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

307 CONNECTIONS

Coinbase Network

75 CONNECTIONS

Coinbase Network

75 CONNECTIONS

Duke University Network

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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

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Fred Ehrsam's Investments On Record (44)

Company	StageDateRound Size	Total Raised
Arcadia Medicine	SeedOct 2025$9M	$9M
Co-investors: Dylan Field (Figma, Inc.), Sam Altman
The Interaction Company of California	SeedSep 2025$15M	$25M
Co-investors: Neeraj Arora (General Catalyst), Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Bradley Horowitz (Google Ventures), Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Jake Paul (Unknown Ventures), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Yuri Sagalov (Wayfinder Ventures), Anton Levy (General Atlantic), Ken Howery (U.S. Department of State), Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox), Cory Levy, Logan Paul, John Collison
Chai Discovery	Series AAug 2025$70M	$630M
Co-investors: Hemant Taneja (General Catalyst), Patrick Grady (Sequoia Capital), Nina Achadjian (Index Ventures), Elena Viboch (General Catalyst), Greg Yap (Menlo Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Annie Lamont (Oak HC/FT), Ilya Fushman (Kleiner Perkins), Zavain Dar (Dimension Capital), Nitesh Banta (Getaround)
NewLimit	Series BMay 2025$130M Series AMay 2023$72M	$640M
Co-investors: Joe Lonsdale (8VC), Joshua Kushner (Thrive Capital), Scott Belsky (A24), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Nat Friedman (Self-employed), Daniel Gross (Various), Eric Schmidt (Innovation Endeavors), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), Garry Tan (Y Combinator), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), John Collison
Inventex	Pre SeedApr 2025$2M	$2M
Co-investors: Rex Salisbury (Cambrian Ventures)
Dot Product	SeedJan 2025$6M	$6M
Co-investors: Balaji Srinivasan (Andreessen Horowitz), Gaurav Ahuja (Thrive Capital), Emilie Choi (Coinbase Ventures), Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Marc Benioff
Swift Solar	Series AJun 2024$27M	$35M
Co-investors: James Fickel (Starbloom Capital), Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum)
Cognition	Series AMar 2024$21M	$3.9B
Co-investors: Aaref Hilaly (Bain Capital Ventures), Keith Bender (Bessemer Venture Partners), Brandon Reeves (Lux Capital), Patrick Collison (Archipelagos, Institute of Marine Conservation), Sarah Guo (Conviction Partners), Elad Gil (Think Colorado), bill weathersby (Circon Energy), Omri Casspi (Shevat Ventures), Peter Thiel (The Founders Fund), Nitesh Banta (Getaround), Tony Xu (DoorDash), Karim Atiyeh, John Collison

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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