Rashmi, the honouree, of Forbes Asia’s ‘30 under 30‘ list

“There’s a big move away from China to Vietnam, Bangladesh, so you’re seeing especially American companies looking for alternatives and trying to beef up their exposure elsewhere,” observes Sixteenth Street Capital Founder and CIO Rashmi Kwatra about foreign direct investment flows. From her experience as a partner at a $2 billion hedge fund looking after South and Southeast Asia investments, emerging market entrepreneurs have little access to long term funding.