Swiss VC Launches African Blockchain Early Stage Fund

Swiss VC Launches African Blockchain Early Stage Fund

Crypto Valley Venture Capital has announced the launch of an early-stage fund for African blockchain startups. Already, the venture capital firm has invested in 12 startups whose use cases go beyond crypto. Uses Cases Beyond Crypto The Switzerland-based venture capital (VC) firm, Crypto Valley Venture Capital (CVVC), has launched an African blockchain early-stage fund. The VC has partnered with the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) in this endeavor, a statement released by CVVC has said. In the same statement, the VC said the objective of the accelerator is to fund some....


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