# Plutus21

> Plutus21 is a VC fund in Dallas backing Bitcoin and FinTech. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dallas, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Apr 2022
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last fund: Apr 2018
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/plutus21/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/_plutus21
- Website: http://www.plutus21.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/plutus21

Plutus21 is an investment firm focused on alternative assets such as crypto, venture capital, and real estate.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Plutus21. Shizune tracks 1 team members at Plutus21. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/plutus21?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Bitcoin | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 2 | 40% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 40% |
| Web3 | 1 | 20% |
| Payments | 1 | 20% |

16 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Initial Coin Offering | 2 | 40% |
| Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| Malta | 1 | 20% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hamiz Mushtaq Awan | Founder, Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hamiz-awan |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qureos | Qureos is a UAE-based AI recruitment and career-matching platform that helps employers automate candidate sourcing, screening, and hiring while providing job seekers with personalized job matching, resume feedback, and career support tools. Founded in 2021, the company operates across the GCC and MENA regions and has expanded into internationalmarkets. Its platform combines recruitment automation, AI-driven candidate matching, and talent management features through its AI recruiter assistant, Iris, which streamlines hiring workflows for businesses and recruitment teams. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Apr 06, 2022 |  |
| Plutus21 | Plutus21 is an investment firm focused on alternative assets such as crypto, venture capital, and real estate. |  | Private Equity | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| Cupidstone | Cupidstone is a designer and manufacturer of unique jewelry. We are dedicated to delivering quality at an affordable price and providing on-trend fashion jewelry for women of all-ages. Most Cupidstone’s jewelry are hand-crafted and designed by overseas designers. The delicate design, the subtle and lasting beauty of jewelry, and the qualitymaterials are the features we are proud of.Cupidstone makes many different designs in the form of earnings, pins, and pendants. |  | Seed | Mar 01, 2018 |  |
| Binance | Binance is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that facilitates the trading of digital assets. It provides services such as spot and futures trading, a blockchain network for decentralized applications, and a platform for token sales. Binance also offers staking, savings, and liquidity farming options, as well as a payment system for cryptocurrencytransactions. Additionally, it supports the trading and creation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). |  | Initial Coin Offering | Jul 01, 2017 |  |
| Dash Core Group | Dash is the e-commerce and payments-focused digital currency, and the rising alternative to bitcoin. Experiencing significant growth since its beginnings in 2014, Dash is now accepted at more than 4,000 merchants, including 2,200+ in Venezuela, in addition to being accessible via 400+ ATMs and 90+ exchanges worldwide- making it one of the fewoffering safe, decentralized financial solutions to real world problems. Dash offers a form of money that is portable, inexpensive, divisible, and fast. It can be spent easily and instantly online at merchants across the globe, at much lower fees than credit and debit cards. With over 60 members on the team and a unique blockchain mining and treasury model, Dash is the only major self-funded, self-governed organization in the cryptocurrency industry. This allows for constant development and funding for the entire project. |  | Initial Coin Offering | Jun 01, 2017 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [All Blue Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/all-blue-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Al Zayani Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-zayani-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Al Zayani Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/al-zayani-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Careem](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/careem) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Colle Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colle-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [COTU Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cotu-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Plutus21 invest in?

Plutus21 invests primarily in Bitcoin, FinTech and Cryptocurrency startups, most often at Initial Coin Offering and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Plutus21?

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### Who are the partners at Plutus21?

The team at Plutus21 includes Hamiz Mushtaq Awan (Founder, Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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