Yida Gao

Managing General Partner @ Shima Capital

Yida Gao (Forbes 30 Under 30) 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, a $25Bn+ venture capital fund, 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. He taught the 15.492: Crypto Finance course at MIT.

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.