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 Peer to Peer

Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow

Seed Round in 2024
Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow is a Web3 gaming company that offers non-fungible tokens (NFTs), peer-to-peer trading, and secondary markets.

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.

Comm Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Comm Technologies is focused on enhancing end-to-end (E2E) encryption through the development of a crypto-native messaging platform. This platform allows users to acquire non-fungible tokens (NFTs) while maintaining their online anonymity. By utilizing personal private servers and key servers, Comm Technologies offers a web3 chat solution that ensures secure communication and adheres to specific notification restrictions. This approach enables clients to manage their communications effectively through a unified inbox, while also facilitating the scaling of E2E encryption for enhanced privacy.

AdaSwap

Seed Round in 2022
AdaSwap is a decentralized exchange platform that facilitates swift swaps, bridges, and trades between Cardano-based tokens and stablecoins.

MetaPath

Seed Round in 2022
MetaPath is a pioneering decentralized finance platform that connects metaverse and NFT marketplaces, public blockchain networks, DEXs, and cross-chain bridges. Its mission is to facilitate the reliable transfer of digital assets across different gamefi platforms, fostering interoperability among metaverses.

Mecha Morphing

Initial Coin Offering in 2022
Mecha Morphing is a browser-based, decentralized play-to-earn action role-playing game (ARPG). It offers player vs. environment (PVE), player vs. player loot mode, PVP arena, and bounty systems. Players can earn digital currency by engaging in these modes and invest in weapons, mecha armor pieces, land, and characters to upgrade their character's weaponry and non-fungible tokens.

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.

UBet Sports

Pre Seed Round in 2022
UBet Sports operates a decentralized exchange for sports betting, leveraging blockchain technology and smart contracts. The platform allows users to engage in sports prediction markets without a centralized bookmaker, enabling anyone to become a bookie by participating in liquidity provision. By utilizing internal and external market data, UBet Sports models the probability of sports outcomes, which enhances the betting experience for sports fans. This innovative approach not only empowers users to place bets but also provides opportunities for liquidity providers, fostering a collaborative ecosystem that benefits all participants in the market.

Sonr

Seed Round in 2022
Sonr is a technology company focused on software development, web design, information technology, networking, and blockchain solutions. It develops a data delivery protocol for Web3 that integrates identification, discovery, and transmission to enable seamless decentralized experiences. The platform combines a peer-to-peer network with a Cosmos-powered blockchain and built-in decentralized identity, providing developers with tools to create peer-to-peer decentralized applications and enabling users to maintain control over their digital identity.

DeNet

Seed Round in 2021
DeNet is a decentralized data storage platform and ecosystem that provides a cloud-like experience with strong data security and competitive pricing. It enables users to store data and non-fungible tokens across a multichain network by utilizing unused hard drive space on computers for decentralized hosting. Participants can earn tokens by sharing their storage capacity, while the platform targets applications ranging from personal file storage to secure NFT storage, offering an alternative to traditional cloud services.

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.

Maverick Protocol

Seed Round in 2021
Maverick Protocol is a decentralized finance platform that offers a crypto derivatives market designed to be open, transparent, and efficient. The protocol enables permissionless trading and staking across a wide range of asset pairs and supports perpetual contracts with capital efficiency, driven by an automated market maker. It aims to provide liquid, borderless access to decentralized trading and to allow traders to gain exposure through perpetuals backed by a diverse set of assets.

Puma Browser

Seed Round in 2020
Puma is a mobile browser focused on the Web3 ecosystem. It offers native support for IPFS, HNS, and ENS, enabling secure, private browsing with seamless payments via Coil and ILP for creators and developers.
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