Key Takeaways
- • Dubai-based Cequire Capital has earmarked $100 million for pre-seed and seed investments in early-stage blockchain companies, founded in the UAE in 2024 by Salman Parcy.
- • The commitment comes as crypto seed deals fell 88% between 2022 and the first half of 2026, from 694 transactions to 81, according to data from Tiger Research and RootData cited by Parcy.
- • Cequire has already invested more than $50 million across over 20 Web3 projects and says $50 million is available for deployment now.
- • The firm allocates 60% to venture capital rounds and 10% to co-investments, with individual checks of $500,000 to $2 million, and plans to buy tokens directly from project treasuries with lockups and vesting.
- • The strategy targets stablecoins, AI and agentic payments, tokenized real-world assets, privacy infrastructure and post-quantum security, and requires evidence of real users and revenue rather than white papers.
Summary
Dubai-based Cequire Capital has earmarked $100 million for early-stage blockchain companies, focusing on pre-seed and seed investments. The commitment comes as crypto startup funding contracts and several major venture funds redirect capital toward artificial intelligence, robotics and other technology sectors or reduce their digital asset exposure. Founded in the UAE in 2024 by Salman Parcy, the firm says it has already invested more than $50 million across over 20 Web3 projects, investing through venture rounds and direct token purchases.
Parcy cited data from Tiger Research and RootData showing that seed deals fell 88% between 2022 and the first half of 2026, declining from 694 transactions to 81. Cequire views this funding gap as an opportunity to back companies that may struggle to raise capital despite developing commercially applicable technology, and intends to invest at the earliest stages, when founders are still building products and business models.
The firm plans to allocate 60% of the commitment to venture capital rounds and 10% to co-investments alongside partner funds, and intends to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds with individual investments of $500,000 to $2 million. According to Parcy, the commitment is backed by a single long-term investor, and the structure has no fixed fund lifespan or recurring fundraising cycles. Cequire also plans to purchase tokens directly from project treasuries, using lockups and vesting schedules aligned with founding teams, so projects can raise financing without selling tokens into the open market.
Cequire's target sectors include stablecoins and stablechain infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets, agentic payments in which autonomous AI agents execute transactions under predefined rules, privacy infrastructure and post-quantum security. Parcy says a white paper alone no longer attracts venture capital and that investors expect evidence of real users and commercial demand. The firm weighs founder track record and execution heavily and asks whether a project solves a problem customers already pay to address. Parcy also cited Memento Research data showing the median token launched in 2025 declined by more than 70%, and argues tokens should be tied to revenue through mechanisms such as buybacks, staking rewards exceeding inflation, or tokenholder treasury control.
Parcy cited data from Tiger Research and RootData showing that seed deals fell 88% between 2022 and the first half of 2026, declining from 694 transactions to 81. Cequire views this funding gap as an opportunity to back companies that may struggle to raise capital despite developing commercially applicable technology, and intends to invest at the earliest stages, when founders are still building products and business models.
The firm plans to allocate 60% of the commitment to venture capital rounds and 10% to co-investments alongside partner funds, and intends to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed rounds with individual investments of $500,000 to $2 million. According to Parcy, the commitment is backed by a single long-term investor, and the structure has no fixed fund lifespan or recurring fundraising cycles. Cequire also plans to purchase tokens directly from project treasuries, using lockups and vesting schedules aligned with founding teams, so projects can raise financing without selling tokens into the open market.
Cequire's target sectors include stablecoins and stablechain infrastructure, tokenized real-world assets, agentic payments in which autonomous AI agents execute transactions under predefined rules, privacy infrastructure and post-quantum security. Parcy says a white paper alone no longer attracts venture capital and that investors expect evidence of real users and commercial demand. The firm weighs founder track record and execution heavily and asks whether a project solves a problem customers already pay to address. Parcy also cited Memento Research data showing the median token launched in 2025 declined by more than 70%, and argues tokens should be tied to revenue through mechanisms such as buybacks, staking rewards exceeding inflation, or tokenholder treasury control.
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