Fund profile / United Arab Emirates

Hashgraph Venture Fund-I

Geography: United Arab Emirates
Stage: Pre-Seed
Fund size: $20M
Focus: AI/ML, Deep Tech and Web3 Infrastructure
Signals: Published

N°01 / About

About Hashgraph Venture Fund-I

Hashgraph Venture Fund-I is a venture capital firm based in United Arab Emirates, focusing on Pre-Seed stage investments. The fund actively supports founders building innovative solutions in AI/ML, Web3 Infrastructure, Deep Tech, providing strategic guidance and capital to help startups scale.

N°02 / Thesis

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited Arab Emirates

Funding StagePre-Seed

Industry Focus

AI/ML

Deep Tech

Web3 Infrastructure

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Hedera-native founders solving logistics, trade, identity, climate finance, or trust infrastructure at scale

Hedera/hashgraph ecosystem

supply chain & logistics

cross-border trade

digital infrastructure

post-quantum cryptography

decentralized identity (DID)

zero-knowledge proofs

Middle East digital trust

live events ticketing

proof of authenticity

digital product passports

EU regulatory compliance

tamper-proof audit trails

climate finance & carbon markets

financial inclusion & rural access

Article 6 Paris Agreement infrastructure

Bullish Signals

Active Hedera ecosystem builder & partnerexternal

Co-developing live product with Teleportexternal

Featured in Air Cargo Weekexternal

CEO quoted in The Block on quantumlinkedin

Proactive post-quantum security positioninglinkedin

Google 2029 quantum deadline validates thesislinkedin

"Harvest now decrypt later" risk flagged earlylinkedin

Expanding into Middle East digital identityexternal

IDTrust + patent-pending CITI framework liveexternal

Published Integrator Media on AI deepfake threatsexternal

Pivoting to higher-TAM identity + trust layersexternal

SECUTIX partnership: Hedera ticketing production pilot livelinkedin

Major EU music festival mass-scale deployment this summerlinkedin

Cryptographic proof scales to tens of millions tickets/yearlinkedin

Hashgraph Association grant validates ticket authenticity use caselinkedin

Third-party resale portal integration roadmap confirmedlinkedin

TrackTrace: Hedera-powered digital product passport platform livelinkedin

EU Digital Product Passport mandate (Feb 2027) tailwindlinkedin

Published IN Supply Magazine on verification vs visibilitylinkedin

De Beers Tracr & Walmart precedent validate scale thesislinkedin

TrackTrace creates digital twins & tamper-proof audit trailslinkedin

CONFED Carbon Office live: 3M+ Filipino coconut farmerslinkedin

Samar agroforestry project: 200k carbon credits annuallylinkedin

Article 6 Paris Agreement infrastructure now livelinkedin

Climate finance access for rural agricultural communitieslinkedin

Carbon credit issuance, tracking, trading, retirement livelinkedin

Contrarian Signals

Narrow Hedera-only tech focusexternal

Niche SE Asia logistics verticalexternal

Quantum risk timeline still speculativeexternal

Small LinkedIn following — 3.2kexternal

Identity market crowded; DID adoption nascentexternal

Digital passport market still emerging pre-2027 mandateexternal

Carbon credit market volatility & policy riskexternal

Founder Do's

Build on Hedera network

Focus on supply chain visibility & verification

Target Southeast Asia & Middle East

Solve cross-border logistics pain points

Consider long-term cryptographic resilience

Leverage zero-knowledge proofs for privacy

Integrate physical presence verification

Explore mass-scale B2B2C platforms

Apply cryptographic proof to high-volume use cases

Align with EU Digital Product Passport mandates

Tap climate finance & Article 6 Paris Agreement

Build financial inclusion via digital infrastructure

Founder Don'ts

Avoid non-Hedera blockchain stacks

Skip enterprise partnership angle

Ignore regulatory/customs complexity

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Facts

Fund Overview

Fund Size$20M

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Website

People

Key People

Stefan Deiss

Stefan DeissCo-Founder & CEO

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