Sovereign Wealth funds (SWF) are state owned investment funds, generated from state’s surplus reserves to enhance the country’s economy and the welfare of its citizens. The nature of funds varies from country to country and in some cases could be exactly like venture capital in private sector. Contrary to traditional passive VC investments, these funds invest actively, have long-term perspective, big fund size and investment globally,which makes SWF new strong VC investor. Besides this, the organized investment of these funds in the domestic startup environment is quite popular worldwide and they are the main source Unicorns likes Airbnb, Tesla, Uber, Alibaba etc. and the renowned US $100 bn Softbank Vision Fund.
