The Warsaw office of New York-based investor ffVC has raised €32m of a new €60m fund — so far entirely from Japanese LPs.
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June 1, 2023
CEE-focused ffVC is raising a €60m fund from an under-tapped market — Japanese LPs
It's very rare for European VCs to be backed by Japanese investors — but ffVC wants to build bridges between continents
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