Happy New Year!   Apply to Attend the 2025 SelectUSA Investment Summit!   ​​​​​​Get a jump start on those new year’s planning goals and commit to joining us for the 2025 SelectUSA Investment Summit happening May 11-14, 2025 in National Harbor, Maryland!   "SelectUSA is a place where you reconnect with old friends, forge new relationships, and collaborate to create economically beneficial outcomes for all stakeholders—all while having fun." – 2024 Participant   The SelectUSA Investment Summit is the premier event in the United States for FDI promotion, learn more and register now.

Collateral Applications Now Live! SelectUSA and the U.S. Department of Commerce will highlight investment promotion events surrounding the Investment Summit on the Collateral Events Calendar. Any event held during the Investment Summit in Washington, D.C. and hosted by another group with the support of SelectUSA is considered a SelectUSA Investment Summit Collateral Event. The Collateral Events Calendar can help drive investors to your on-site collateral events, such as receptions, roundtables, and networking sessions.  EDOs are encouraged to keep the networking going by hosting State & Local Night: After Hour Receptions on Tuesday, May 13. Receptions can be on site (space is complimentary based on first come first-serve) or offsite at a nearby venue. Interested EDOs may reach out to susaevents@trade.gov to discuss details and any questions.

Webinar on Entering and Scaling in the U.S. Market

Please join SelectUSA on Thursday, January 30 at 8:30am ET for a webinar on Entering and Scaling in the U.S. Market. The session will feature a robust discussion from panelists and offer participants an opportunity to engage in Q&A. Register today and stay tuned for more details! 

SelectUSA Investment Summit Spinoff Events

SelectUSA Investment Summit Spinoff Events connect your company to some of the most promising business opportunities in the United States. SelectUSA Spinoffs are events that take place before or after the SelectUSA Investment Summit in different locations across the United States. Explore the full list of 2025 SelectUSA Spinoff Events on our website. 

Innovative by Nature: Montana Opportunity in Organic Chemicals, Heavy Equipment, Biopharma Manufacturing & Associated R&D Date: May 7-9, 2025 Registration Deadline: April 16, 2025 This one-and-a-half-day program centered in Billings, Montana begins with a reception on the evening of May 7, followed by a full day of programming May 8th and morning programming on May 9.  Learn more about this spinoff event and register here.

Healthcare Tech: An Inside Look at the Expertise and Innovation Driving the Mid-Atlantic’s Largest Industry Sector Date: May 8-9, 2025 Registration Deadline: April 23, 2025 Healthcare Tech: An inside look at the expertise and innovation driving the Mid-Atlantic’s well-established and fast-growing life sciences and HealthTech sectors.  Learn more about this spinoff event and register here.

Investor Guide Available in Spanish

The SelectUSA Investor Guide is now available in Spanish. This guide is intended to be a first-step resource for companies interested in making business investments in the United States. There are many factors to consider when investing in the United States, and we hope this guide will help answer at least a few of your initial questions on some of the most common topics we address in our day-to-day work at SelectUSA.

SelectUSA Hosted Events

We have many more exciting events for companies, EDOs, service providers, and more in 2024. Be sure to check out our full calendar of events on our website.

This Week Online

On X: From January 2021 to September 2024, SelectUSA
facilitated CleanTech FDI in the 🇺🇸 totaling approximately $72.3 billion, which supported about 54,315 U.S. jobs!
Learn more about how the International Trade Administration supports U.S. leadership on climate action!

On Instagram: 12 Days of SelectUSA: 12 Ways FDI Benefits Communities — Foreign direct investment is at the heart of what we do at SelectUSA. It drives economic growth, strengthens local communities, and creates opportunities.

On this final day of 2024, we’re reflecting on 12 of the many ways FDI makes a difference; Job creation, Ancillary employment, Skills development, Knowledge sharing, Tech transfer, Better strategies, Workforce mobility, Apprenticeships, Export growth, Product innovation, Higher wages, Competition.

On LinkedIn: Members of the Select Global Women in Tech (SGWIT) 2024 cohort had the opportunity to join a webinar titled "Marketing with Purpose: Building Your Brand in the U.S."

This session covered ways to market a startup and build a brand in the United States. Topics included storytelling, messaging, media relations, building community, and more. Thank you to our speakers for sharing your insights on this session, and to our SGWIT cohort members for participating!

If you're interested in joining a supportive community of passionate mentors and ambitious women entrepreneurs looking to enter the U.S. market, applications for the 2025 SGWIT program are now open for both mentors and mentees. Learn more.