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What does Paradigm invest in?
Paradigm invests most often at Venture and Seed (62% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Nft, Non-fungible and Decentralized Finance.
Paradigm highlights
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35 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Seed: 62% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 27 rounds, median $7.3M
What they do
Paradigm is a frontier technology investment firm that builds and invests in crypto, AI, robotics, and across new frontiers from the earliest stages.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- $25K – $100M as they say
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
- Sectors
- NftNon-fungibleDecentralized Finance
- Based in
- San Francisco, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first176 appearances
- 2026
27 rounds
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- 2025
39 rounds
- Dec
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An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration18 named
ACAlaina C. DanleyDirectoriFiling they signed
ASAlana Skorniakoff PalmedoChief Operating Officer and Managing Partner and Interim Chief Financial OfficeriForm ADV
APAlexandru Popescu-NegoestiChief Compliance OfficeriForm ADV
ATAustin TimmonsExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
CRChristopher RunnelsExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
CDCorey DeutschMr. Deutsch is the principal of each of Paradigm Opportunities, LP, the Investment Manager of the Issuer, and Paradigm Opportunities SPV 1 GP, LLC, the General PartneriFiling they signed
DWDonald Wayne SullivanExecutive Officer, PromoteriFiling they signed
FCFrank C. MeyerDirectoriFiling they signed
FEFrederick Ernest EhrsamManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KEKathryn Effie BiberChief Legal OfficeriForm ADV
KBKatie BiberChief Legal Officer of Paradigm Operations LPiFiling they signed
MHMatt HuangExecutive OfficeriFiling they signed
MKMatthew Kung-Yu HuangManaging Member of Paradigm Fund GP LLCiFiling they signed
MUMichelle U. GassMs. Gass is a managing member of Paradigm Advisors, LLC, the general partner of Paradigm Investment Management, L.P. Paradigm Investment Management, L.P. is the general partneriFiling they signed
RJReena Jashnani-SlusarzGeneral Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Paradigm Operations LPiFiling they signed
SASenai AsefawManaging Member of the General Partner of the Issuer's Investment Manager and DirectoriFiling they signed
VMVictor MurrayDirectoriFiling they signed
WKW. Kirk DunkMr. Dunk is a managing member of Paradigm Advisors, LLC, the general partner of Paradigm Investment Management, L.P. Paradigm Investment Management, L.P. is the general partneriFiling they signed
We also hold 44 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$12Bassets it managesOct 2026
5+funds on filenumbered funds in its name
Registeredinvestment adviserfull reporting to the SEC
- Legal name
- Paradigm Operations LP
- SEC number
- CRD 299210
Funds on its Form ADV
5 private funds, $12B in gross assets · filed Apr 2024
Private equity 4Hedge 1
- Paradigm Fund L.P.Hedge116 investors$7.3B
- Paradigm One L.P.Private equity136 investors$2.8B
- Paradigm One (US) Feeder L.P.Private equity40 investors$1.2B
- Paradigm One (Cayman) Feeder L.P.Private equity27 investors$537M
- Paradigm Green Fortitudo L.P.Private equity2 investors$1.9M
What they claim to have backed
From their own portfolio page (on their website)
57 of 60 we have independently watched raise
AI-powered NFT gamingBitcoin payment infrastructureBlockchain intelligence platformBlockmesh operating systemBrand loyalty platformChip manufacturing infrastructureCross-border payments appCross-border payments forCross-chain AMM protocolCrypto computing systemCrypto exchange inCrypto payments &Crypto payments infrastructureCrypto-enabled narrow bankDeFi risk managementDecentralized Ethereum stakingDecentralized entertainment networkDecentralized fixed-rate borrowingDecentralized perpetuals exchangeDecentralized social protocolDecentralized structured productsEmbedded wallet infrastructureEthereum L2 withEthereum institutional financeGaming NFT marketplaceGitcoinInteroperable blockchain ecosystemIthacaLayer 2 blockchainMEV infrastructure andMarkets for decision-makingMatrixportMobile crypto gamingModular DeFi lendingNFT marketplace MagicNFT marketplace OpenSeaNFT marketplace forNative Bitcoin stakingNetwork for user-ownedOnchain exchange infrastructureOnchain lending andParallel EVM blockchainPlay-to-earn gaming SkyRevolutSci-fi NFT cardSocialFi app onStablecoin issuer andStablecoin protocol MakerSustainable onchain marketsSynthetic derivatives protocolTaxbitWallet transaction securityWeb3 wallet PhantomWork and bountyZK proof accelerationZK proving infrastructureZero-knowledge infrastructure SuccinctBitcoin mining companyBlockchain-based unsecured lendingBrazilian real stablecoinand 32 more
Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.