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Africa secured $3.6bn in venturecapital funding in 2024, including $1bn from venture debt, with African investors forming the single largest group of active VC participants in the region for the first time, according to a data from the AVCA the African Private Capital Association.
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This investment highlights ongoing venturecapital confidence in cybersecurity, even as artificial intelligence remains a dominant industry focus. In 2024, cybersecurity startups raised $9.5bnan almost 10% increase from the previous year, according to data from Pinpoint Search Group.
New initiatives such as the Deep Tech Nation Switzerland Foundationlaunched by UBS and Swisscomaim to unlock CHF50bn in venturecapital. These efforts are expanding opportunities in Swiss venture and private debt markets. These include no currency risk and access to politically stable markets.
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NIIF CEO Sanjiv Aggarwal outlined the fund’s strategy at a venturecapital event in Mumbai, stating that it will focus on performing credit to capitalise on the increasing investor demand for high-yield debt. The move comes as India’s private credit market gains traction, with over $1bn already raised this year.
In addition to his venturecapital focus, Catalano advises on corporate governance matters and has extensive experience drafting and negotiating third-party vendor agreements. Catalanos practice encompasses a broad range of transactions, including equity financing rounds, mergers and acquisitions, and complex commercial agreements.
An additional $25m commitment, meanwhile, was approved to Top Tier Venture Velocity Fund 5, an investment vehicle managed by Top Tier Capital Partners, which invests in venturecapital firms. NHRS has an existing relationship Top Tier. of NHRSs total assets, valued at $12.6bn.
Michael Moore, CEO of the British Private Equity and VentureCapital Association (BVCA), welcomed the government’s measured approach, saying it reflects “the value of the private capital industry.”
The round was led by Stripes, with participation from XYZ VentureCapital, Susa Ventures, Addition, Narya Capital, and Maverick Ventures. Chapter, a NYC-based provider of a medicare navigation platform, raised $75M in Series D funding. Ron Shah, Partner at Stripes, will be joining Chapters Board of Directors.
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They avoid hedge funds, venturecapital, and private equity There's a misconception that millionaires get access to better investments than everybody else. A study by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that only 10% of millionaires invest in hedge funds, venturecapital, or private equity.
Norton Rose Fulbrights global team of private equity and venturecapital lawyers represent a broad client base including global equity investors and sponsors, management teams, and portfolio companies, as well as debt finance providers, on the range of private equity transactions.
Roberts will also manage Australian Ethical’s existing private markets portfolio across private equity, infrastructure, real estate, private credit, and venturecapital, and explore additional private markets product solutions catering to wholesale and institutional clients.
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