Project background

Sharding Capital

An early-stage, thesis-driven Web3 VC backing founders from day one, with hands-on go-to-market support across MENA & Asia.

Excutive Team

Belinda Zhou

Founding Partner at Sharding Capital

ex-Web3 CMO (since 2016); narrative-first GTM & early-stage VC

Sarah JK Kwon

Co-founder of ShardDXB

6-year blockchain-growth lead building cross-border Web3 marketing

Portfolio Companies

Investments made by Sharding Capital across the Web3 landscape.
All
AI
Layer-1
Social
Infrastructure
Perpetuals
Gaming
Launchpad
DeFi
RWA

Aizel Network

Aizel Network

On-chain AI platform that runs full LLM inference via GPU + TEE.

Year Invested: 2024

ASI Alliance

ASI Alliance

Unified token of AGIX + FET + OCEAN funding open-source AGI research.

Year Invested: 2024

Berachain

Berachain

EVM-identical L1 using Proof-of-Liquidity to bake DeFi activity into chain security.

Year Invested: 2023

BullpenFi

BullpenFi

Mobile social-trading app for Solana tokens & perps with smart-money signals.

Year Invested: 2024

CreatorBid

CreatorBid

AI agent marketplace matching creators with personalised brand deals.

Year Invested: 2024

DeepSafe

DeepSafe

Cryptographic random-AI network for trust-less data attestation.

Year Invested: 2024

Drift Protocol

Drift Protocol

Solana’s leading perp DEX with cross-margin & JIT liquidity.

Year Invested: 2022

Echelon Prime

Echelon Prime

Infrastructure & $PRIME economy powering Parallel TCG + modular game assets.

Year Invested: 2023

Entangle

Entangle

Full-chain liquidity & messaging layer linking assets, data and dApps.

Year Invested: 2024

Heurist

Heurist

Full-chain liquidity & messaging layer linking assets, data and dApps.

Year Invested: 2024

Humanity Protocol

Humanity Protocol

Palm-scan biometric ID chain solving Sybil fraud for Web3 apps.

Year Invested: 2024

io net

io net

“Internet of GPUs” with decentralised low-cost compute for AI jobs.

Year Invested: 2024

Jambo

Jambo

$99 Web3 smartphone & super-app driving on-chain adoption in emerging markets.

Year Invested: 2023

MerlinStarter

MerlinStarter

Bitcoin-L2 launchpad & incubator for GameFi / DeFi projects.

Year Invested: 2023

Mereo

Mereo

Fan-engagement suite turning loyalty quests into on-chain rewards.

Year Invested: 2023

MilkyWay

MilkyWay

Cosmos ‘moo-dular’ portal for liquid staking + restaking across zones.

Year Invested: 2024

Nexio

Nexio

Parallelised Bitcoin roll-up powered by Move VM for scalable smart-contracts.

Year Invested: 2024

Oasys

Oasys

EVM-compatible gaming chain offering gas-free user experience.

Year Invested: 2022

OpenEden

OpenEden

Tokenises short-duration T-Bills & RWAs into regulated on-chain vaults.

Year Invested: 2023

Over/Under

Over/Under

Fast prediction-game with weekly prize pools for crypto-natives.

Year Invested: 2024

pumpBTC

pumpBTC

BTC restaking token; $10 M seed to build Babylon-based yield vaults.

Year Invested: 2024

Spheron Network

Spheron Network

Decentralised cloud that deploys dApps over idle compute on demand.

Year Invested: 2022

Shuffle

Shuffle

Provably-fair crypto casino & sportsbook with original on-chain games.

Year Invested: 2024

SocialDAO

SocialDAO

“Stake-on-people” protocol bringing social staking to Farcaster.

Year Invested: 2023

Sonzai Labs

Sonzai Labs

Studio building anime-inspired GameFi titles & IP on-chain.

Year Invested: 2025

Timeswap

Timeswap

Oracle-less AMM money-market enabling lending on any ERC-20 pair.

Year Invested: 2021

Wasabi Protocol

Wasabi Protocol

Memecoin-&-NFT leverage DEX; $3 M seed led by Electric Cap with Sharding in syndicate.

Year Invested: 2024

ZeroSum

ZeroSum

Skill-based wagering arena for e-sports & GameFi competitions.

Year Invested: 2024

zkm

zkm

Universal zkMIPS VM turning Ethereum into a global settlement layer.

Year Invested: 2024

Research Library

Reports from Alea Research on Sharding Capital’s portfolio projects

Shard 2025 Summit Takeaways

Insights from Shard Dubai & Growth Summit panels

Frequently Asked Questions

Answers to common questions about Sharding Capital.

The fund writes some of the earliest cheques, typically pre-seed and seed, into Web3 founders who are still refining product-market fit.
Beyond capital, partners provide narrative-driven go-to-market support, Asia-MENA exchange listings, and marketing fire-power through the Shard DXP growth studio.
Shard DXB is Sharding Capital’s in-house marketing arm, staffed by Web3 growth veterans who act as an external CMO team for every portfolio company.
A yearly summit that mixes a demo day, AI hackathon, and growth workshop, open to founders, researchers, and capital allocators.
Send a concise deck to the website’s contact form or DM a partner on X, including traction metrics and a clear funding ask.