Shima Capital

Founded in 2021, Shima Capital is a venture capital firm based in Irvine, California. The company focuses on investing in the web3 and blockchain technology sectors.
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Hazel Chen

Investor

Will Comyns

Analyst

Yida Gao

General Partner

Avery Haskell

Partner

Rugi Kavamahanga

Venture Partner, Brazil

Wyatt Khosrowshahi

Analyst

Alex Lin

Investor

Michael Liou

Venture Partner

Nick Metzler

Venture Partner

Past deals in Ethereum

Ava Protocol

Seed Round in 2024
Ava Protocol is a blockchain platform that automates complex transactions using smart contracts and event triggers. It offers features such as scheduled payments, stop-loss orders, and automated workflows, enabling developers to enhance privacy, composability, and cost savings in crypto transactions across various blockchains like Ethereum.

PrismaStake

Seed Round in 2024
PrismaStake is a pioneering decentralized staking platform that empowers users to generate passive income through cryptocurrency staking. Its innovative, multi-chain platform enables users to stake various digital assets, including ETH and altcoins, democratizing access to cryptocurrency and offering secure, flexible staking options.

Berachain

Series A in 2023
Berachain develops an Ethereum-compatible blockchain tailored for financial applications. Its core technology allows staked assets like Ether (ETH) to be utilized in decentralized finance protocols, enhancing on-chain liquidity and capital efficiency while ensuring network security.

Cymbal

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Cymbal is a blockchain technology company. It specializes in analyzing and processing more than a hundred million data points on the Ethereum blockchain.

Liqwid

Seed Round in 2022
Liqwid Labs is a decentralized finance protocol designed for the Cardano blockchain, focusing on non-custodial lending and borrowing services. The platform enables users to earn interest on their idle cryptocurrency assets and borrow assets at competitive rates, facilitating a peer-to-peer financial ecosystem. With access to a global liquidity pool, Liqwid Labs provides a secure and efficient means for lenders, borrowers, and developers to engage in crypto transactions. Additionally, users can earn yield on their ADA from multiple streams, enhancing their ability to optimize financial returns within the Cardano ecosystem.

Zebec

Venture Round in 2022
Zebec is a protocol on Solana that facilitates continuous settlement. It enables composable transfers of value, initially focusing on Stream Payroll.

Bravo Ready

Seed Round in 2022
Bravo Ready is a developer of indie blockchain games focused on integrating blockchain technology with gaming through Web3. The company has created a distinctive metaverse gaming experience that utilizes NFT technology and win-to-earn smart contract automation. This innovative approach allows gamers to derive tangible financial value from their gaming activities, enabling real-time cryptocurrency transactions during gameplay. Bravo Ready's flagship game mode, Infinite Royale, features unique gameplay elements that redefine traditional battle royale mechanics, further enhancing the gaming experience and engaging players in new ways.

Boba Network

Series A in 2022
Boba Network is a hybrid computing platform that utilizes an optimistic rollup architecture to enhance the capabilities of developers in creating feature-rich applications. By being EVM-equivalent, it facilitates the use of smart contracts that can perform complex off-chain computations and access off-chain data. Boba Network aims to improve blockchain transaction efficiency while ensuring interoperability with real-world applications. It is designed to be user-friendly, featuring a multi-token on-ramp, fast exit options, and an NFT bridge, making it one of the most accessible blockchain platforms for end-users.

Zecrey

Angel Round in 2022
Zecrey is a Singapore-based company established in January 2021 that develops a layer 2 cross-chain protocol focused on enhancing privacy and security in blockchain transactions. Utilizing zkRollup technology, Zecrey aims to lower entry barriers for both businesses and consumers by providing an accessible platform for asset management. The company's services facilitate cross-chain transactions, enabling users to manage, swap, and bridge digital assets across multiple blockchain networks while ensuring that their transactions remain private. By prioritizing user ownership and security, Zecrey strengthens the overall integrity of the blockchain ecosystem.

BlockVision

Seed Round in 2022
BlockVision develops blockchain data infrastructure supporting high-availability indexing, complex queries, and cross-chain data storage. It enables developers to efficiently access, query, and manage blockchain data across multiple networks like Ethereum, BNB Chain, Arbitrum, Optimism for building reliable Web3 applications.

Via Exchange

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Web3 infrastructure that aggregates liquidity on multiple EVM and non-EVM cross-chain bridges and does instant bridging transactions using execution liquidity pool on the target chain

Affine

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Affine is a Web3 protocol that simplifies engagement with multi-chain cryptocurrency markets. It offers liquid restaking for instant entry and withdrawals, along with various cross-chain yield baskets to optimize returns on digital assets.

WingRiders

Seed Round in 2022
WingRiders is a British Virgin Islands-based exchange platform that leverages the benefits of Cardano to correct the issues plaguing DEXs on Ethereum.

Ava Protocol

Seed Round in 2022
Ava Protocol is a blockchain platform that automates complex transactions using smart contracts and event triggers. It offers features such as scheduled payments, stop-loss orders, and automated workflows, enabling developers to enhance privacy, composability, and cost savings in crypto transactions across various blockchains like Ethereum.

Archimedes

Seed Round in 2022
Archimedes is a decentralized finance platform founded in 2022 and based in Los Angeles, California. It utilizes the Ethereum blockchain to facilitate a lending and borrowing marketplace that enables users to supply and borrow assets for yield generation. The platform is designed to empower decentralized actively managed funds and allows users to take leveraged positions on leading stablecoin farming protocols. Archimedes aims to enhance the DeFi experience by offering an easy-to-use and interoperable system that incorporates NFTs and other industry practices. Through its innovative approach, the company provides liquidity management solutions by packaging highly leveraged positions as tradable tokens.

Spellfire

Seed Round in 2022
Spellfire develops a blockchain-based collectible card game ecosystem powered by Ethereum. It designs card-based NFT games with modern aesthetics and a platform that enables players to earn income through gameplay and the trading of NFT cards and in-game assets.

BetSwap

Seed Round in 2022
Betswap is a decentralized sports betting platform built on the Ethereum layer 2 Polygon. It allows users to predict sports outcomes and place wagers against each other in a peer-to-peer environment, promoting transparency and fairness. The platform operates without a centralized organization or regulatory oversight, relying on a decentralized autonomous organization model for governance. Users participate in the decision-making process through a governance token that grants them voting rights. Betswap also offers multi-chain integration, enabling access to a wide range of sporting and e-sporting events for users to bet on, while acting as an intermediary marketplace for these transactions.

Ertha

Initial Coin Offering in 2021
Ertha is a game developer building a blockchain-based play-to-earn metaverse that simulates real-world economies and governance. In the game, players obtain jobs, form states, build industries, and engage in conflicts within a persistent virtual world. The system features a governance model and revenue mechanics intended to scale with player experience, allowing participants to own more properties and shape the virtual economy as they progress.

BlockSwap Network

Seed Round in 2021
BlockSwap Network is a company focused on enhancing Ethereum staking adoption through a suite of innovative protocols. It has developed a cryptocurrency platform aimed at multichain composability, allowing users to engage seamlessly across different blockchain environments. The platform features an automated stake liquidity protocol specifically designed for proof of stake chains. This protocol enables users to earn a steady income by accruing interest perpetually through the staking inflation of their assets. By simplifying the staking process and enhancing liquidity, BlockSwap Network aims to increase accessibility and participation in staking activities within the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

Zebec

Seed Round in 2021
Zebec is a protocol on Solana that facilitates continuous settlement. It enables composable transfers of value, initially focusing on Stream Payroll.

Symbiosis Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Symbiosis Finance is a decentralized multi-chain protocol that facilitates liquidity across various blockchain networks. Its innovative technology enables users to swap tokens seamlessly with a single click, while retaining sole ownership of their funds. This approach simplifies the often complex and time-consuming process of locating appropriate cross-chain bridges, allowing users to transact without the necessity of holding multiple native assets. By streamlining these operations, Symbiosis Finance aims to enhance user experience in the decentralized finance space.

Domination Finance

Seed Round in 2021
Domination Finance develops a non-custodial trading platform for speculating on cryptocurrency market dominance metrics. Deployed on Ethereum, Polygon, and Boba networks, its platform enables users to long or short Bitcoin Dominance using synthetic tokens built on the UMA protocol.

Mikomeda

Seed Round in 2021
Milkomeda delivers rollup technologies to leading Layer 1 ecosystems by offering the most popular smart contracting language, Solidity while enhancing inter-blockchain interoperability, user experience, and developer traction all at the Layer 2 level.

Dtravel

Seed Round in 2021
Dtravel is a decentralized platform for the home-sharing economy that supports short- and long-term stays and accepts cryptocurrency alongside traditional payment methods. It operates without intermediaries by returning ownership, control and decision-making to hosts and guests through blockchain technology, promoting transparency and reducing fees in the home rental market. The platform aims to empower guests to shape their travel experiences while maintaining community transparency and trust.
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