Strategic investment refers to the capital expenditure that has a long-term impact on the future of the enterprise. It has the characteristics of large scale, long cycle, long-term goal based on enterprise development and phased investment, which affects the future and destiny of an enterprise. That is, investments that have a significant impact on the overall situation of the enterprise.
Financial investment, also known as financial investment expenditure, refers to a centralized and policy-oriented investment in which the government is the main body and the financial funds raised from social products or national income are used in various sectors of the national economy. It is an important part of financial expenditure.
2. Different purposes
Strategic investment usually belongs to the same industry or similar industry as the invested enterprise, or is in different links of the same industrial chain. The purpose of its investment is not only to obtain financial returns, but also to pay attention to its strategic purpose.
If an enterprise wants to get financial support and investors' support in business management or technology, it usually chooses strategic investors. This will help to get rid of the company's industry status, and at the same time, it can obtain the complementarity of technology, products, upstream and downstream business or other aspects, thus improving the company's profitability and growth ability.
Financial investment refers to the behavior and process that the government puts funds into physical assets in order to realize its functions, meet public demand and realize economy.
3. Different investment periods
The investment period of strategic investors is usually longer than that of financial investors, because any equity investment made by strategic investors is a part of their long-term development strategy, which is based on the comprehensive consideration of production, cost and market, rather than just focusing on short-term financial returns.