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Shima Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$3.0M Checks)

VC
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United StatesWebsite

Shima Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States investing in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
AUM
$159M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools
HQ
San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-05

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

AUM

$159M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Early-stage (pre-seed through seed/Series A) investments in crypto/Web3, GameFi, infrastructure, NFTs and consumer-crypto protocols with hands-on support including tokenomics, operations and community building.

How Shima Capital invests

Shima Capital is a vc firm based in San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools.

Shima Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $159M in assets under management.

Shima Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including ZKSync, Haven Protocol.

Partners & Team

YG

Yida Gao

General Partner

Web3
Blockchain
Crypto

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Developer Tools

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

ZK

ZKSync

Layer 2 scaling
HA

Haven Protocol

Crypto privacy
How to pitch Shima Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Developer Tools — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Yida Gao, General Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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