Yida Gao
Managing General Partner @ Shima Capital
Yida Gao is the Managing General Partner of early stage crypto investment firm Yida formerly co-ran Struck Capital, an early stage industry agnostic venture fund, and also DDC (Divergence Digital Currency), a multi-strategy crypto fund. Prior, Yida served as a technology investor at New Enterprise Associates and as an M&A investment banker at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from MIT with degrees in mathematics and computer science and dropped out of Stanford’s Graduate School of Business to pursue crypto investing full time in 2017.
Venture Capital
Yida Gao founded Shima Capital in 2021; an early stage VC firm investing in disruptive crypto and blockchain technology companies.
Shima Capital is deeply focused on taking a hands-on approach and working closely with its portfolio companies to provide the most sweat equity per dollar invested. As teams in Web3 push the frontier of innovation, Shima helps hire talent, build community, amplify narratives, and foster the acceleration of technical research and development. Shima team is composed of seasoned investors, accomplished operators, and former founders who align on a mission to support all-star teams with building and scaling generational companies.
News
Cointelegraph: Crypto VC: Risk and investment strategies with Shima Capital
Coindesk: Web3 VC Shima Capital Didn’t Slow Strategy for Crypto Winter
Entrepreneur: Why This Venture Capitalist's Values And Leadership Are Paying Off
PR Newswire: Harvard China Forum 2023 Includes Yida Gao of Shima Capital
Coindesk: What Are VCs Funding After FTX? More Decentralized Infrastructure
Blockworks: Venture Capitalist Launches $200M Crypto Fund as Web3’s ‘Missing Layer’
Cointelegraph: Blockchain VC Shima Capital debuts with $200M Web3 fund
TechCrunch: Crypto is altering the investing landscape for even the most disciplined VCs