# Top 50 Cryptocurrency VC (Venture Capital) Funds in Middle East in October 2023

## coinIX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
- Relevant deals: 3
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

CoinIX manages a portfolio of cryptocurrencies and assets. The investment focus for venture investments is Europe and with a strong focus on companies using distributed ledger technologies.

## Gains Associates
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Gaming

GAINS Associates is the #1 cutting-edge launchpad platform accessible for the masses. We are on a mission to make crypto currency more accessible to anyone and more transparent. We want to bring you along on our journey, by sharing news, insights and opinions with a likeminded community which seek to develop aptitude and knowledge in the decentralized realm.

## GSR
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Wan Chai, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

GSR is the global leader in crypto trading and market-making. We specialize in providing liquidity, trading and risk management solutions.

## Genesis Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Herzliya, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Series C
- Focus: Software, Enterprise Software, Mobile

Genesis Partners is a leading early stage Israeli venture capital firm that manages over $600 Million across four funds, and focuses on seed and early stage investments in the ICT sectors.

## Pantera Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Pantera Capital is an investment firm focused exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space. The company believes that Bitcoin has the potential to transform the way people use money and that it will do for payments what the Internet has done for communications and commerce.Until 2014, Pantera focused on globalmacro hedge fund investments. The firm was founded in 2003 by Dan Morehead, who was a chief financial officer and head of Macro Trading at Tiger Management. The firm has since shifted its investment advisory services to focus exclusively on Bitcoin, other digital currencies, and companies in the space.Shareholders include Benchmark, Fortress Investment Group, and Ribbit Capital.

## DRW Venture Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Chicago, Illinois, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Series B, Series A, Seed
- Focus: Financial Services, FinTech, Blockchain

DRW Venture Capital, an arm of principal trading firm DRW, invests primarily in financial and enterprise technology. Many of our portfolio companies benefit from our engagement beyond capital: as a client, as a liquidity provider, through our review of new products, and through our deep industry expertise.As a firm with no outside investors, wehave a flexible mandate to deploy capital and often tap into our core business to help companies grow. We’re powered by the people, technology and ideas of DRW, and those we invest in may leverage it all. DRW has diversified business expertise and deep networks in trading and technology, real estate investment, cryptocurrencies and product development — a unique advantage.

## NFX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Marketplace

We are a VC firm investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups. We back exceptional Founders building market-transforming companies.

## Alameda Research
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Central and Western, Hong Kong Island, Hong Kong
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

Alameda Research is a quantitative cryptocurrency trading firm that provides liquidity in cryptocurrency and digital assets markets. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Central and Western, Hong Kong.

## APA Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 2
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Marketplace

APA Venture Partners is a pre-seed venture capital firm dedicated to partnering with the next generation of rule-breakers to build great companies.

## Flori Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, FinTech, Cryptocurrency

More than a seed-stage fund and a portfolio of startups: Our community of founders taps into the power of financial innovation to collaborate around global problems and unlock prosperity for all.

## Motier Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Paris, Ile-de-France, France
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Information Technology, Financial Services

Motier Ventures is the Family Office managing the investments in Tech start-ups made by the Moulin-Houzés, owners of the Galeries Lafayette Group.We back founders who use technology to unlock creativity at scale.We provide agile and patient capital, investing up to €300k as Business Angel in your early days and following with up to €3m on nextrounds. Our favorite investment themes include Future of Commerce, FinTech, Web3 Picks & Shovels, and Creative Technologies.We bring for your business 125 years of experience in entrepreneurship and a wide network within our brands (Galeries Lafayette, La Redoute, BHV, Citynove...) and across many industries.If you are aiming at changing the game in your industry, we would be happy to connect.

## Insignius Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Gaming, Cryptocurrency

We are a thesis-driven investment firm focused exclusively on ventures, tokens, and projects related to blockchain tech, digital currency, and crypto assets.
Our mission is to accelerate the development of a better financial system. We build and support bitcoin and blockchain companies by leveraging our insights, network, and access to capital.

## Daedalus Angel Syndicate
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, FinTech

Daedalus Angel Syndicate is a blockchain-focused angel collective.

## Existential Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Gaming, Consumer

invest in companies and protocols that challenge the existing norms and push for the next frontier of digital innovation.

## Big Brain Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Big Brain Holdings is Focused on Investing in Solana projects that have strong potential.

## Keiretsu Forum Turkey
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sariyer, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Angel, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, E-Commerce

Keiretsu Forum is a private equity investment network of angel investors, venture capitalists, and corporate/institutional investors.

## Jane Street Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Information Technology

Jane Street is a trading firm that operates around the clock and around the globe, trading a wide range of financial products, including:

## SINOFY
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Shanghai, Shanghai, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Gaming

Sinofy Group is a Management Consulting Firm.

## Vespertine Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Vespertine Capital is a blockchain advisory, investment, and education firm dedicated to helping early-stage crypto ventures drive digital innovation and real-world use cases using blockchain technology.

## Evox Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

A new age crypto fund that invests in great teams and amazing projects.

## TPC Club
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Payments, Software

TPC is a research-driven and community-friendly club that supports rebels and visionaries in constructing the future of open internet infrastructure.Our investment philosophy is built on four key pillars:1.- Teams and founders with ambition and resilience, who we believe are crucial to success in the competitive world of Web 3.0. 2.-Groundbreaking and innovative projects that can add value to the entire Web 3.0 ecosystem, which we see as key drivers of growth in the industry. 3.- Operational excellence and the ability to deliver, which we prioritize in startups with a track record of execution and a clear plan for scaling. 4.- Building strong communities and users, which we believe are essential for the success of any project or company in the Web 3.0 space.By adhering to these principles, we seek to identify the most promising startups in the Web 3.0 space and drive the development of this exciting and rapidly evolving industry.

## cyber club london
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: England, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Network Security, Information Technology

Cyber Club London is a community of cybersecurity executives and experts, investing and grooming the next generation of cybersecurity ventures.

## vgames
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Video Games, Computer

vgames is the venture fund for game entrepreneurs. Having both worked with some of the youngest and most mature developers, we have a deep understanding of what it takes to build a great game. We are passionate about games, and about supporting companies as they grow to become global leaders.

## GravityX Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Information Technology

Funding teams that are creating game-changing blockchain applications.

## Floating Point Group
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Summit, New Jersey, United States
- Relevant deals: 1

Floating Point Group is a trading platform provider offering innovative, industry-leading trade execution and settlement

## Blockchange Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Internet

Blockchange Ventures is a venture capital firm investing exclusively in early-stage blockchain companies, protocols, and applications that are trying to make a dent in the universe. The firm was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, NY, United States.

## Mensch Capital Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain

Bold Early-Stage venture capital investing. First money in. Game-changing connections. Radical founder support.

## Al Tamimi & Company
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Khobar, Ash Sharqiyah, Saudi Arabia
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency

The largest and most dynamic non-affiliated law firm in the Middle East with 17 offices across 9 countries and comprising 330 Fee Earners (partners are included).Over the years they have advised, and continue to support, government, government-owned entities, local, regional and international companies, banks and financial institutions along withboth international and regional law firms.Their core strength is their people and the diversity of their experience and local knowledge. Their reputation for excellence and regional experience extends beyond their network of offices in Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.As a firm, their ability to practice local law in each of these jurisdictions – and the ability of each of their licensed litigators to have rights of audience before local courts – is a unique strength that truly sets us apart from their competitors.

## Differential Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning

Early-stage venture capital fund founded by data scientists and entrepreneurs for data-focused entrepreneurs

## Cypher Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Gaming

Cypher Capital is a web3 and blockchain venture capital investment firm.

## gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC)
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

gCC (gumi Cryptos Capital) is a blockchain and cryptographic asset fund that invests in the crypto native stack from L1 to the application layer, as well as in traditional businesses supporting the ecosystem.

## Zephyrus Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

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## BR Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: George Town, Midland, Cayman Islands
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Software

investment strategies - blockchain - digital assets - DAO - crypto - currency

## FalconX
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, California, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Software, Blockchain

FalconX is a reliable Institutional Crypto Trading Platform built for financial institutions. We simplify the complex landscape of digital assets and for our institutional clients with seamless price discovery and trade execution strategies at zero slippage and no hidden fees.

## Undeads
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed
- Focus: Gaming, Bitcoin, Finance

Play, earn crypto & mint NFTs while exploring the post-apocalyptic metaverse. Feature-rich gameplay never seen in Web3 space before. Join the Undeads Metaverse!

## Q Angels
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Besiktas, Istanbul, Turkey
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed
- Focus: Information Technology, Podcast, Social Media

Q Angels is an angel investment firm that contributes to the growth of startups.

## Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi royal family
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: FinTech, Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

Al Nahyan Abu Dhabi royal family is a family investment office.

## SolrDAO
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Payments, Software

SolrDAO invest from the earliest days in contributors that improve the blockchain technology or create valuable solutions for the growing user base in the blockchain space.

## Cyber Future Foundation
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Network Security, Information Technology

The leading platform for learning with leaders across cyber domains Join as Member Cyber Future Foundation Cyber Future Foundation was established to create a brighter and trusted future for the cyberspace where digital commerce and innovation can thrive based on trust and respect for individual privacy. Our Vision To become the preeminent organization for international

## Node Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Gibraltar, Gibraltar, Gibraltar
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series B
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Apps

We are crypto engineers and builders who have been exploring crypto since 2012 when we successfully built Colored Coins – the world’s first digital assets protocol on top of Bitcoin. Node is a thesis-focused, long-term cryptocurrency fund investing in pre-market/market token-based projects. As well as providing capital, we take the role offounding participants in new protocols and networks. We help teams bootstrap the network, solve token economic challenges and provide liquidity when it is most needed. We add technical value to support our entrepreneurs and networks as they go to market and continue growth.

## NoLimit Holdings
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Series A
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency

NoLimit Holdings is an investment partnership that focuses on global crypto assets and is founded on the firm belief that over the next ten years, wealth creation will be driven by blockchain technology across the majority of business sectors.

## Rubik VC
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed
- Focus: Other, Payments, Software

Rubik Ventures is an early-stage crypto focused venture fund investing at pre-seed, seed+, and Series A. Our focus areas are cross-chain infrastructure, developer tooling, layer 1 & layer 2 scalability, consumer dapps, and protocol centric companies that will onboard the next one billion users to the blockchain.

## Huobi Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Beijing, Beijing, China
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Initial Coin Offering
- Focus: Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Financial Services

HTX serves its 10 million+ users worldwide with secure and stable trading services. Here at HTX, you can buy Bitcoin, Ethereum, Dogecoin, SHIB, and over 500 quality cryptocurrencies anywhere, anytime.

## Ava Labs
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, New York, United States
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Grant
- Focus: Blockchain, Software, Cryptocurrency

AVA Labs makes it simple to launch finance applications using blockchain technology–with highly scalable and efficient networks, customizable public and private blockchains, the capability to create any digital asset, and more. We are empowering people to build an open, simple, and democratic internet of finance.

## Yolo Investments
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A
- Focus: Information Technology, Cryptocurrency, Internet

Yolo Investments is a venture capital, focused on seed- and A-stage investment opportunities across gaming and fintech. Based in Estonia, Yolo’s mission is to invest in outstanding people with bright ideas, who are focused on innovating and disrupting the norm in all manner of tech startups. Founded in 2017 by Tim Heath as Vereeni Investments,Yolo has created a thriving ecosystem with ventures across a variety of industries, including fintech, gambling, media, software development, crypto and blockchain-related companies.

## Crescendo Venture Partners
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, SaaS

Crescendo Venture Partners is a Tel-Aviv based venture capital firm founded by seasoned investors; We Invest primarily in Israeli seed and early stage technology start-ups.

## Atka Capital
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed
- Focus: Blockchain, Apps, Cryptocurrency

Atka Capital invest in cryptocurrency and blockchain sectors.

## DV Chain
- Type: VC Fund
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Series B
- Focus: Cryptocurrency, Blockchain, Bitcoin

The Leading One-Stop-Shop for Cryptocurrency Trading.

## Secret Chord Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Developer Tools, Artificial Intelligence

Secret Chord Ventures is an Israel-based early-stage venture firm investing in exceptional entrepreneurs who seek to build category-defining companies.

## Jibe Ventures
- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel
- Relevant deals: 1
- Stages: Seed, Pre-Seed, Series A
- Focus: Software, Information Technology, Artificial Intelligence

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