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Investor profile

Fred Ehrsam

Co-Founder, Paradigm

About

Fred Ehrsam co-founded Coinbase before becoming a full-time investor at Paradigm, giving him rare hands-on experience building one of crypto's most important companies from niche hobby to mainstream business. He focuses on frontier areas of crypto where conventional metrics don't exist, combining deep technical diligence with long-form public writing that attracts technical founders and positions him as a bridge between crypto natives and mainstream audiences. Fred Ehrsam co-founded Coinbase before becoming a full-time investor at Paradigm, giving him rare hands-on experience building one of crypto's most important companies from niche hobby to mainstream business. He focuses on frontier areas of crypto where conventional metrics don't exist, combining deep technical diligence with long-form public writing that attracts technical founders and positions him as a bridge between crypto natives and mainstream audiences.

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Investment focus

Stages
Seed
Series A
Sectors
Web3
Crypto
FinTech
Devtools
Gaming
VR
AI

Investment details

Avg check size$1M - $100M
Can lead rounds
No
Geographies
USA
Canada
LatAm
India
Asia-Pacific
Europe
Israel