# Ceras Ventures

> Ceras Ventures is a VC fund in Dubai backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming. See 39 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 39
- Last investment: Mar 2024
- Lead investor: 3%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ceras-ventures
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CerasVentures
- Website: https://www.cerasventures.com/

Ceras Ventures is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. We are a global leading investment firm that focuses on the most disruptive start-ups and provides support to fast-growing Web 3.0 and blockchain companies. We invest in innovative ideas and protocols that pave the way for the future blockchain ecosystem.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.3M–$6M |
| Series A | $2.7M–$19M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 17 | 44% |
| Cryptocurrency | 12 | 31% |
| Gaming | 6 | 15% |
| FinTech | 6 | 15% |
| Software | 5 | 13% |

42 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 56% |
| Series A | 8 | 21% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 21% |
| Singapore | 4 | 10% |
| Germany | 2 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| China | 1 | 3% |

13 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wincast | Wincast is the first live NFT bidding platform for live sports. Our platform allows users to bid on incredible sports moments while they're happening, and at the end of each quarter/round/play/down/at-bat, the highest bid is awarded an NFT collectible of that play. Users will then be able to buy, sell, and trade other keymoments with users on the platform through our secondary market and integrated wallet solutions.Own your favorite sports moments before they become THE moment. | $5M | Seed | Mar 01, 2024 |  |
| Pop Social | Pop Social is a Web 3 social gateway that bridges the gap between conventional social media and shared social experiences. | $4M | Seed | Sep 08, 2023 |  |
| Magic Square | Magic Square (founded 2021) is a unified, integrated, interoperable space for users to discover and experience community-vetted crypto apps, and for crypto app developers to market and monetize their best applications.The Magic Store is the fundamental element of the Magic Square project. Within the Magic Store, there are multiple workingelements that dictate the communication between many moving parts.OverviewMagic Square is a multifaceted system that covers all the UX bases: The Magic Store guides users to discover the highest quality crypto apps with built-in integrated DeFi. Users sign in to all of their apps with one SSI secured Magic Connect leading to their personalized Magic Spaces: where crypto-app experiences begin and end. Users and Creators discuss and collaborate in a dedicated Magic Community space.The Magic Square interface includes three main components: The Magic Store, Magic Spaces, and Magic Connect. Each of these serves a di!erent function for the three groups who use the platform: crypto application users (Users), crypto application developers (Creators), and new community validators (Validators).Each of these groups plays a unique role in the Magic Store interface, with a unique set of actions and responsibilities. Users must enter the system and obtain a secure persona with their secure Magic Connect login credentials. Creators must successfully deploy apps to be validated by the Validators, who vote on the new apps entering the ecosystem. |  | Seed | Apr 23, 2023 |  |
| Gameta | Gameta is a web3 company. | $5M | Seed | Apr 10, 2023 |  |
| Metaverse Game Studios | Metaverse Game Studios is a leading blockchain game development studio. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 27, 2023 |  |
| Phaver | Phaver is platform to start communities around products, places, web pages and apps while earning affiliate revenue on recommendations. With Phaver, experts can generate recurring revenue from their knowledge and users can discover better products and places. |  | Seed | Feb 09, 2023 |  |
| Airwaive | Airwaive connects wireless service providers with home & business owners. |  | Seed | Jan 08, 2023 |  |
| Velvet Capital | Velvet Capital is a DeFi operating system that helps launch and manage on-chain funds and structured products. Velvet Capital offers its users a way to gain exposure to digital assets. |  | Seed | Dec 08, 2022 |  |
| Angelic | Angelic is a narrative multiplayer strategy RPG backed by the blockchain. |  | Seed | Dec 01, 2022 |  |
| Velvet Capital | Velvet Capital is a DeFi operating system that helps launch and manage on-chain funds and structured products. Velvet Capital offers its users a way to gain exposure to digital assets. |  | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2022 |  |

10 of 39 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Arriba Studio](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arriba-studio) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Ceras Ventures invest in?

Ceras Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 39 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Ceras Ventures's check size?

Ceras Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.3M–$6M at Seed and $2.7M–$19M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ceras Ventures participates in.

### When did Ceras Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Ceras Ventures closed in Mar 2024. Shizune tracks 39 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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