Cequire Capital Pledges $100M for Early-Stage Crypto Investments

Dubai-based investment firm Cequire Capital plans to deploy $100 million into early-stage crypto and blockchain projects over the next three years, targeting sectors including stablecoins, AI payments, tokenized assets and privacy infrastructure.

The firm said that 60% of the capital will go toward venture investments, 30% to liquid digital assets and the remaining 10% to co-investment opportunities, according to an announcement shared with CryptoProwl.

Cequire Capital said it has $50 million ready for deployment and aims to commit the full amount by the end of the first quarter of 2027.

The investment firm plans to lead or co-lead pre-seed and seed funding rounds, with individual investments ranging from $500,000 to $2 million. It will also take positions in tokens that fit its investment strategy and work with other digital asset venture firms on joint investments.

The $100 million commitment comes from Cequire’s own balance sheet, according to the announcement. The firm said this allows it to invest without raising a dedicated fund or depending on outside limited partners.

“When capital is abundant, valuations rise, competition for deals increases, and investors sometimes end up paying too much for companies that have not yet proven their business models,” Salman Parcy, managing partner of Cequire Capital, told CryptoProwl.

“A quieter market gives us more room to be selective and work directly with founders at an earlier stage,” he added.

Cequire’s new fund is focusing on five investment areas, including stablecoin and stablechain infrastructure, AI and agentic payments, tokenized real-world assets, privacy technology, and post-quantum security.

Cequire’s $100 million commitment comes as the crypto market faces a downturn and some major investors pull back, including a16z dropping crypto from its fund name.

The recent Binance hack has also weighed on investor sentiment, with Bitcoin (CRYPTO: $BTC) prices plunging to multi-month lows.