# Maria Xinhe Shen

> Maria Xinhe Shen is a seed investor at Electric Capital backing Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Electric Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/electric-capital)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 67%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariashen/

Maria Xinhe Shen is a Partner at Electric Capital.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Cryptocurrency | 3 | 100% |
| Bitcoin | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Taker Protocol | Taker Protocol is a cryptocurrency liquidity protocol for NFTs. | $3M | Seed | Sep 20, 2021 |  |
| Hyype | Hyy.pe is an NFT display and gallery-based social network where NFT communities will find a home to connect, share stories, and collaboratively build their history. | $1.5M | Seed | Sep 01, 2021 |  |
| Syndicate | Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. | $1M | Seed | Mar 17, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Delta Blockchain Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delta-blockchain-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Archetype](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/archetypefund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ascensive Assets](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ascensive-asset-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CoinFund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinfund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alliance DAO](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defi-alliance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Delphi Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-digital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Electric Capital

VC Fund · Palo Alto, United States

Electric Capital is a crypto asset management firm. The company invests in tokens that are Programmable Money and invest in both liquid and illiquid tokens that are emerging stores of value and rooted in novel technology. Electric Capital is started by technology entrepreneurs, engineers, and successful investors. Prior to Electric Capital, theystarted six companies (five acquired), invested in 100+ technology startups with a cumulative market cap in the tens of billions, and served as executives at technology companies such as Facebook, Google, and Twitter. They have been investing personally in cryptocurrencies since 2013 and were early believers in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Monero. Prior to Electric

5 contacts available at Electric Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Wolff | Technical Fellow | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-wolff |
| Akash Garg | Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akash-garg |
| Avichal Garg | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avichal-garg |
| Curtis Spencer | Partner & Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/curtis-spencer |
| Maria Xinhe Shen | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-xinhe-shen |

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## FAQ

### What does Maria Xinhe Shen invest in?

Maria Xinhe Shen invests primarily in Cryptocurrency and Bitcoin startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Maria Xinhe Shen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Maria Xinhe Shen closed in Sep 2021. Shizune tracks 3 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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