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Paradigm Shift Capital — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$2.5M Checks)

VC
San Francisco, United StatesWebsite

Paradigm Shift Capital is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, United States investing in Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.5M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.5M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
4 listed
AUM
$40M
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Other, AI / ML
HQ
San Francisco, United States

Last verified: 2026-09-19

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.5M

AUM

$40M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Backs Indian founders building products for global markets, investing across early-stage sectors like B2B SaaS, Blockchain, AR/VR, CleanTech & DeepTech. ([crunchbase.com](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/paradigm-shift-2?utm_source=openai))

How Paradigm Shift Capital invests

Paradigm Shift Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, United States. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, AI / ML.

Paradigm Shift Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$2.5M per investment, backed by approximately $40M in assets under management.

Paradigm Shift Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Rebellion Defense, Echodyne.

Partners & Team

SW

Surabhi Washishth

Partner

DW

Dhruv Washishth

Partner

GM

Govind Mundhra

General Partner

KB

Kate Berger

Partner

GovTech
AI
Security

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

RE

Rebellion Defense

DefenseTech
EC

Echodyne

Security & Surveillance
How to pitch Paradigm Shift Capital
  • •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
  • •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.5M check.
  • •cold outreach ok
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Surabhi Washishth, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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