Fred Ehrsam

Venture Capital

Co-founder of Coinbase and co-founder of Paradigm, a leading crypto investment firm, with Matt Huang. Former Goldman Sachs FX trader. Stepped down from Paradigm Managing Partner to General Partner in 2023. Also co-founded Nudge, a neurotechnology startup.

San Francisco, United States · 1+ investments · 1 portfolio companies

Seed
Artificial Intelligence
Crypto & Web3
Headquarters
San Francisco, United States
Founded
2018
AUM
$2.5B
Portfolio Company
1
Total Investment
1
Last Investment
Jul 2021
Geographic Focus
United States

Investment Thesis

Invests in frontier technologies including crypto, AI, robotics, and blockchain at seed stage with $1M-$15M checks.

Fred Ehrsam is a Venture Capital firm based in San Francisco, United States. It has made 1 investment, including Neuralink. Focus areas include Artificial Intelligence and Crypto & Web3.

Portfolio1

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Venture Capital ×15 · Individual ×2 · Other ×2 · 8 shared rounds

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