What a Web3 team actually needs to grow
The house mark stands for deep roots and a high canopy: we put capital behind founders and help their networks take the lead.
THE RIGHT BENCH.
THE RIGHT TICKETS.
QASR is a Dubai-run, Web3-only private capital desk. We sit inside partner and portfolio teams as an extra bench — strategy, doors, and growth, not a silent cheque.
The mark takes after a desert evergreen: deep roots, its own water, shade and forage when little else lives. That is the posture we want as a firm — stay useful to the companies we back, even when the climate is harsh.
"Each person has a duty to carry. A man dies; the work does not. So the work stands above the fortune."— H.H. Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan
House posts
- 01.What we holdThe book is built on long relationships. We chase one standard — do the work, then show it.
- 02.The briefThe brief is plain: back the strongest digital-asset teams so people get a cleaner, smarter way to live and transact.
- 03.The long aimBe the desk founders and partners actually trust for capital and growth in digital assets.
A full bench for Web3 operators
Growth path and market seat
We help protocols, companies, and asset platforms pick a lane, write a go-to-market, and grow without burning the runway.
Network build and partner map
We introduce portfolio teams to builders, houses, and market desks on our Gulf map.
Rules and institutional fit
We walk teams through VARA, DIFC, and ADGM, open the right rooms, and keep operations in step with the rulebook as it moves.
Liquidity counsel and follow-on capital
Hands-on help on token design, venue talks, float, and the next cheque — using the house book, not a slide.
Lanes we underwrite
Keys you hold
Self-held identity stacks, checkable credentials, and data rooms that do not leak.
Open finance
Wallets you hold, AMMs, open lending, and on-chain yield rails.
Money without a sovereign
Rule-based stables, hard-to-censor rails, and assets meant to hold value.
Games and AI rails
Full-scale game studios, open compute markets, and agent networks that run themselves.
Art and culture online
Ownership layers, generative-art protocols, and rails for working artists.
Shows and feeds
Open social graphs, token-gated media, and rooms you can actually walk into.
Operators who have already built books
Gulf family-office roots, paired with institutional Web3 desks abroad.
Youssef Al Naimi
Managing Partner
Managing partner. Runs the Dubai desk and the house book.
Karim Al Farsi
Managing Partner
Managing partner. Sits on tickets and the partner map across the Gulf.
Sheikh Al Thani bin Sultan Al Thani
Partner — Leadership
Partner — leadership. Follows tech, policy, and the long book from the Gulf.
Omar Khalid
Partner — Community
Partner — community. Opens rooms across the region for founders and desks.
Dmitri Volkov
Partner — Alliances
Partner — alliances. Builds the desk’s map of houses and operators abroad.
Youssef Al Farsi
Business Development
Business development. Opens doors and walks firms onto the book.
Konrad Weissmann
Partner — Chair
Partner — chair. Holds the board line and long-book discipline.
Arjun Mehta
Partner — Strategy
Partner — strategy. Sets the thesis from first ticket to float.
The sizes and stages we like
A thesis that lands
A sharp idea and real conviction: we put in capital and the introductions to carry it.
First product proof
A real founding bench and early product signal. We help you get seen and make the next move count.
Working capital and float
Chains often need more than equity. For names we stand behind, we can add float or compute as working capital.
Builders who move the category
We look at early teams aiming to reset a category, and at later books with a proven bench that still intends to remake the field.
House conduct and cleaner rails
All-digital desk, lighter footprint
In step with H.H. Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum’s Dubai Paperless Strategy, the desk runs investment ops, partner papers, and governance with no paper trail.
Give back the way a desert canopy does
A desert tree feeds the soil and throws shade. The book prefers proof-of-stake, carbon-aware compute, and open energy rails that keep Web3’s burn down.
Answers in short
SAY WHAT YOU NEED
A note here is enough. We will answer from the Dubai desk.