# Mike Shinoda

> Mike Shinoda is a seed investor backing Music, Content and Software. See 6 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mike-shinoda-b74981118/en
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/mikeshinoda?lang=en
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com

Mike Shinoda is a seed investor focused on Music and Content. I played piano and loved rock music and electronic as well, but hip hop was my foundation. So I stared making songs, never intending them to come out, just making them because I enjoyed what I was doing.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 2 | 33% |
| Content | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| 3D Technology | 2 | 33% |
| Gaming | 1 | 17% |

14 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Angel | 1 | 17% |
| Series A | 1 | 17% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 67% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kokomo Games | Kokomo Games is the unified multichain mini-gaming ecosystem committed to simplifying the GameFi experience by combining the greatest Web2 and Web3 technology, structures, and incentives. |  | Angel | Aug 13, 2024 | https://kokomo.games |
| Hologram Labs | Hologram is an all-in-one platform for digital identities and virtual beings. Leveraging the latest developments in 3D, machine learning, and web3, Hologram empowers any online community to create, own, and engage with immersive virtual characters, goods, and experiences at scale. | $6.5M | Seed | Jul 14, 2022 | https://hologram.xyz |
| Medallion | Medallion is a company in the media and entertainment industry. Medallion is the future of fans. It was launched in 2020 and is based in New York City, United States. | $9M | Seed | May 17, 2022 | https://www.medallion.fm/ |
| Audius | Audius is creating a fully decentralized community of artists, developers, and listeners collaborating to share and defend the world’s music.Using Audius, creators can generate immutable and time-stamped records for your creative works and register your assets to the Audius network. Because the network is decentralized and secured by blockchaintechnology, the metadata attribution remains safe, verifiable and immutable.Providing a transparent network in a space traditionally controlled by third parties, Audius builds a bridge between creators and consumers. Discover new content or verify authenticity, authorized through a truly transparent system of attribution.Audius uses blockchain technology to ensure that artists get paid safely & instantly as consumers listen to content. Choose from preexisting license terms or create your own and automate the payments, transfers, and issuance of licenses. | $5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 16, 2021 | https://audius.co |
| DNABLOCK | DNABLOCK is leading the way to personalized entertainment, interaction, and inclusion by removing the barriers of 3D content creation. Our platform and REPLIKANT™ animation engine allows creatives, brands, and individuals the ability to generate bespoke, high-quality, digital beings without prohibitive post-production costs or specialized 3Dprogramming knowledge. Our platform supports the exporting of content onto ANY device, making it simple to create fulfilling interactions with an enormous reach.We operate a scalable, high-end, computer graphics pipeline. This pipeline, combined with advanced machine learning, computer vision, natural language processing, and sentiment analysis, is our recipe for engaging, real-time, interactive, digital beings and the future of digital interface. As a forward-thinking company, we have focused on likeness protection and ownership; adding authentication mechanisms to guarantee control and transparency. | $1.2M | Seed | Sep 07, 2021 | https://www.dnablock.com |
| Popular Pays | Popular Pays is a platform connecting content creators with brands who want the content to tell their stories. It is a tech company, with an in-house built iOS app and dashboard that delivers direct communication, workflow tools, and powerful statistics. | $2M | Series A | Jul 23, 2015 | http://www.popularpays.com |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alive Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alive-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Another Planet Entertainment](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/another-planet-entertainment) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Betaworks](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Blue Mind Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-mind-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Mike Shinoda invest in?

Mike Shinoda invests primarily in Music, Content and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Mike Shinoda?

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### When did Mike Shinoda last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Mike Shinoda closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 6 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?

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