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922 Ventures Platform Secures $64m First Close for Second Pan-African Fund

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The Fintech Times @ The Fintech Times 3 place · 11/12/2025 00:00 EDT

Ventures Platform Secures $64m First Close for Second Pan-African Fund

Ventures Platform secured a $64M first close for its $75M Fund II from global investors, including IFC and Standard Bank, to fuel Series A and pan-African expansion into Fintech, Healthtech, and AI.

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