# ADQ

> ADQ is a VC fund in Abu Dhabi backing Information Technology and E-Commerce. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 50%
- Fund size: $100M
- Last fund: Jun 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/adqofficial/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Adq_Official
- Website: https://www.adq.ae/

ADQ is a holding company with a diverse portfolio of major enterprises covering key sectors of Abu Dhabi's economy, including utilities, tourism and hospitality, aviation, transportation, logistics, industry, real estate, media, healthcare, agribusiness, and financial services.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for ADQ. Shizune tracks 12 team members at ADQ. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/adq-d6cc?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $5M–$16M |
| Series B | $10M–$60M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 5 | 19% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 15% |
| Software | 3 | 12% |
| Wellness | 3 | 12% |
| Agriculture | 3 | 12% |

55 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 5 | 19% |
| Private Equity | 4 | 15% |
| Series B | 3 | 12% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 12% |
| Series C | 2 | 8% |

12 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Arab Emirates | 6 | 23% |
| India | 5 | 19% |
| United States | 3 | 12% |
| Egypt | 1 | 4% |
| France | 1 | 4% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hamad Al Hammadi | Head of Energy, Utilities, and Industrials | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamad-al-hammadi |
| Faisal Al Hammadi | Executive Director, Incubation | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faisal-al-hammadi-a333 |
| Faisal Al Hammadi | Executive Director, Incubation | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faisal-al-hammadi |
| Fran Loranca | Associate Director | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fran-loranca |
| H.E. Mohammed Hassan Alsuwaidi | CEO | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/h-e-mohammed-hassan-alsuwaidi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Salmon | Salmon is a financial technology group focusing on making finance accessible and easy for consumers. They offer various financial services including loan options. | $28M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 17, 2025 |  |
| Lumi AI | Lumi AI develops software that leverages leading large language models and a proprietary context model to instantly answer operational questions written in plain language, eliminating the need for technical data resources to manually gather, analyze, and manipulate data using coding languages like SQL or Python. | $3.7M | Seed | Mar 25, 2025 |  |
| DFNS | Custody of digital assets requires maximal security. Don't DIY.Dfns is a safe, cloud-native developer tool that gives banks, investors and companies the freedom to enter crypto markets on a battle-designed security infrastructure. Financial institutions of all sizes—from crypto startups to Tier 1 banks—use our fully-managed custodyplatform to scale and gain exposure over crypto without ever compromising the safety of their day-to-day operations.By way of deep trendsetting cryptography, we have successfully managed to create a keyless wallet generator allowing our clients to trade, transfer and store crypto without having to worry a single second. Dfns is powered by a decentralized custody network designed to break up the inner complications of blockchains and reinstate frictionless business environments. We make sure that digital assets are safe-kept with respect to the most law-abiding market procedures.Smoothly deploy on-premise your own crypto custody infrastructure in no time, and capitalize on streamlined feature delivery and advanced security updates. Dfns saves you and your team from spending precious time on labor-intensive tasks and ensures that the middle & back office experience stays the same as always. Roll out the red carpet for your customers, today.We are building the future of crypto banking—brick by brick. | $16M | Series A | Dec 18, 2024 |  |
| Plenary Group | Thier vision is to be a world leader in developing, providing and managing public infrastructure, recognised for a distinctive approach that delivers outstanding results for clients, partners, communities and the environment. |  | Secondary Market | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| Sagard | Sagard is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager building great businesses through capital, culture, and network. |  | Secondary Market | Nov 14, 2023 |  |
| Sagard | Sagard is a multi-strategy alternative asset manager building great businesses through capital, culture, and network. |  |  | Jul 06, 2023 |  |
| Bayzat | Bayzat is a technology company that provides insurance and HR solutions.They help individuals and companies compare, buy, and use their health insurance. With Bayzat Benefits, their technology platform, they are able to streamline the policy placement process for their clients and help them understand their policy. More importantly, BayzatBenefits automates administrative work for HR professionals and ensures that all HR processes are centralized, accessible, and secure. | $25M | Series C | Dec 23, 2022 |  |
| Vistria Group | The Vistria Group is focused on making investments in middle market companies participating in the healthcare, education and financial services industries. The Vistria team is uniquely qualified to navigate an increasingly complex world by evaluating investments from three perspectives: operating, financial and regulatory. |  |  | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Vistria Group | The Vistria Group is focused on making investments in middle market companies participating in the healthcare, education and financial services industries. The Vistria team is uniquely qualified to navigate an increasingly complex world by evaluating investments from three perspectives: operating, financial and regulatory. |  | Private Equity | Nov 15, 2022 |  |
| Okadoc | Okadoc is a healthtech start-up with a mission to create a better healthcare experience for all. It is the region’s first instant online appointment booking platform that seamlessly connects healthcare providers and doctors with their patients. Patients can use Okadoc.com to find doctors across 130+ specialities who accept their insurance,instantly book appointments online, receive reminders, reschedule, cancel or even request earlier availability. Okadoc provides both a 24/7 intelligent medical calendar system and a fully interoperable cloud based solution that integrates with most hospital and clinic management systems. It helps practitioners, clinics and hospitals reduce 'no-shows', optimise their bookings, attract and engage new patients. Okadoc's online marketplace delivers the efficient, seamless, and simple healthcare experience for anyone, anytime, anywhere. Okadoc is free for patients and available across www.okadoc.com or the app for iPhone and Android. Okadoc’s telemedicine platform enables virtual consultations and connects patients to doctors and healthcare providers across the country. | $10M | Series B | Nov 08, 2022 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DisruptAD](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/disruptad) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Motier Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/motier-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Bank of Montreal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bank-of-montreal) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Elevation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/elevation-capital-6e8a) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hunter Point Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hunter-point-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does ADQ invest in?

ADQ invests primarily in Information Technology, E-Commerce and Software startups, most often at Series A and Private Equity stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is ADQ's check size?

ADQ typically joins rounds of $5M–$16M at Series A and $10M–$60M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds ADQ participates in.

### How do I contact ADQ?

Public channels for ADQ include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at ADQ?

The team at ADQ includes Hamad Al Hammadi (Head of Energy, Utilities, and Industrials), Faisal Al Hammadi (Executive Director, Incubation) and Faisal Al Hammadi (Executive Director, Incubation), among 12 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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