strengthen its R&D activities in India, particularly software development for                 autonomous vehicles[11].

12. Company – SGS

             Investment – SGS is Amazon’s trusted partner in quality packaging and is one of the world's leading inspection,                                    verification, testing and certification company. The company opens its first accreditation testing lab in India along with                       labs in other parts of the world which are Cestas in Bordeaux, France and Appleton in the US[12].

13. Company –Axtria

             Investment –Axtria, a global leader in cloud software and data analytics for the life sciences commercial business, further                 expands its presence in India and opens its first delivery centre in south India. The big data analytics and cloud software                   giant is creating new employment opportunities to meet increasing market demand in India[13].

14. Company –f5

            Investment – f5, a company providing solutions to App based platforms, opens its first centre in India. After successful                      launches in Sydney, Australia, and Hong Kong, it opens its first centre in India[14].

15. Company –Tsuzuki

             Investment – Tsuzuki one of the leading Japanese electronics company, opens a brand-new plant at Reliance's Model                       Economic Township in Jhajjar, Haryana, India[15].

16. Company – Samsung

             Investment –The South Korean giant now has started manufacturing their entire range of 18 smartwatches in India. The                   company which has its largest smartphone manufacturing facility in Noida, has also launched a new 4G-enabled                                 smartwatch that will be manufactured locally[16].