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Why we picked it To sell to a smart-city SPV you have to understand it is a company under the Companies Act with its own board, its own tied grant fund, a full-time CEO who can move fast, and no municipal council in the loop. This piece explains exactly that structure and why the SPV is lean and quick, which is the reason it is usually your fastest, most deadline-driven government buyer. Read it to find the CEO who holds the budget, not the mayor who does not.
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- A smart-city SPV is a limited company with its own board and a ring-fenced grant fund, so it holds its own budget in a way a ministry never does
- Its lean structure and fixed-term CEO exist specifically to speed decisions, which is why an SPV spending against a project deadline is often your most motivated buyer
- It sits outside the elected municipal body, so mapping the CEO and board, not the local council, is how you find who can actually sign