Shumo Chu is a crypto researcher and protocol co-founder who co-founded Manta Network alongside Victor Ji and Kenny Li. Shumo Chu's Twitter Score is 126 out of 1000 (an Excellent rating) as of October 2026, ranking #5,054 (top 5%) among 492,934 tracked accounts.
Shumo Chu co-founded Manta Network in 2020; P0x Labs, the team behind the project, reached a $500 million valuation following a $25 million Series A funding round. Shumo Chu also founded NEBRA Labs, which raised $5.0 million in a seed round in 2024, though he has since departed that role. He is affiliated with Polkadot and the Manta Network Ecosystem, and is currently building a stealth-mode robotics startup.
Shumo Chu previously worked at the University of California, Santa Barbara Computer Science Department as an assistant professor, and formerly served as a research scientist at Algorand. He holds a Ph. D. from the University of Washington and previously worked at Google as an engineer. He is currently at GI Labs. Shumo Chu's account has accumulated 6,336 followers as of October 2026 and 6,575 posts.
Shumo Chu is also active as an angel investor, and his portfolio includes Veridise, Zenith and Citrea.
Shumo Chu has been mentioned by 82 accounts, with 149 total mentions across the platform.
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The accounts that follow Shumo Chu include 495 founders, 174 angel investors, 98 influencers and 10 VCs. Among his notable followers are vitalik.eth, Marc Andreessen, Chris Burniske, Andrew Kang, Threadguy and David Hoffman.