# Shards funding: rounds and investors

> Shards has raised $2.0M across 1 round since 2025. Investors include Animoca Brands and Yield Guild Games. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/shards (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Shards*

One round we have observed, with the 2 investors named in it. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Gaming

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$2.0M** raised across 1 round since 2025, from 1 source

- **Latest round:** Seed, $2.0M Jun 2025
- **Investors:** 2

See who backed them

## The rounds

- **Jun 2025** Seed **$2.0M** [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) [Yield Guild Games](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yield-guild-games) Source recorded

## Everyone who backed them

[Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) Accelerator **1** round

[Yield Guild Games](https://millionrounds.com/fund/yield-guild-games) VC firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list Shards as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[ED3N Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ed3n-ventures) Venture studio Per its own site

[FireX Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/firex-capital) Family office Per its own site

[Zaiken Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/zaiken-ventures) Family office Per its own site

## Quick answers about Shards

### Who invested in Shards?

Shards's investors include Animoca Brands and Yield Guild Games.

### How much has Shards raised?

Shards has raised $2.0M across 1 round since 2025.

### When did Shards last raise?

Shards's most recent round was a Seed of $2.0M in Jun 2025.

### What was Shards's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $2.0M in Jun 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Shards first?

Shards's first round on record, in Jun 2025, was backed by Animoca Brands and Yield Guild Games.

### What stage is Shards at?

Shards's latest named round is a Seed, in Jun 2025.

## Companies like Shards

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