# Dalma Capital

> Dalma Capital is a VC fund in Dubai backing Messaging and Blockchain. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Sep 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2018
- Lead investor: 0%
- Fund size: $13M
- Last fund: Dec 2018
- Last updated: Sep 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/dalma-capital-management-limited
- Website: https://www.dalmacapital.com

Dalma Capital is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Messaging and Blockchain. Dalma Capital was original founded as a single hedge fund manager. It has expanded its portfolio of funds to include venture capital, private debt, private equity and digital asset funds. It is a global leader in digital asset fund management, with 6 mandated digital asset funds currently under management. Dalma Capital also operates anaccelerator and incubator platform for emerging fund managers demonstrating a strong propensity for generating alpha - providing full front to back office infrastructure, legal and regulatory support and capital. In addition to principal investments, the firm also provides regulated investment banking services and support to blockchain based security, platform and token protocol offering - including structuring, book-running, placement and liquidity management.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Dalma Capital. Shizune tracks 6 team members at Dalma Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/dalma-capital-management-limited?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Messaging | 1 | 33% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 33% |
| Mobile Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Social Media | 1 | 33% |
| Identity Management | 1 | 33% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 67% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 33% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 33% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 33% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Adnan Haider | Head of Investment Banking Group | 0 | — |
| Amir Anwar | CFO | 0 | — |
| Majed Kabbara | Managing Director | 0 | — |
| Ritchie Alesing | Executive Assistant and Deputy MLRO | 0 | — |
| Saber Farooqi | General Counsel, Head of Compliance | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Telegram | Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on privacy, security, and speed. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets, or computers.With Telegram, anyone can send messages, photos, videos, and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groupsfor up to 5000 people or channels for broadcasting to unlimited audiences. The user can write to its phone contacts and find people by their usernames. As a result, Telegram is like SMS and email combined — and can take care of all personal or business messaging needs. | $1.7B |  | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| Telegram | Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on privacy, security, and speed. You can use Telegram on all your devices at the same time — your messages sync seamlessly across any number of your phones, tablets, or computers.With Telegram, anyone can send messages, photos, videos, and files of any type (doc, zip, mp3, etc), as well as create groupsfor up to 5000 people or channels for broadcasting to unlimited audiences. The user can write to its phone contacts and find people by their usernames. As a result, Telegram is like SMS and email combined — and can take care of all personal or business messaging needs. | $1.7B | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| Civic | Civic is a blockchain-based ecosystem that gives businesses and individuals the tools to control and protect identities. They believe identity should be convenient, safe and secure, and put users in control. Civic allows people to control the use of their identity information. They use cutting-edge identity verification technology to secure andprotect personal information transfer. Having conducted a successful token sale in June 2017, they set their sights on building identity.com, an open-source, first-of-its-kind marketplace for identity verification services built on the blockchain. They are a team spanning five countries with one common goal: to revolutionize identity. | $33M | Initial Coin Offering | Jun 22, 2017 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ARK FUND](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ark-fund-2c9f) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Oyster Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oyster-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blockchain Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crypto-currency-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Genesis One Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-one-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Nogle](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nogle) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Tally Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tally-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Dalma Capital invest in?

Dalma Capital invests primarily in Messaging, Blockchain and Mobile Apps startups, most often at Initial Coin Offering and Funding Round stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Dalma Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Dalma Capital?

The team at Dalma Capital includes Adnan Haider (Head of Investment Banking Group), Amir Anwar (CFO) and Majed Kabbara (Managing Director), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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