Shima Capital

1/ We are proud to announce our $25M Series A led by @Paradigm, with participation from @cbventures and other strategic angels. This highlights the support from Web2 & Web3 leaders for DomainFi, a decentralized finance layer to accelerate the growth of domains as a $340B+ real-world asset class.

We are thrilled to announce that we’ve raised $4M in the latest pre-listing round, bringing our total funding to $8M! DIN, the First Modular AI-Native Data Pre-Processing Layer, is building a Data Intelligence Network to empower everyone to process data for AI and get paid. 🧵

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PSA: We are not hosting a breakfast event at Consensus, which is a phishing attack. Please do not click on any NFT mint links. We will never ask to connect to your wallet.

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🪐 @EnginesofFury is launching on Immutable zkEVM, powered by @0xPolygon! With a 5.7M raise from @animocabrands, @shimacapital, and others, their gaming studio is launching Engines of Fury, a post-apocalyptic top-down extractor shooter. They have experience from @Blizzard_Ent, @Ubisoft, @Activision, and more displaying their native roots in gaming and focusing on delivering the best player experience possible. Engines of Fury was launched with a vision to pioneer a gaming evolution with a free-to-play blockchain game of unparalleled quality, to become the game to introduce & onboard the billions of mainstream gamers worldwide. "Thanks to Immutable's simple end-to-end web3 solutions that provide unmatched speed, scale, and flexibility, we can deliver a smooth and enjoyable experience for everyone - Saulius Aleksa, EOF CEO & Co-Founder

We're thrilled to announce our seed raise of $1.7M led by @shimacapital The next step towards a truly gamified layer of web3 needs to be taken together and we are thankful to our backers @TheSpartanGroup @DoublePeakGroup @DevmonsGG @32bitVentures @Liquidxstudio @D64vc @Its_Falcon_Time @0xferg @jtwald @Psycheout86 @JonHook @icunucmi @ReadyPlayerRich @Its_Falcon_Time @CozomoMedici @krybharat @Brentsketit @VaderResearch @wassielawyer @Xeer @ellepha_ @0xGeezee @apixtwts @marnold_mch @soro @gidwell_eth @ohDotss @VamientLabs @johnhenderson @ililic @0xKDOT ...and many more. This is at the back of @GangsterArena S1, which saw 150ETH in player rewards. To celebrate this milestone, we're offering a free mint, available only for the next 48 hours. All wallets are eligible. Mint here: app.manifold.xyz/c/uncharted-box Mint ends on 24 April, 2pm UTC.

GOMBLE raised $10M funding in total. We firmly believe in the power of collaboration and community in game development. GOMBLE has secured a total of $10 million in cumulative funding, with recent participation from notable global venture capital firms such as @TheSpartanGroup @hashed_official @IOSGVC @ForesightVen @BigBrainVC and many more. This adds to the initial round from 2023, which had participation from @BinanceLabs @animocabrands @altosvc @shimacapital and others. Sorry, there were so many that we couldn’t tag them all…😅 Ready to go even higher! Let’s $G! 🚀 More details -> @gomblegames/gomble-raised-10m-funding-in-total-e8b626efb216" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">medium.com/@gomblegames/g…

Tier 1 insights in this podcast co-hosted by our Head of Gaming @awettermann

We had a great conversation with @hazhazelnutz, The Chief of Staff & Head of Platform from @shimacapital! Hazel explains what Shima Capital does in the VC space, some of the projects they are currently investing in and what kind of projects they are looking to invest in for the future + more! Shima Capital is an early-stage global venture firm focused on supporting cutting edge blockchain startups.

Looking ahead, with @shimacapital's CTO & Investment Partner @carlhua (and others) Thanks for including us @dlnews @TimInCrypto

Our Head of Gaming @awettermann goes deep on all things web3 gaming in this podcast with @tokenterminal! Listen here 🔽

We’re excited to announce our $5M seed round to power the ownership economy and bring blockchain-powered social media to the masses! These investors have joined us on our mission to revolutionize authentic human connection in the digital age 🤝

We're excited to share we have raised a $3.3M Seed Round led by 1kx, with participation from Shima Capital, Hashed, Matchbox DAO, Ready Player DAO, and several angels! Read on to learn how we approached funding the creation of a decentralized world.

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

The team at @a3dao_xyz hosted the A3 Summit on Thursday. Shima's CTO & Investment Partner @carlhua joined a panel with folks from @zan_team, @Artela_Network, @HashKey_Capital, and @GSR_io to discuss navigating the shift from web2 to web3.

This week in Singapore, Shima CTO and Investment Partner @carlhua took part in the Empower X Summit: Igniting Future of Web3 and Crypto, hosted by @bitgetglobal! Joining him on stage were @Crypto_Ciara of @CsquaredVC, @hosseeb of @dragonfly_xyz, and @tcheng_100 of @ForesightVen

Thank you @cointelegraph and @Yummart for the great interview with Shima's Founder and Managing General Partner @yidagao

Shima's gaming team took a break for a photo op with some very real friends at #KBW2023. Thanks to @rumbyparty X @CRIT_ventures X @pudgypenguins for the staging area. And if you see @awettermann and @HannibalEun walking around, be sure to say hi 👋

Thanks to our cohosts @nonceclassic and thanks to all who made it out! Click 👇 for pics 🧵