Ross Goldstein, a co-founder and managing director of DFJ Gotham, points out that the Big Apple has climbed the ranks to become the second-largest venture capitalhub in the U.S., unseating Boston and second only to the Bay area now.
Babak Zanjani has more money in the bank than the entire GDP of this tiny former Soviet republic, but in the past few years he has been investing in businesses here, and today he is in town for the inauguration of his latest venture - a smart new transport hub for the capital, Dushanbe.