# Faisal Al Hammadi

> Faisal Al Hammadi is a Series A investor at Further Ventures backing B2B and Credit. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Further Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/further-ventures-469d)
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/falhammadi/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/falhammadi

Faisal Al Hammadi is a Series A investor at Further Ventures focused on B2B and Credit. - Managing Partner at Further Ventures - Executive Director of Incubation at ADQ, VP of Healthcare in Mubadala - Co-founder of Slices (Exit: GEMS), OneKitchen (Exit: Reef Technology) & YACOB - Board of Wio Bank & Endeavor UAE & TwoFour54 - Member of Abu Dhabi's Blockchain and Virtual Assets Committee

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B2B | 1 | 50% |
| Credit | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Finance | 1 | 50% |
| Embedded Systems | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| CredibleX | CredibleX Limited empowers companies to offer lending solutions to their SME ecosystem thereby creating a convenient, trustable and transparent lending solution for all partners. Credible X Limited is regulated by the Financial Services Regulatory Authority ("FSRA") in the Abu Dhabi Global Market ("ADGM") and holds Category 2,Category 3 and Category 4 licenses for Providing Credit, Providing Money Services and Operating Private Financing Platform. | $15M | Series A | May 06, 2026 |  |
| GRVT | GRVT is an institutional-grade self-custody derivatives trading platform, where we eliminate counterparty risk and offer unparalleled efficiency. With features like KYC, self-custody, and privacy-enabled trading, plus high transaction throughput, we provide RFQ and CLOB options for futures, perpetuals, and more. | $19M | Series A | Sep 18, 2025 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [500 Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/500-startups) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [EigenLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eigen-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Mubadala](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mubadala-investment-company-e9c0) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ZKsync](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zksync) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Further Ventures

VC Fund · Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

We support innovative startups from ideation to exit. The company partners with founders to incubate ventures developing next generation financial infrastructure. These ventures include FinTechs that cover wealth management, SME finance, financial inclusion, remittance, and payroll products; as well as, VASPs, which include virtual asset paymentsproducts, blockchain-based asset custody and security solutions, marketplaces, wallets, and other infrastructure aimed at the institutional market.We make big bets on high conviction ideas early on. Our philosophy is to take high ownership stakes at company formation and preserve the right to double down on winners.Further Ventures Limited is Regulated by the ADGM Financial Services Regulatory Authority (220066).

5 contacts available at Further Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gary Sheynkman | Venture Partner - Product | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gary-sheynkman |
| John Ounjian | Venture Partner - Digital Assets | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-ounjian-b47a |
| Mohammed Bashkeel | Partner - Fund Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mohammed-bashkeel |
| Faisal Al Hammadi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faisal-al-hammadi-a333 |
| Faisal Al Hammadi | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/faisal-al-hammadi |

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## FAQ

### What does Faisal Al Hammadi invest in?

Faisal Al Hammadi invests primarily in B2B, Credit and FinTech startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Arab Emirates. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Faisal Al Hammadi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Faisal Al Hammadi closed in May 2026. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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