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March 10, 2022

Soundcloud veteran founds €25m European metaverse VC fund

FOV is one of very few funds specialising in this area and will back 25-30 seed and pre-seed stage metaverse startups.


Maija Palmer

3 min read

David Haynes, one of the founding team at music streaming company Soundcloud, has teamed up with Petri Rajahalme, an XR industry veteran, to launch a €25m fund specialising in metaverse investments. 

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