# Shima Capital

> Shima Capital is a VC fund backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 293 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 293
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 22%
- Last fund: Aug 2022
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/shima-capital
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/shimacapital
- Website: https://shima.capital/

Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.2M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 98 | 33% |
| Cryptocurrency | 60 | 20% |
| Gaming | 37 | 13% |
| Financial Services | 32 | 11% |
| Software | 22 | 8% |

102 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 158 | 54% |
| Funding Round | 26 | 9% |
| Pre-Seed | 18 | 6% |
| Series A | 13 | 4% |
| Initial Coin Offering | 11 | 4% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 56 | 19% |
| Singapore | 13 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 11 | 4% |
| Canada | 7 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 6 | 2% |

30 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carl hua | chief technology officer and Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carl-hua-eaa5 |
| Yida Gao | General Partner | 37 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yida-gao |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Kapkap | Kapkap is a web3 platform that uses AI for attention based value distribution in gaming. | $10M | Seed | Oct 30, 2025 |  |
| Open Campus | Open Campus is a community-led Web3 education protocol aiming to tokenize the world’s educational content by enabling educators and creators to monetize their content.$EDU will play a critical role in the Open Campus ecosystem to power the tokenization of educational content. $EDU will be used to govern the protocol DAO and as a use of funding,means of payment, on-chain revenue sharing, smart donations, and much more! | $5M | Seed | Oct 10, 2025 |  |
| Almanak | Almanak is a decentralized finance (DeFi) smart agent platform that harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to automate, optimize, and intelligently manage a wide range of DeFi investment strategies. It enables users to create and deploy automated DeFi trading and risk-management strategies through coordinated AI agents. It provides anenvironment where AI handles strategy coding, backtesting across thousands of Monte Carlo simulations, optimization, risk monitoring, deployment via non-custodial Safe-based multisig accounts, and real-time performance monitoring with alerting capabilities. The platform supports seamless interaction with multiple blockchains and protocols via an LLM-powered interface.Almanak targets active DeFi participants, developers building financial applications, investment professionals, and users seeking automated portfolio insights. It emphasizes enhanced automation, continuous strategy execution, and adaptive automation driven by emerging AI techniques to respond to evolving market conditions. | $8.5M | Seed | Aug 17, 2025 |  |
| Distinct Possibility Studios | Distinct Possibility Studios operates as a game development studio. Distinct Possibility Studios is an indie game studio led by MMO and FPS veterans. | $30.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 03, 2025 |  |
| Goldilocks DAO | Goldilocks is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) dedicated to creating custom defi infrastructure for Berachain. The Goldilocks Protocol is comprised of three primary components: Goldiswap, Goldilend, Goldivaults. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Nexchain | Nexchain – The World’s First AI-Powered BlockchainNexchain combines cutting-edge AI technology with a decentralized system to create a secure, scalable, and efficient blockchain ecosystem. With 400,000 TPS, near-zero fees ($0.001), and AI-driven optimization, Nexchain ensures seamless Web3 adoption.The NEX token serves as the backbone of theecosystem, powering transactions, staking, governance, and AI services. Users benefit from instant payments, passive income through staking, and decentralized decision-making. Developers gain access to AI-enhanced smart contracts, interoperable cross-chain tools, and a robust SDK for seamless integration.Nexchain redefines blockchain efficiency, making Web3 faster, smarter, and more accessible.Key Features of Nexchain Nexchain sets itself apart in the blockchain landscape through its innovative integration of artificial intelligence into its core architecture, creating a robust platform that addresses the evolving needs of various industries.AI-Powered Hybrid Consensus Nexchain leverages a hybrid PoS + AI consensus, which enables: - High transaction throughput (400,000 TPS) - Lower network fees ($0.001 per transaction) - Intelligent node management and resource distributionScalable Blockchain Architecture To overcome the limitations of traditional blockchains, Nexchain employs sharding and DAG-based structures, ensuring: - Faster transaction validation - Reduced latency in AI computations - Seamless scalability for AI-integrated applicationsCross-Chain Interoperability Nexchain is cross-chain bridge-enabled, enabling blockchain-based AI dApps to communicate with other blockchain platforms such as Ethereum, Solana, and BNB Chain. This interoperability increases the possible applications of AI-driven dApps and decentralized finance (DeFi) systems.Enhanced Security with AI. Nexchain implements post-quantum cryptographic measures alongside AI-based anomaly detection. The blockchain with AI security solutions protects against cyber threats, ensuring data integrity and safe transactions. | $4.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 10, 2024 |  |
| Ava Protocol | OAK Network’s innovation, the event-driven transaction, allows users to create bespoke on-chain automation not possible today. Incumbent “automation” solutions are not consumer-friendly, requiring coding knowledge, AWS servers, and private key delegation. OAK’s more powerful transaction shifts the paradigm of automation from centralized servers tothe blockchain. With OAK, users are empowered to schedule future and recurring payments, engage in trustless auto-trading, and place decentralized limit and stop-loss orders on AMM DEXs all without smart contract middlemen or compromising the security of a user's wallet. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 11, 2024 |  |
| Stashh | Stashh allows creators and collectors to connect across eight blockchain networks. Make and discover unique digital treasures, artwork, and more. | $3.3M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 04, 2024 |  |
| Smart Transactions | Smart Transactions is a protocol designed to execute transactions. | $5.5M | Seed | May 30, 2024 |  |
| Fortunafi | Fortunafi is an on-chain financial institution that delivers solutions for stablecoin issuers, protocol treasuries, and traditional entities. Our offerings include a variety of investment products, such as private and public debt funds. | $9.5M | Seed | May 29, 2024 |  |

10 of 293 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Shima Capital invest in?

Shima Capital invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 293 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Shima Capital's check size?

Shima Capital typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$11M at Seed and $1.2M–$4.5M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Shima Capital participates in.

### How do I contact Shima Capital?

Public channels for Shima Capital include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Shima Capital?

The team at Shima Capital includes Carl hua (chief technology officer and Partner) and Yida Gao (General Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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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