Swiss VC Launches African Blockchain Early Stage Fund

Crypto Valley Venture Capital has introduced the launch of an early-stage fund for African blockchain startups. Already, the enterprise capital agency has invested in 12 startups whose use circumstances transcend crypto.

Uses Cases Beyond Crypto

The Switzerland-based enterprise capital (VC) agency, 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) on this endeavor, a press release launched by CVVC has stated.

In the identical statement, the VC stated the target of the accelerator is to fund some 100 startups from Africa within the subsequent 4 years. Already, CVVC has invested in 12 startups whose blockchain use circumstances transcend cryptocurrencies. Also, via the brand new fund, the VC will proceed to play its position as a “main enabler.”

Remarking on CVVC’s launch of the blockchain fund in addition to the publishing of the inaugural African Blockchain Report, Véronique Haller, Chargée d’affaires on the Swiss Embassy in South Africa stated:

Blockchain has the potential to be a catalyst for optimistic change and form the way forward for our continent. With information in and round blockchain in Africa nonetheless scarce, the primary Africa Blockchain Report will likely be an essential milestone. And let’s wager that Africa will quickly be dwelling to its first blockchain unicorn.

‘Data-Driven Account’ of the Blockchain in Africa

The VC agency’s Gideon Greaves, within the meantime, is quoted explaining the target behind the publishing of the primary blockchain report. He stated: “Our goal with the African Blockchain Report is to share a data-driven account of blockchain in Africa and start an annual collation of benchmarkable enterprise information and solidly referenced African insights.” Greaves additionally revealed that the report is targeted on 40 African blockchain corporations.

Meanwhile, within the report that was revealed in collaboration with Standard Bank, CVVC noticed that Africa “has self-accelerated blockchain as a transformative power for society and the economic system and the way pioneers proceed to strengthen the necessity for extra unified motion on regulation and infrastructure.”

The report, in accordance with the VC agency’s assertion, additionally “depicts a singular holistic overview of blockchain in Africa, which can facilitate funders to make a greater judgment of Africa’s funding potential.”

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