Investment Focus
Investment Thesis
Premier crypto-native investment firm co-founded by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and former Sequoia partner Matt Huang. Backs blockchain protocols, DeFi, and Web3 infrastructure.
How to Pitch Paradigm
No Stated Policy
Paradigm hasn't published an outreach policy. A short, specific cold email is the safest default.
YC Portfolio Overlap
Paradigm backed 4 Y Combinator companies, 2 flagged YC top companies.
Coinbase
Buy, sell, and manage cryptocurrencies.
Summer 2012
Fintech
Stripe
Economic infrastructure for the internet.
Summer 2009
Fintech
Kalshi
1st federally regulated exchange where people can trade on events
Winter 2019
Fintech
Tempo
Live home fitness training powered by computer vision.
Winter 2015
HealthcarePortfolio Highlights
Nous Research
Kalshi
Zipline
Citadel Securities
SendCutSend
Antares
True Anomaly
Hyperliquid
Coinbase
Tempo
Andromeda
Stripe
Uniswap
Across
Agora
Frequent Co-Investors
Investors that share at least two portfolio companies with Paradigm.
Focus and check size from the firm's website. Website reachable as of Sept 2026.
Ready to Reach Paradigm?
A fit check scores your pitch against their thesis, stage and ticket. An email draft uses their real deals and thesis, not a template.