Invest Victoria hosted its inaugural Investor Partner Summit Asia 2022 earlier this month in Singapore which brought together governments, venture capitals, accelerators and startups across Southeast Asia, Mumbai and Tokyo to discuss new technology and innovation opportunities in Victoria. Asia is a priority region for attracting foreign direct investment the Victorian Government and in the past two years alone, the state has welcomed companies such as NCS (Singapore), Homage (Singapore), Softbank (Japan), Bukalapak (Indonesia) and Infosys (India) that have established a technology presence in Melbourne. Raj Kurup, President of the Australian Alumni Singapore (AAS) moderated a panel on talent attraction alongside Michele Manigart, Chief Strategy Officer at SEEK Asia and Wynthia Goh, Senior Partner, NEXT NCS. The audience also heard from the Australian Department of Home Affairs on how highly skilled talents from the region can tap into its Global Talent Visa program. Three scaleups – Homage, CAC-H2 and Green Li-ion shared their journeys in scaling into Victoria and collaborating with universities for research and development.