Investing Profile

Fred Ehrsam

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Co-Founder, General Partner at Paradigm

paradigm.xyz/team/fredehrsam/San Francisco Bay Area

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Goldman Sachs Network

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Duke University Network

198 CONNECTIONS

Coinbase Network

50 CONNECTIONS

Coinbase Network

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Duke University Network

40 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position

Paradigm General Partner

Investment Range

$1M - $100.0M

Sweet Spot

$25.0M

Investments On Record

Current Fund Size

$2.5B

Fred Ehrsam is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

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Fred Ehrsam's Investments On Record (43)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Arcadia Medicine	SeedOct 2025$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Dylan Field, Sam Altman
The Interaction Company of California	SeedSep 2025$15M	$25M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Neeraj Arora (Venture Highway), Jake Paul (Anti fund), Yuri Sagalov (10100), Anton Levy (General Atlantic), Ken Howery (Unknown Ventures), Patrick Collison, Cory Levy, Arash Ferdowsi, Logan Paul, Guillermo Rauch, John Collison
Chai Discovery	Series AAug 2025$70M	$630M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Nina Achadjian (Index Ventures), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital)
NewLimit	Series BMay 2025$130M Series AMay 2023$72M	$640M
Co-investors: Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Garry Tan (Initialized Capital), Daniel Gross (C2 Investment), Nat Friedman (C2 Investment), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), John Collison, Patrick Collison
Inventex	Pre SeedApr 2025$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Dot Product	SeedJan 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Gaurav Ahuja (Thrive Capital), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Marc Benioff, Balaji Srinivasan
Swift Solar	Series AJun 2024$27M	$35M
Co-investors: James Fickel (Starbloom Ventures), Vitalik Buterin
Cognition	Series AMar 2024$21M	$1.9B
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Keith Bender (Pear VC), Peter Thiel (Founders Fund), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Nitesh Banta (Stellar Capital), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Omri Casspi, bill weathersby, Patrick Collison, John Collison, Karim Atiyeh, Tony Xu

Fred Ehrsam's Experience

Co-Founder, General Partner Paradigm2024 - Present

Co-Founder and CEO Nudge2024 - Present

Co-Founder Paradigm2018 - Present

Board Of Directors Coinbase2017 - Present

Co-Founder, Managing Partner Paradigm2018 - 2024

Co-Founder Coinbase2012 - 2017

Trader Goldman Sachs2010 - 2012

Self-assembling DNA Nanostructures Research Duke University2008 - 2008

Fred Ehrsam's Education

Duke University B.S. Computer Science, Economics

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