# Gin Chao

> Gin Chao is a seed investor at NoLimit Holdings backing Blockchain, Web3 and Bitcoin. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [NoLimit Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nolimit-holdings)
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gin-chao-955a/

Gin Chao is a seed investor at NoLimit Holdings focused on Blockchain and Web3. Gin Chao

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 29% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 14% |
| Privacy | 1 | 14% |
| Robotics | 1 | 14% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 29% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 29% |
| Grant | 1 | 14% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 14% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 2 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 29% |
| Singapore | 1 | 14% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Techdollar | Techdollar operates a private credit platform that originates and underwrites loans secured against private company equity. The service enables late-stage startup founders, employees, and institutional investors to unlock liquidity from their shares without triggering a taxable sale or losing long-term upside. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Jun 26, 2026 |  |
| Akave Cloud | Akave is a decentralized data management network that supports the next generation of data-driven apps and marketplaces. | $6.7M | Seed | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Impossible Cloud Network | Impossible Cloud Network (ICN) is the foundational layer for the next-generation internet — a decentralized, composable cloud infrastructure serving AI, Web3, and enterprise applications. Unlike siloed DePIN projects or centralized incumbents, ICN delivers a high-performance, permissionless platform integrating storage, compute, and networking.With $31M in total funding, enterprise-grade architecture, 1,000+ B2B clients, and 28,000+ hypernodes sold, ICN is uniquely positioned to outcompete traditional cloud services and power the future of decentralized infrastructure. ICN is community-owned, performance-optimized, and regulation-aligned — bridging real-world adoption with blockchain innovation. | $34M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 22, 2025 |  |
| Dora Factory | Dora Factory is the digital infrastructure builder of the Global Hacker Movement. It creates protocols, toolings, and public good infrastructures that help open source communities and frontier tech builders to thrive. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 23, 2024 |  |
| HOPR | HOPR provides the tools and framework for the Web3 ecosystem, ensuring everyone has control of their privacy, data, and identity as they navigate online. The HOPR protocol introduces the first-ever open incentivized mixnet, where anyone can earn tokens for staking and running nodes. Dr. Sebastian Bürgel, who helped draft the DLT (Distributed LedgerTechnology) Law in Switzerland, leads a diverse HOPR team which includes award-winning blockchain hackers and Silicon Valley tech veterans. HOPR combines the traditional association as a proven legal entity in Swiss jurisdiction with the tenets of a Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) which results in a Decentralized Community-Enabling Governance (DecenGov). HOPR has its main office in Zurich, Switzerland. | $1M | Seed | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| HOPR | HOPR provides the tools and framework for the Web3 ecosystem, ensuring everyone has control of their privacy, data, and identity as they navigate online. The HOPR protocol introduces the first-ever open incentivized mixnet, where anyone can earn tokens for staking and running nodes. Dr. Sebastian Bürgel, who helped draft the DLT (Distributed LedgerTechnology) Law in Switzerland, leads a diverse HOPR team which includes award-winning blockchain hackers and Silicon Valley tech veterans. HOPR combines the traditional association as a proven legal entity in Swiss jurisdiction with the tenets of a Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) which results in a Decentralized Community-Enabling Governance (DecenGov). HOPR has its main office in Zurich, Switzerland. | $1M | Seed | Jul 09, 2020 |  |
| HOPR | HOPR provides the tools and framework for the Web3 ecosystem, ensuring everyone has control of their privacy, data, and identity as they navigate online. The HOPR protocol introduces the first-ever open incentivized mixnet, where anyone can earn tokens for staking and running nodes. Dr. Sebastian Bürgel, who helped draft the DLT (Distributed LedgerTechnology) Law in Switzerland, leads a diverse HOPR team which includes award-winning blockchain hackers and Silicon Valley tech veterans. HOPR combines the traditional association as a proven legal entity in Swiss jurisdiction with the tenets of a Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) which results in a Decentralized Community-Enabling Governance (DecenGov). HOPR has its main office in Zurich, Switzerland. | $15K | Grant | Apr 12, 2019 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ArkStream Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arkstream-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AU21 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/au21-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Binance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/binance) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Caballeros Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caballeros-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Focus Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/focus-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Protocol Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/protocol-labs) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About NoLimit Holdings

VC Fund · Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands

NoLimit Holdings is an investment partnership that focuses on global crypto assets and is founded on the firm belief that over the next ten years, wealth creation will be driven by blockchain technology across the majority of business sectors.

2 contacts available at NoLimit Holdings.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gin Chao | Founding partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gin-chao |
| Malcolm Shu | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/malcolm-shu |

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## FAQ

### What does Gin Chao invest in?

Gin Chao invests primarily in Blockchain, Web3 and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Gin Chao last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gin Chao closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 7 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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