Yida Gao
General Partner @ Shima Capital
San Francisco, United States
Yida Gao is a seed investor at Shima Capital in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Yida was a technology investor at NEA, one of the world's largest VC funds with $20Bn+ AUM. Previously, he was an investment banker at Morgan Stanley in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group based in NYC where he helped execute over $15Bn in aggregate deal volume. Yida graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology(MIT) with a B.S. in Mathematics and Computer Science and was a varsity pole vaulter. He attended Stanford GSB briefly before dropping out to join Struck Capital.
- Total investments:
- 37
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 54%
Last updated:
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Industries Yida Gao invests in
Stages Yida Gao invests in
Countries Yida Gao invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- Blockchain 17 (46%)
- Cryptocurrency 8 (22%)
- Gaming 7 (19%)
- Financial Services 6 (16%)
- FinTech 5 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 27 (73%)
- Pre-Seed 4 (11%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 2 (5%)
- Series A 1 (3%)
Country
- United States 16 (43%)
- Singapore 2 (5%)
- United Kingdom 2 (5%)
- Japan 1 (3%)
- Canada 1 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
Ava Protocol
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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 | |
DM2C Studio
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DM2C Studio aims to produce web3 enterprises such as blockchain games and NFT initiatives. | $2.4M / Seed / Dec 20, 2023 | |
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Yee-Haw Monster Trucks
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Yee-Haw Monster Trucks is a game studio dedicated to building The Citadel, a new type of decentralized virtual world. | $3.3M / Seed / Nov 08, 2023 | |
jiritsu.network
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Jiritsu is a decentralized protocol enabling verifiable compute. | $10.2M / Series A / Sep 19, 2023 | |
Mythic Protocol
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Mythic Protocol is an entertainment company that develops games, media and platforms. | $6.5M / Seed / Sep 12, 2023 | |
D3
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D3 its goal is to transform the domain name industry by effortlessly connecting Web 1-3. | $5M / Seed / Sep 05, 2023 | |
HypeLab
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HypeLab is a web3 ad network that helps clients acquire new users in a scalable way. It serves both images and video creatives and uploads assets directly on the self-service advertiser portal. HypeLab is located in San Francisco, California. | $4M / Seed / Aug 11, 2023 | |
Artela
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Artela is an extensible blockchain network enabling developers to build feature rich dApps. | $6M / Seed / Jul 12, 2023 | |
Pixion Games
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Pixion Games is a studio focused on building competitive esports games for mobile device. | $5.5M / Seed / Jun 27, 2023 | |
Tangem
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Tangem designs and develops secure microchips, smart cards, and other embedded solutions with native support for blockchain operations. The company sources integrated semiconductor platforms directly from global leaders such as Samsung and NXP; it also fabricates its own chip designs at UMC in Singapore and Taiwan. The final products offerunparalleled levels of security compliance, with silicon design and manufacturing evaluated by institutions like CEA-Leti and EMVCo, and the code and architecture under audit by Kudelski Security and Applus+.Tangem operates in B2B2C and Enterprise segments, shipping complete products such as smart banknotes, hardware wallets, cold storage, contactless HSM, cryptographic bearer notes. The company also provides expertise to large institutions in the fintech sector and works with multiple state-level and national-level central banks worldwide. | $8M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 02, 2023 | |
| See all 37 investments → | |||
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About Shima Capital
Shima Capital is an investment fund that focuses on supporting blockchain startups. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
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FAQ
What does Yida Gao invest in?
Yida Gao invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 37 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 Yida Gao last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Yida Gao closed in Jun 2024. Shizune tracks 37 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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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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