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Shima Capital
Total Investments105
Gaming16
Infrastructure14
DeFi13
NFT8
Metaverse6
Web35
L14
Digital Identity2
Social Platform2
Payments1
Liquid Staking Protocol1
Storage1
Real Estate1
L31
Education1
Analytics1
Scaling Solution1
RWA1
Trading1
| Name | Round | Category | Description | Lead Investor | Chains | Other Investors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KapKap | 02 Nov 2025 | $10m | Seed | Gaming | KapKap is an AI-powered Web3 platform that turns user activity—such as gaming, content creation, and social interactions—into tradable digital assets. Using its K-Score reputation system and the $KAPS token, it distributes value based on user attention and participation across games, brands, and Web3 ecosystems | Animoca Brands | Shima Capital, Mechanism Capital, Klaytn, Big Brain Holdings, Unicorn-Verse | ||
| Open Campus | 20 Oct 2025 | $5m | Strategic | Education | Open Campus Protocol is a decentralized education platform that uses blockchain to support content creation and distribution. It introduces the $EDU token to reward contributors and uses Publisher NFTs to give creators ownership and monetization rights over their educational content | Animoca Brands, YZi Labs, HongShan, Caladan, Polygon, Shima Capital, Kingsway Capital, GameFi Ventures | |||
| Almanak | 15 Aug 2025 | $8.45m | Public token sale | DeFi | Almanak is an innovative DeFi Agent Platform designed to create and deploy automated financial strategies using financial Agents. The platform combines advanced automation with emerging AI technologies to help strategies adapt to market conditions more effectively than traditional tools | Delphi Digital, HashKey Capital, Bankless Ventures, NEAR Foundation, RockawayX, Matrix Partners, AppWorks, Sparkle VC, Shima Capital | |||
| Distinct Possibility Studios | 03 Jul 2025 | $30.5m | Gaming | Distinct Possibility Studios, is a new gaming firm developing and aiming to launch of AAA-style shooter “Reaper Actual,” slated for release on Steam and the Epic Games Store | Bitkraft Ventures, Brevan Howard Digital | Hashed, Delphi Digital, Shima Capital, North Island Ventures, Decasonic, Tezos Foundation | |||
| Goldilocks | 15 Aug 2024 | $1.5m | Seed | DeFi | a suite of novel defi and NFTfi protocols for Berachain | Hack VC, Shima Capital | Public Works, Atka, Rana, Iberia Capital | ||
| Ava Protocol | 12 Jun 2024 | $10m | Seed | Infrastructure | blockchain solution designed to automate and optimize crypto transactions, offering intelligent automation, enhanced privacy, and significant cost savings | Electric Capital, Taisu Ventures, Bloccelerate, BingX Exchange, Shima Capital | |||
| Stashh | 04 Jun 2024 | $3.3m | Private | NFT | SoFi-focused omnichain hub for NFTs | Animoca Brands, 6th Man Ventures, Shima Capital, HashKey Capital, Sfermion | |||
| Fortunafi | 29 May 2024 | $9.51m | RWA | tokenisation platform | $48m | Shima Capital, Jordan Fish, Manifold, Ari Litan, Austin Green, Evanss6, Scott Lewis | |||
| StripChain | 28 May 2024 | $10m | Venture Round | Infrastructure | interoperability protocol enabling chain abstraction at scale | Sora Ventures | Mechanism Capital, Shima Capital, Hyperithm, Hypersphere Ventures, Ascensive Assets, Ryan Selkis, Stephane Gosselin, Santiago Roel Santos, Zee Prime Capital, Daedalus, FounderHeads VC, Wave Capital, 32-bit Ventures, Impossible Finance, Comma3 Ventures, Cherry Street, Not3Lau Capital, Aric Chang, Blake Gao, Jeff Wang, Ivangbi, The Crypto Dog | ||
| Stripchain | 22 May 2024 | $10.1m | Private | Infrastructure | intent-based interoperability protocol | Sora Ventures | Santiago Roel Santos, Stephane Gosselin, Ryan Selkis, Shima Capital, Hypersphere Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Ascensive Assets, Hyperithm | ||
| Humanity Protocol | 15 May 2024 | $30m | Seed | L1 | human-centric blockchain | Kingsway Capital | $1b | Animoca Brands, Blockchain.com Ventures, Shima Capital, MH Ventures | |
| Uncharted | 22 Apr 2024 | $1.7m | Seed | Gaming | gamified layer of web3 | Shima Capital | Liquid X Ventures, Spartan Capital, D64 Ventures, Double Peak, Devmons, Trinity Labs, Flying Falcon, 32-bit Ventures, Robbie Ferguson, Justin Waldron, Aleksander Larson, Jon Hook, Icunucmi, Rich Cabrera, John Henderson, Cozomo de’ Medici, Krybharat, Brensketit, wassielawyer, Vader, Garlam | ||
| Shiba Inu | 22 Apr 2024 | $12m | Pre-Seed & Seed | L3 | Fully Homomorphic Encryption (FHE) blockchain | Polygon Ventures, Mechanism Capital, Big Brain Holdings, Shima Capital, Animoca Brands, Morningstar Ventures, Woodstock Fund, DWF Ventures, Comma3 Ventures, Foresight Ventures, Stake Capital Group, STIX, P2 Ventures, Cypher Capital, Illuminati Digital Capital, Kenetic, Primal Capital, Spirit DAO | |||
| Elixir Games | 27 Mar 2024 | $14m | Seed | Gaming | Web3 gaming platform | Square Enix, Shima Capital, Solana Foundation | |||
| Utila | 05 Mar 2024 | $11.5m | Seed | Infrastructure | self-custodial wallet infrastructure at enterprise scale | NFX, Wing Venture Capital, Framework Ventures | Fasanara Digital Ventures, North Island Ventures, Republic Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Inspired Capital Partners, Lyrik Ventures, DCG Expedictions, Launchpad Capital, Shima Capital, K5 Global, Big Brain Holdings, Impatient | ||
| Great Big Beautiful Tomorrow | 10 Feb 2024 | $3m | Seed | Shima Capital | 32-bit Ventures, Flying Falcon, Arca, GSR, Lyrik Ventures, Press Start Capital, Sfermion | ||||
| Kodiak Finance | 05 Feb 2024 | $2m | Seed | DeFi | Berachain's liquidity hub | Amber Group, Shima Capital, Build-a-Bera, No Limit Holdings, Ouroboros Capital, Axiom, Dao5, ODA Capital, Kenetic Capital, Dewhales Capital, Tenzor Capital, Lotus Capital, Owl Ventures, Nonce Classic, 3Commas, Wizards Capital, Credo Ventures, Block Infinity, blocmates, Dorahacks, Moni, Gainzy, Altcoin Sherpa, naniXBT, Mckenna, MrBlock, Evan Luthra, John Fiorelli , Kirby Ong | |||
| Infrared | 29 Jan 2024 | $2.5m | Seed | Liquid Staking Protocol | liquid staking in the context of Proof-of-Liquidity (PoL) | Synergis | NGC Ventures, Tribe Capital, CitizenX, Shima Capital, Dao5, Sygnum Capital, Ouroboros Capital, Decima, Oak Grove Ventures, Dorahacks, Tenzor Capital, Alex Shin, Albert Chon, Charles Lu, MrBlock, Chris Spadafora, DCF God | ||
| Web3Intelligence | 25 Jan 2024 | $4.5m | Private | DeFi | Builder of Dopamine dApp: gamified experience for investment in the decentralized finance (DeFi) world | DAO Maker, Shima Capital, Gate Ventures | |||
| Arcade2Earn | 23 Jan 2024 | $4.8m | Private | Gaming | GameFi platform | Crypto.com Capital | Shima Capital, Solana Ventures, KuCoin Labs, GSR | ||
| Root Protocol | 19 Jan 2024 | $10m | Seed | Infrastructure | Market Making - OTC Trading | Animoca Brands | $100m | Dao5, Shima Capital, Gate Labs, Digital Finance Group, Signum Capital, Ankr, Digital Strategies, CMS, Genblock Capital, Cypher Capital, Meltem Demirors, Tekin Salimi, Lucy Gazmararian, Evin McMullen, Ben Lakoff | |
| Pontem | 11 Jan 2024 | $6m | Private | Infrastructure | product development studio building products with Move on Aptos and other L1s | Lightspeed Venture Partners, Faction | Pantera Capital, Wintermute Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Aptos Foundation, Shima Capital, Altonomy | ||
| DM2C Studio | 20 Dec 2023 | $2.3m | Seed | Gaming | DM2C Studio, a Tokyo, Japan-based subsidiary of DMM.com, a Japanese gaming company | Galaxy Interactive | Shima Capital, Bitfinex, Marblex, Square Enix, Planetarium, Mask Network, DeFimans |