Our goal has always been to invest in strong founders across all crypto verticals, a goal we achieved throughout 2022.
#1
in seed-focused gaming projects
#5
in CeFi, DeFi, Infrastructure, & Web3
#3
in total projects invested (actual # is closer to ~120)
How do you:
- Build a web3 community in a bear market?
- Find and target your audience efficiently?
- Maximize engagement while minimizing diminishing returns?
Join Shima, Mainline, and Winn as we answer these questions live on Twitter Spaces this Friday 8/26 at 1PM EST!
How do you:
- Build a web3 community in a bear market?
- Find and target your audience efficiently?
- Maximize engagement while minimizing diminishing returns?
Join Shima, Mainline, and Winn as we answer these questions live on Twitter Spaces this Friday 8/26 at 1PM EST!
The entire Shima crew would like to thank everyone for another fantastic week at
@EthereumDenver
!
And a special thank you goes out to all those who attended our breakfast event, including cosponsors
@MagnaTokens
,
@WombatExchange
, and
@OpenForest_
!
When we say we are invested in a long-term vision of building a decentralized future, we mean it.
In H1 2022, Shima was the 3rd most active VC by deals in crypto and the 1st in seed focused gaming deals.
Even amongst headwinds, we continue to support visionaries and builders.
How do Crypto, Commercialization, and Consumerism fit together? Find out directly from our Head of Research, Alex Lin
@linfluence
, in his most recent piece!
Spurred by existing web3 market conditions, I spent some time thinking about the importance of application layer protocols. While making sense of their current state, I ended up developing a framework for assessing and projecting their impact. 🧵
Thrilled for our friends at
@opencampus_xyz
and
@animocabrands
and the listing of $EDU on
@Binance
!
Shima Capital continues to support higher education in the classroom, online, and onchain ⛓️
1/ $EDU is now listed on
@Binance
! Thank you for believing in the Open Campus Protocol and your active engagement. We definitely would not have come this far without the support from our beloved community ❤
In this episode of Doubl3Tap, our executive chairman and co-founder Yat Siu (
@ysiu
) highlights the importance of
#community
and
#culture
in building a successful metaverse in
#web3
.
👏Learn more about the meaning of digital ownership and stakeholder capitalism in this insightful…
🎉 Congratulations to Shima Capital portfolio company
@magnatokens
on a successful $15M seed round! As a pre-seed investor, we’re thrilled to be on this journey with you - from incubation to megapower!
Here's a glimpse into why we invested in Magna 👇
A great week at
#Token2049
in the books! Thanks to everyone who stopped by our breakfast last week, and a special thank you to our event cohosts
@Superscrypt
and
@HashKey_Capital
!
Was wonderful to see so many new and familiar faces
New podcast alert! 🎧
Dive into the world of web3 gaming on the latest Fundamentals podcast featuring
@awettermann
from
@shimacapital
.
Highlights:
📑 Overview of Shima Capital and their approach to the market
🔍 Alex's research strategies to find signal through the noise
🎮…
The entire Shima crew would like to thank everyone for another fantastic week at
@EthereumDenver
!
And a special thank you goes out to all those who attended our breakfast event, including cosponsors
@MagnaTokens
,
@WombatExchange
, and
@OpenForest_
!
Web3 shouldn’t disrupt fun. Previously, Gaming has been stifled by EOA accounts.
Enter smart contract accounts.
A comprehensive review on how smart contract accounts transform web3 gaming 👇
How do we build trust in projects rebuilding forests to combat climate change? Why are there no accessible and scalable measurement and reporting tools for forestation projects?
Learn more about how our portfolio company Open Forest Protocol
@OpenForest_
solves this problem! 🧵👇🏿
1/7
@Moxyio
is powering the Play & Earn revolution for gamers, from the mild to the wild, and innovative game studios that are looking to take their games to the next level 🧵
Shima Capital is excited to back
@Afropolitan
as they build a Web 3 based community around one of the most important global narratives. At Shima, we believe the African internet will be web3-first and we are looking forward to supporting Afropolitan as they usher in this paradigm
You might've noticed Shima’s presence at a number of university blockchain events over the past few weeks! We’re very excited about - and believe deeply in - the educational potential of web3 and its ability to disrupt existing education structures.
CertiK x
@shimacapital
Partnership 🤝
This partnership brings together leaders of two different but complementary fields of expertise
Collaboration is the name of the game, and Shima and CertiK work better together
Check the details out here 👇
#crypto
.
@DrakeStar_
with another banger of a gaming report
check out what
@shimacapital
has been up to in Q2 23
we continue to back preseed/seed founders who strive to level up the space - yes, even in the current market conditions
dms always open
We're excited for the future of adtech in web3 & believe ads will be a critical component of the ecosystem
That's why we're thrilled about our investment in
@gohypelab
, a web3 ad network unlocking advantages for advertisers, publishers, & consumers
A 🧵
The Shima team of
@yidagao
,
@linfluence
, and
@AWettermann
enjoyed a great week in Miami! From catching up with familiar faces, to world class events, to a bit of team building, Miami didn't disappoint.
We had a great showing for Breakfast with Your Crypto BFFs in Lisbon today! Thanks to everyone who came by for coffee, a snack, and of course some great conversations.
Shima's Head of Gaming & Metaverse
@AWettermann
was on hand and happy to see so many new & familiar faces IRL!
The Climate Tech Connection 🤝 w/
@clim8collective
+
@dClimateDAO
!
#AI
- quite the hot topic these days 🔥
#blockchain
- the talk of the town 😏
#dMRV
- nothing like her 😍
Join us for a virtual panel to discuss how these technologies are connected & how to use them for climate…
We want to give a huge shout out to
@shimacapital
for the value add they bring. Shima's talent program has led to 2 very key hires! We’re so deeply grateful to have an investor this supportive and helpful. DSCVR will be a better platform in the long term because of them.
A great listen featuring
@linfluence
, Investor & Head of Research at Shima Capital, on
@LoganJastremski
's podcast 🎙️
Link to the full conversation ⬇️
Excited to be dropping a podcast with
@ShimaCapital
Head of Research
@linfluence
Alex highlights his personal thoughts from ETHDenver, Market Outlook, and New Developments (L1 landscape, ZKML, etc.)
Lots of goodies in this one! Full Podcast Below:
🎉The server MT is OVER!🎉
🔥S3 "Rise" is on NOW!🔥
🚀Hope you don't forget the new season event we have prepared for you here, worth 200,000 bonded TAP🎁 is waiting for you!
Check this out!👇
Happy
#InternationalWomensDay
to all the brilliant women working in web3 and beyond!
And a very special shoutout to Shima's own Chief of Staff,
@0x_Hazel
! If you're lucky, you may have caught her on stage in Denver last week.
Throw back to the crazy week in
@EthereumDenver
! Thanks for the invite from
@JarredWinn
for joining the panel of “Crypto Survival Handbook” at the Impact + Public Goods stage!
KEEP BUILDING
KEEP GROWING
@shimacapital
Shima Capital is honored to have participated in
@MomentumSafe
's $5m seed funding round! With technology there's a unique allure to being a trailblazer. MSafe has pioneered the first multi-sig, non-custodial digital assets management solution for
#Aptos
🧵
Save the date!
@yidagao
, Shima Founder & Managing General Partner, will join other distinguished panelists at the
@CUBlockchain
Conference on April 21st in New York.
Looking forward to seeing you all next month
@mikojava
@mdudas
@zsparta
There’s a rampant meme about how VCs promise the world and then they don’t do anything.
Our lead
@shimacapital
has shown us that there are exceptions to the rule.
Absolutely goated team with clear systems that, as their website says, will run through walls for their founders
시마 캐피탈의 게임팀 소속인
@HannibalEun
의 인터뷰를 확인해보세요! '웹3은 과연 게임 산업의 미래인가?" 라는 주제로 대화에 참여했습니다.
이 인터뷰에서 Kevin 은 본인의 배경, 어떻게 해서 게임 벤처 캐피탈에 입문 했는지, 그리고 결국 시마 캐피탈에 어떻게 끝내 합류했는지에 대해…
Humanode enables DAOs to uphold the sanctity of traditional voting principles while retaining decentralization and the anonymity of its participants. For more information check out
Shoutout to
@linfluence
and
@Cornell
for putting on a great event thus far at Cornell Blockchain Conference.
Gearing up to watch
@yidagao
speak later 💪
At Shima Capital, we're proud to work closely with our portcos to hire talent, build community, fundraise, and amplify their narratives. That's why we’re thrilled to announce
@Linfluence
as our Head of Research to continue fostering value and utility for our founders! 🧠
I’m super excited to announce that I’m joining
@shimacapital
as Head of Research and Investor, to help
@yidagao
and the team continue being the most value-add VC fund in the blockchain and web3 space.
Excited for what the future holds.⚡️🚀
🐣 Interested in early stage web3 investing?
I had a great time chatting with
@yidagao
from
@shimacapital
on the Liquid podcast
@Globalcoinrsrch
🎤
I recommend a full listen for the real alpha, but for the quick hits 🧵 :
📺 Sushi DeFi Kitchen event is going live in 20 minutes!
🗓 Date: Today!
⏰ Time: 15:00 - 20:00pm UTC
🔗 Watch it live on:
📍 Click on the "Save my spot" button
📍 Sign-up with your email and you're in!
Imagine being able to play web3 games like Axie Infinity and Cyball using just your phone number to sign up. Through a universal dashboard, see a rich selection of web 3.0 Games, NFTs, Guilds, and Decentralized Applications.
Learn more about
@metaversego_gg
!🧵
1/6
On Tuesday morning in Paris, Shima team gathered with Zee Prime & many frens for our Infra Breakfast.
The event featured 3 different panels:
1. Multi-Chain Landscape
2. Layer 1 Innovations
3. Next Wave of Web3 Apps
🧵Scroll to learn a bit more about these discussions🧵
Shima Capital is committed to supporting our portfolio companies and our broader network, so if you want to learn more about Open Forest Protocol
@OpenForest_
or you see a partnership opportunity, please reach out via DM!
We’re excited to announce
@Sleepagotchi
’s $3.5M seed round to continue to build our mobile application with gamification and social elements for improving sleep health!
Read full details here:
Going to
@EthereumDenver
in a couple weeks? Shima's Founder & Managing General Partner
@yidagao
is moderating a panel on Investor Outlook with several other distinguished speakers!
Attend for free with this link 👇
In
@WillComyns
recent piece, he addresses the need for a new model in DeFi tokenomics and makes a proposal for going forward.
Token design and token mechanics are top priorities for
#ShimaCapital
's portfolio companies.
DeFi has a token value accrual and retention problem, and there has never been a better time to fix it.
Here’s why DeFi tokenomics needs to adapt and what a new model could look like 🧵
Simply put,
@DSCVR1
is the future of social media for
#web3
. Congrats to the DSCVR team on their recent $9M seed! Check out what they are building on-chain now at !
Recently, OFP has gone live and is ready to onboard projects on the carbon neutral NEAR Protocol. This marks the first open and free measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) service accessible to forestation projects, enabled by blockchain technology.
This is a seismic step forward in the industry; now, all information is stored in a public distributed ledger, offering unprecedented transparency and trust. Moreover, project operators of verified forestation projects can get access to direct carbon financing.
With over 435k total hectares committed to OFP, over 25+ project
operators, and 15+ validators, this is just the beginning of an entire suite of OFP services. All of it will be subsumed beneath OFP's single $OPN token that will launch later this year.
During last week's Southern California Blockchain Conference,
@linfluence
- Head of Research and Investor at Shima Capital - participated in the panel discussion "Onboarding the Next Billion Web3 Users."
Thanks to
@blockchainatusc
for hosting!
Web3 gaming token economy is a topic that is still very much in the research phase.
Here's a comprehensive review on understanding what is a web3 gaming token economy, from
@HannibalEun
of the Shima gaming team👇
Open Forest Protocol (OFP) is a transparent, scalable, and open source forest monitoring and carbon financing solution. After land plots are registered, data is recorded on the mobile app and validators anywhere in the world ensure data validity using satellite and drone tech.
What a great panel today!
@yidagao
joined this stellar group on stage to talk "Emerging Managers Investing in Web3’s Future"
Thanks to
#MiamiWeb3
for hosting 👏
We picked top30 projects from each vertical to analyze their twitter accounts. Here are some insights:
- Top30 NFT by 7-day volume by
@CoinMarketCap
- GameFi projects by active users by
@DappRadar
- DeFi projects by TVL by
@DefiLlama
- Layer 1s by market cap by
@CoinMarketCap
With such data-grounded CEOs on this call, expect hyper-practical advice and thorough case study analysis to take your community building to the next level.
We hope to see you on our Spaces at 1:00PM EST this Friday, August 26th!