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Africa ’s venture capital and private equity fund managers secured $2.4 billion across 43 deals across the year .
Among the notable VC funds that came up last year include the $300 million Partech Africa II, the largest Africa -focused fund to date.
Novastar Ventures' new fund will back sustainable, planet-positive, mass-positive business models.
The AHF2 fund is managed by AAIC Investment , which has supported investment activities of Japanese CVCs since 2017 .
It plans to continue investing in startups in its main fields of focus that include fintech, agtech and health startups but are also keen on others that include logistics tech, e-commerce clean tech, enterprise tech, and HR recruitment.
Sony Ventures Corporation ( SVC ) last year set aside a $10 million fund to invest in African entertainment startups.
VestedWorld is an early-stage VC that mainly invests in Ghana , Kenya , and Nigeria .
It reached a $43 million second close in March last year and secured a further $10 million investment months later from Japan ’s ICT and Postal Services (JICT) It has so far invested in Cloudline , Chefaa and Moove .
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