Small markets. Global capital. Big ambition.

TO TAKE HOME

Think big. Start small. Close the deal.

Your market is the world, not the island.

THINK BIG

One problem, one owner, one number.

START SMALL

Bring investors a result, not a forecast.

CLOSE THE DEAL

Since 2022, this forum has showcased more than US$350m of projects to investors from 50+ countries. This week, more than US$39m was on stage. Success is deals done: make yours one of them.

Piers Linney MBE Co-founder & Executive Chairman, Implement AI

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SOURCES

1. Caribbean Export Development Agency, Caribbean Investment Forum 2026 (Sep 2026): 8 UNIDO-vetted projects seeking US$39m+; US$350m+ of projects showcased to investors from 50+ countries since 2022. 2. IDB, Venture Capital in the Caribbean (Nov 2025), citing ECLAC (2021): under US$50m of venture capital invested across the Caribbean in a year. 3. First Angels Caribbean: about US$3m invested across 23 deals, 2014–2023. 4. IDB/Compete Caribbean (2014): collateral of about 182% of the loan value requested from firms in Barbados. 5. World Bank, World Development Indicators (2024): population of Barbados and of the six project countries. 6. Gompers, Kaplan & Mukharlyamov, What Do Private Equity Firms Say They Do? (NBER, 2015): ~22% target return. 7. Gompers, Gornall, Kaplan & Strebulaev, How Do Venture Capitalists Make Decisions? (NBER, 2016): ~31% required return; ~5x target multiple. 8. Implement AI: pace-of-change framework; cost and capacity figures from client deployments in the UK. Ray Kurzweil, The Singularity Is Near (2005).

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