Access Industries, Pfizer and SR One were among the investors in a $125m round for Nimbus Therapeutics while Aerwins agreed a reverse takeover.
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Côte d’Ivoire-based social impact vehicle Janngo Capital Startup Fund has reached a €34m ($36m) first close having raised cash from limited partners including media groups Muller Medien and Hubert Burda Media, the latter through its investment arm, Hubert Burda Media. They were joined by European Investment Bank, African Development Bank and Agence Française de Développement’s Proparco unit.
US-based web3-focused venture capital firm MetaWeb Ventures has formed a $30m debut vehicle called Fund I with backing from cryptocurrency exchange Near Foundation, crypto trading firm GSR Markets and crypto network Octopus Network. Its LPs also include Sequoia China, Dragonfly Capital, SevenX Ventures, Mentha Partners as well as Illia Polosukhin, Bo Shao, Shawn Shi and Mark Wang.
US-based VC firm Kapor Capital has formed a $126m Fund III that included contributions from investors including PayPal, Twilio, Foot Locker, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana, Bank of America and National Geographic…
