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Paradigm

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$1.0M – $10.0M

AUM

$12.7B

Portfolio

93+ companies

Team

11 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests in crypto-native projects at any layer of the stack, including decentralized finance, payments, and networks.

Meet the Team

FE

Fred Ehrsam

Co-founder and Managing Partner

Crypto
Bitcoin Infrastructure
Decentralized Networks
CP

Caitlin Pintavorn

Investment Partner

YY

Yang You

Director of Design

HM

Holly Morgan-Winsdale

Director of Operations

AP

Alana Palmedo

Chief Operating Officer

CN

Charlie Noyes

General Partner

GK

Georgios Konstantopoulos

Chief Technology Officer

AY

Alpin Yukseloglu

Investment Partner

MM

Matthew Mizbani

Partner

JM

Josie McGuinn

Director of Events

KB

Katie Biber

Chief Legal Officer

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other

Portfolio Companies (93)

Other

CH

Chainalysis

Crypto analytics
OP

Optimism

Blockchain scalability
HA

Harmonic

CO

Coinbase

PH

Phantom

FI

Fireblocks

KA

Kalshi

FL

Flashbots

PR

Privy

AC

Across

How to pitch Paradigm
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $10.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Fred Ehrsam, Co-founder and Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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