Fuze, the Middle East and Turkey\u2019s fastest growing digital assets infrastructure firm, today announced the successful completion of a $12.2 million Series A funding round led by Galaxy (TSX: GLXY), a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, and e& capital, the venture capital and investment arm of global technology group e& (ADX: EAND).<\/p>\n
Fuze provides Digital Assets-as-a-Service infrastructure enabling financial institutions and businesses across MENA and Turkey to offer regulated digital assets to their clients, as well as an Over-The-Counter (OTC) trading desk. In addition, Fuze has now launched a full suite of stablecoin infrastructure products and recently announced its expansion, through FuzePay, into payments.<\/p>\n
The Series A investment will fuel Fuze\u2019s regional and international expansion, accelerate product innovation and compliance, and support top-tier hiring.<\/p>\n
Mo Ali Yusuf, CEO and Co-Founder at Fuze, stated, \u201cStrategically, Galaxy\u2019s comprehensive digital asset capabilities and e&\u2019s unparalleled network will fast-track our mission to enable any bank, fintech or traditional business to seamlessly integrate digital assets and accelerate regional digital asset adoption. We are seeing a huge surge in demand and we believe that in the next 12 months, every financial institution and business will leverage some type of crypto or stablecoin capability.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leon Marshall, CEO of Galaxy Europe, added, \u201cWe are thrilled to partner with Fuze and lead this Series A round. The Middle East is poised to become a major hub for innovation, with the UAE demonstrating a willingness to develop comprehensive regulatory frameworks for digital assets and Fuze rapidly advancing its digital assets infrastructure.\u201d<\/p>\n
Fuze has been championed from the beginning by Further Ventures, an ADQ-backed venture builder and investment firm.<\/p>\n
Mohamed Hamdy, Managing Partner at Further Ventures said, \u201cThis fundraising round marks an important milestone for Fuze, a company that Further Ventures backed since inception. We\u2019re proud to welcome leading global investors – including Galaxy, e& Capital, and others – to join us on this journey. We believe Fuze is poised to become a dominant force in enabling digital asset businesses around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Harrison Lung, Group Chief Strategy Officer e&, said \u201cWith our investment in Fuze, we\u2019re excited to align with a team that\u2019s setting the benchmark for what a future-ready, regulated digital asset ecosystem can look like. There\u2019s a natural synergy between Fuze and our fintech portfolio, from e& money to Wio and Careem Pay. And this investment is about backing bold companies who understand the long game, building digital assets infrastructure to supercharge the next wave of financial services innovation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since launching in 2023, Fuze has worked closely with global regulators to ensure compliant digital asset services and partnered with leading financial institutions. In the last year, the business has processed over $2 billion in total digital assets volume through their Digital-Assets-as-a-Service platform, stablecoin infrastructure, and OTC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Fuze, the Middle East and Turkey\u2019s fastest growing digital assets infrastructure firm, today announced the successful completion of a $12.2 million Series A funding round led by Galaxy (TSX: GLXY), a global leader in digital assets and data center infrastructure, and e& capital, the venture capital and investment arm of global technology group e& (ADX: […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":6826,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[91,130,43,107,87,15,27,3716],"tags":[2678,6315,2082,11122,14272,17082,17076,17108,17050,17110,17056,2492,17054,17102,17058,17100,17090,17048,17068,17052,17084,17098,17096,17078,17072,1000,17086,6661,367,17080,17094,17112,17062,17070,1978,17074,5959,17060,17106,17088,5833,17066,17064,12146,365,17046,3846,17092,6127,17104],"class_list":["post-6825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arab-countries-en","category-featured-en","category-finance-investment-en","category-funding-round","category-gcc-en","category-press-releases","category-technology","category-uae","tag-abu-dhabi","tag-adq","tag-businesses","tag-ceo","tag-clients","tag-co-founder","tag-compliance","tag-compliant-digital-asset-services","tag-digital-assets-infrastructure","tag-digital-assets-volume","tag-digital-assets-as-a-service","tag-e","tag-e-capital","tag-e-money","tag-financial-institutions","tag-fintech-portfolio","tag-further-ventures","tag-fuze","tag-fuzepay","tag-galaxy","tag-galaxy-europe","tag-group-chief-strategy-officer","tag-harrison-lung","tag-hiring","tag-international-expansion","tag-investment","tag-leon-marshall","tag-mena","tag-middle-east","tag-mo-ali-yusuf","tag-mohamed-hamdy","tag-otc","tag-over-the-counter-otc","tag-payments","tag-platform","tag-product-innovation","tag-regional-expansion","tag-regulated-digital-assets","tag-regulators","tag-regulatory-frameworks","tag-series-a-funding","tag-stablecoin-infrastructure","tag-trading-desk","tag-turkey","tag-uae","tag-uae-and-new-york","tag-usa","tag-venture-builder","tag-venture-capital","tag-wio"],"yoast_head":"\n