Yida Gao is an MIT-trained mathematician and computer science graduate who left Stanford's MBA program in 2017 to pursue crypto investing full-time, later founding Shima Capital where he has made over 185 early-stage investments in under two years. He teaches MIT's Crypto Finance course and systematically sources deals from universities and incubators to find underdog projects before they become widely known.
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Shima Capital
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Web3 / Crypto, Gaming / VR, Fintech, Consumer, Social
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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$200M - $5M
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Shima Capital is a $200M web3 seed fund led by Forbes 30 Under 30 investor and MIT instructor Yida Gao, who combines traditional finance, venture capital, and academic credentials rare among dedicated crypto funds. The firm maintains one of the highest early-stage deployment paces in crypto with over 100 investments in two years, using more than half its team for hands-on operational support through a proprietary platform that helps portfolio companies with talent, tokenomics, and specialized expertise like gaming.
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