# Faculty Group

> Faculty Group is a VC fund in Dubai backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 26 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 26
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 12%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/faculty-group/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Faculty__Group
- Website: https://www.faculty.group/

Faculty Group is a collection of synergistic blockchain-native firms with exceptional access to opportunities within web3, and the unique capabilities to create deep value.We build, fuel, and guide the web3 game changers of tomorrow.Faculty Group unites innovative thought leadership, strategy, token modeling, branding & mar-comms, marketmaking, business development, and capital - all under one roof, for a seamless & synergistic experience with best-in-class outcomes.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$6M |
| Initial Coin Offering | $1M–$9M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 10 | 38% |
| Cryptocurrency | 8 | 31% |
| Gaming | 5 | 19% |
| Financial Services | 4 | 15% |
| FinTech | 3 | 12% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 69% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 3 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 8% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 4% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Singapore | 3 | 12% |
| United States | 2 | 8% |
| The Netherlands | 2 | 8% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |

10 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luke Lombe | Founding Partner | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-lombe-a1aa |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MANSA | MANSA builds the infrastructure that powers the next evolution of global payments. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Feb 20, 2025 |  |
| Novastro | Novastro is a Layer 2 chain for RWAs powered by AI that integrates MoveVM and EigenLayer AVS, delivering Ethereum-level security and Move’s scalability to unlock tokenised yield opportunities across RWAs & DeFi protocols. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 09, 2025 |  |
| Tevaera | Tevaera enhances multi-genre game launch and play using zkStack-based L3 gaming chain, offering multiplayer features and UX-focused apps, facilitating user, liquidity, and builders' free flow within zkNation. | $5M | Seed | Apr 24, 2024 |  |
| YieldNest | YieldNest is a decentralized liquid restaking protocol that enables ETH holders to natively restake their ETH into EigenLayer, earning rewards without sacrificing liquidity, fostering trust-minimized connections between restakers and Node Operators. | $5.2M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| BonusBlock | BonusBlock is a protocol for on-chain engagement and user onboarding solution providers. It aims to attract, onboard, and advance users, working with various projects like Injective, XION by Burnt, Nibiru, EclipseFi, and more. | $2.3M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Bitlayer | Bitlayer is the first Bitcoin second-layer network, based on BitVM, offering ultra-scalability and L1 security, aiming to be Bitcoin's computing layer. | $5M | Seed | Mar 27, 2024 |  |
| Savage | Savage operates as an NFT marketplace and streaming app for 4K/8K video and photography. The platform is community-driven and has collaborations with various creators. It has a small team of 2-10 employees. | $1.5M | Seed | Mar 21, 2024 |  |
| Castle of Blackwater | Castle of Blackwater is a social deduction game that plays to betray. | $1M | Initial Coin Offering | Mar 15, 2024 |  |
| Syntropy | Syntropy is transforming the public internet into a secure and user-centric internet through a unifying layer where the encryption and optimized performance are built-in and automatically enabled for anything and everything connected to it. |  | Seed | Mar 14, 2024 |  |
| Gasp | A ZK-rollup L2 with universal connectivity to L1s, enabling cross-chain liquidity of native assets. Powered by Starkware zero-knowledge technology and Eigenlayer's restake finality. In it's core, MEV minimization and gas-free swaps are out of the box. | $5M | Initial Coin Offering | Feb 21, 2024 |  |

10 of 26 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Double Peak Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-peak-group) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Cogitent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cogitent-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Morningstar Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/morningstar-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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- [LVT Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lvt-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [NewTribe Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newtribe-capital-c32e) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Faculty Group invest in?

Faculty Group invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Initial Coin Offering stage. Most of the 26 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Faculty Group's check size?

Faculty Group typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$6M at Seed and $1M–$9M at Initial Coin Offering. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Faculty Group participates in.

### How do I contact Faculty Group?

Public channels for Faculty Group 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 Faculty Group?

The team at Faculty Group includes Luke Lombe (Founding Partner). 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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