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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Yida Gao

Founder & GP at Shima Capital

Pre-seedSeedDeFiGamingInfrastructure

Their Thesis

Early-stage crypto investing across DeFi, gaming, infrastructure. Believes in backing technical founders building for the long term.

How to Pitch Them

Come with strong technical team and clear product vision. Yida values execution speed.

What Excites Them

Technical founders, fast execution, novel crypto-native products

What They Pass On

Slow-moving teams, projects overly dependent on token price

Shima Capital Portfolio

Top Sectors

Layer 12
Infrastructure2

Stage Distribution

Seed4
VenomLayer 1
Seed$5.0M
ShardeumLayer 1
Seed$5.4M
Neon EVMInfrastructure
Seed$5.0M
KYVEInfrastructure
Seed$3.2M
← Full profile@YidaGaoShima Capital website