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BENQi
BENQi is a DeFi and Web3 protocol operating on the Avalanche blockchain. It offers lending, borrowing, and earning services with cryptocurrencies, as well as...
BENQi
BENQi is a DeFi and Web3 protocol operating on the Avalanche blockchain. It offers lending, borrowing, and earning services with cryptocurrencies, as well as liquid staking for AVAX. BENQi also enables users to run validators or create subnets on Avalanche, and was founded in 2021 in Newark, New Jersey.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Location
Region
Africa
Country
Morocco
City
Casablanca
Corporate office
Casablanca, Morocco
Additional offices
Victoria · Kyiv · New York · Costa Mesa · Chesieres · Shanghai · Dubai · Istanbul
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at BENQi?
BENQi has not publicly disclosed its named principals or investment committee members. The firm maintains no corporate website with team biographies, no LinkedIn presence, and no regulatory filings that identify key decision-makers. This opacity is atypical for an asset manager courting external institutional capital, suggesting the firm may operate primarily on behalf of a single principal or closed capital base.
What is BENQi's investment strategy?
The firm has published no strategy documentation. Its nine-office footprint — spanning Casablanca, Chesieres, Dubai, Kyiv, Istanbul, Shanghai, Victoria, New York, and Costa Mesa — implies a cross-border focus, with office locations consistent with transaction structuring, trade finance, or private-market deal sourcing across developed and emerging markets. No asset-class mandates, sector preferences, or vehicle types are publicly known.
Does BENQi manage external capital or operate as a family office?
There is no public evidence that BENQi solicits or manages third-party institutional capital. The absence of a website, LinkedIn profile, regulatory registrations, or press coverage is consistent with a single-family office or proprietary capital vehicle, though the firm has not confirmed its structure in any public forum.
Where is BENQi regulated?
BENQi's regulatory status is not publicly documented. The firm lists offices in multiple jurisdictions — including Morocco, Switzerland (Chesieres), the UAE (Dubai), the United States (New York, Costa Mesa), and China (Shanghai) — but no financial-services registrations, licenses, or regulatory disclosures have been identified for any of these locations in connection with the BENQi name.
How large is BENQi by assets or deployment?
No AUM, capital commitments, or deployment figures have been disclosed by the firm or reported by financial data providers. The firm's scale is currently unverifiable from public sources.
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