# Ahmed Al-Balaghi

> Ahmed Al-Balaghi is a seed investor at Biconomy (Dubai) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Biconomy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/biconomy)
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ahmedalbalaghi
- Website: https://x.com/arabalaghi
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ahmed.albalaghi

Ahmed Al-Balaghi is a seed investor at Biconomy in Dubai focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Ahmed Al-Balaghi is based out of Dubai and is the Co-Founder of Biconomy. Ahmed previously worked at FinTech Connector as a Community Partner. Ahmed Al-Balaghi attended Queen Mary University of London.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$12M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 6 | 55% |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 27% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 18% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 18% |
| Decentralized Finance (DeFi) | 2 | 18% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 64% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 18% |
| Angel | 1 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Germany | 2 | 18% |
| United States | 2 | 18% |
| Spain | 1 | 9% |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 9% |
| Singapore | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Haiku | Haiku is a DeFi platform that lets users execute complex multi-chain trades and strategies in simple, optimized transactions. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Dec 04, 2025 |  |
| Rhinestone | Rhinestone is building a platform to enable a secure ecosystem of smart account modules and, with it, permissionless wallet innovation. | $5M | Seed | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| LI.FI | Li.Finance provides the cross-chain swap across all liquidity pools and bridges. Li.Finance is a mesh of aggregated cross-chain liquidity networks and protocols that makes liquidity available when needed to fuel next-generation DeFi initiatives with superior UX. It is founded in 2021 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $5.5M |  | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| LI.FI | Li.Finance provides the cross-chain swap across all liquidity pools and bridges. Li.Finance is a mesh of aggregated cross-chain liquidity networks and protocols that makes liquidity available when needed to fuel next-generation DeFi initiatives with superior UX. It is founded in 2021 and is based in Berlin, Germany. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 11, 2022 |  |
| Altitude | Altitude is a Decentralized Finance (DeFi) protocol offering a first-of-its-kind actively managed collateralized loan, which uses the volatility of the value of the collateral to repay itself over time. | $2.1M | Seed | Jul 01, 2022 |  |
| Footium | Footium is a web3 Football management game that allows players to become the owner, manager and scout for their very own metaverse football club, and earn prizes based on their success! | $3.4M | Seed | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| EthSign | EthSign is an e-signing platform that utilizes blockchain technology to offer a decentralized, customizable and transparent version of traditional signature service. EthSign aims to tackle data security issues caused by an over-reliance on centralized providers and build back trust in electronic signature services. With its Web3 technology(decentralized Identity, smart contract platforms and decentralized storage networks), the platform enables users to comment on, edit and access each version of an electronic agreement seamlessly and securely. | $12M | Seed | Mar 09, 2022 |  |
| bitsCrunch | The Ecosystem Guardians - Analytics firm making giant strides in the blockchain ecosystem by providing AI enabled securing services that protects the ecosystem integrity, with a cross-functional team of experts backed by the leaders in the industry. | $3.6M |  | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| bitsCrunch | The Ecosystem Guardians - Analytics firm making giant strides in the blockchain ecosystem by providing AI enabled securing services that protects the ecosystem integrity, with a cross-functional team of experts backed by the leaders in the industry. | $3.6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Stader Labs | Stader Labs is building decentralized financial protocols and applications for efficient stake management on public blockchain networks. | $4M | Seed | Oct 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Mask Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dimension-293e) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Triblock](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/triblock) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Daedalus Angel Syndicate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daedalus-angel-syndicate) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DWeb3 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dweb3-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Biconomy

VC Fund · Singapore, Singapore

Biconomy is a relayer infrastructure network and transaction highway to reduce the friction between applications built on the blockchain and the end-users. Biconomy’s relayer network comprises of an SDK and dashboard that abstracts and hides many of the complexities of opening a wallet, storing private keys, paying gas, and buying cryptocurrency.

4 contacts available at Biconomy.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Ahmed Al-Balaghi | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahmed-al-balaghi |
| Aniket Jindal | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aniket-jindal |
| Aditya Khanduri | Head of Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aditya-khanduri |
| Sachin Tomar | CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sachin-tomar |

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## FAQ

### What does Ahmed Al-Balaghi invest in?

Ahmed Al-Balaghi invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ahmed Al-Balaghi's check size?

Ahmed Al-Balaghi typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$12M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ahmed Al-Balaghi participates in.

### When did Ahmed Al-Balaghi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ahmed Al-Balaghi closed in Dec 2025. Shizune tracks 11 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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