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Capital With Direction: How Smart Money is Reshaping the Map of Global Finance

Written by GFTN | Jul 31, 2026, 1:56:25 AM

 

From the Gulf to Southeast Asia and beyond, a new generation of fintech investment is being guided by something more deliberate than returns alone - it is about which corridors get connected, which populations get served, and which infrastructure gets built to last. Fintech's most seasoned global investors share what they are backing, why, and what the next chapter looks like.



Speakers:

Hon. Sunil Sabharwal, Operating Partner of the Blackstone Growth Equity Fund & Member of the Board for Securitize.io

Mohammed Al-Emadi, Executive Director of Incubation & Investment, Qatar Development Bank

Stefan Klestil, General Partner of Speedinvest

 

Host:

Anthony Thomas, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer of the Global Finance & Technology Network (GFTN)