We are the General Directorate for Investment and Foreign Trade Promotion of the City of Buenos Aires. We are part of the Undersecretariat of Investment within the City’s Ministry of Economic Development.
To position Buenos Aires City as an attractive business market, encouraging investments and enhancing the export capacity of local talent from the city’s strategic sectors.
Our multidisciplinary team provides personalized guidance and tools to investors and exporters throughout the entire decision-making process.
We attract new investments and promote the City of Buenos Aires as an international business destination.
We work to support the establishment of new companies and the expansion of those already based in the City. We also promote investment projects—both public and private—as well as sector-specific opportunities.
We support companies and investors at every stage of their investment and/or reinvestment process in the City of Buenos Aires.
We provide advisory services to help businesses successfully manage their operations locally. Our team offers personalized assistance and works closely with a network of contacts across various government departments.
We promote exports and support Buenos Aires-based entrepreneurs and companies throughout the entire internationalization process. This includes encouraging the export of goods and services, entry into foreign markets, and the search for strategic partners and/or international funding.
We develop programs that connect local talent with global opportunities and coordinate international positioning missions to maximize their chances of entering the global market.
We build and strengthen the export capabilities of local talent by fostering a culture of global thinking.
We help entrepreneurs and companies in Buenos Aires professionalize their export journey through a wide range of training programs, offered both in-person and through virtual platforms. In addition, we provide tailored foreign trade advisory services delivered by expert consultants.
We specialize in the comprehensive management and development of projects through collaboration between the public and private sectors. We identify and analyze opportunities for urban projects in strategic locations across the City, and then bring them to life through new investments.
We design and implement a long-term communication, promotion, and engagement strategy with key stakeholders from both the local and international arenas. Our goal is to raise awareness of investBA’s services and position ourselves as strategic partners for business development in the City of Buenos Aires.
We conduct diagnostic and potential analysis of Buenos Aires' strategic sectors and work on identifying business and investment opportunities.