# Zephyrus Capital

> Zephyrus Capital is a VC fund in Dubai backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Jan 2025
- Lead investor: 6%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/capitalzephyrus
- Website: https://zephyruscapital.com/

Zephyrus Capital is a VC fund in Dubai focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Zephyrus Capital focus on incubation and connecting with initiatives, exchanges, and launchpads.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 16 | 47% |
| Cryptocurrency | 6 | 18% |
| Software | 5 | 15% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 15% |
| Web3 | 4 | 12% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 18 | 53% |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 15% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 9% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 9% |
| Series A | 1 | 3% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 12% |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 9% |
| Switzerland | 2 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 6% |
| Canada | 1 | 3% |

11 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| InceptionLRT | InceptionLRT is a standalone liquid restaking protocol designed specifically for Liquid Staking Tokens (LSTs). | $3.5M | Seed | Jan 29, 2025 |  |
| Mind AI | Mind AI is a trading insights platform that offers elite insights to the investors for a competitive edge in the fast-moving crypto markets. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 17, 2025 |  |
| Heurist | Heurist is a Layer 2 network for AI model hosting and inference based on ZK Stack. It offers serverless access to open-source AI models stored on a decentralized network of computer resources. | $2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 15, 2024 |  |
| bitSmiley | BitSmiley offers comprehensive Bitcoin DeFi solutions to bridge the stablecoin and lending infrastructure gaps within the Bitcoin ecosystem. Its main product is an over-collateralized stablecoin based on Bitcoin. Users can utilize Bitcoin as collateral for BitSmileyDAO and Mint BitUSD. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Oct 28, 2024 |  |
| assisterr | Assisterr is building an AI tokenization stack to ensure fair compensation for data owners and contributors. The platform manages the entire lifecycle of SLM training, enabling features like data provenance tracking, fine-tuning, and the launch of SLM-powered Agents. Web3 component allows data owners to contribute their data and expertise todomain-specific SLMs and capture the value from such contributions. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Jul 23, 2024 |  |
| Solak | Solak is an AI browser and DeFi platform that is transforming the digital world. |  | Seed | Jul 20, 2024 |  |
| Monad Pad | Monad Pad is a platform for tokens and NFTs. It provides a complete suite of tools, including a presale launchpad, Monad utility tools, and $MPAD token. | $945K | Seed | Jul 05, 2024 |  |
| AgentLayer | AgentLayer is an innovative project that aims to create a decentralized, permissionless, secure and reliable network for autonomous AI agents to collaborate and coordinate. AgentLayer leverages the power of generative AI driven by large language models (LLMs) to enable AI agents to make decisions and complete tasks autonomously with minimal humanintervention. AgentLayer also proposes a new AI currency to boost a promising AI-powered Agent Economy on top of blockchain. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 18, 2024 |  |
| XProtocol | XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies. | $5.2M | Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| XProtocol | XProtocol is a modular entertainment chain that uses base's superchain technology to help developers create games with player-driven economies. | $800K | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 13, 2024 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Cogitent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cogitent-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [MH Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mh-ventures) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [CSP DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/csp-dao) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Castrum Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/castrum-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [OKX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/okx-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Oracles Investment Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oracles-investment-group) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Zephyrus Capital invest in?

Zephyrus Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Zephyrus Capital last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Zephyrus Capital closed in Jan 2025. Shizune tracks 34 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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