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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

Zosia Wanat

3 min read

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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Zosia Wanat

Zosia Wanat was a senior reporter at Sifted. She covered the CEE region and policy. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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