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Fred Ehrsam

Co-Founder at Paradigm

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Fred Ehrsam is the co-founder and General Partner at Paradigm. Previously, he co-founded Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency company in the US, and held the role of President from 2012 to 2017. In 2011, Fred bought his first Bitcoin and has been an angel investor in some of the most formative companies in the space. Before Coinbase, Fred was a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs in New York. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Economics with honors and departmental distinction from Duke University.

Education Experience

Investments

Name
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Praxis Praxis
Seed -- $ 4.2 M
Nov 30, 2021
Radicle Radicle
-- -- $ 12 M
Feb 19, 2021
dYdX dYdX
Series B -- $ 10 M
Jan 26, 2021
dYdX dYdX
Series A -- $ 10 M
Oct 20, 2018
Handshake Handshake
-- -- $ 10.2 M
Aug 02, 2018
Oasis Network Oasis Network
Private -- $ 45 M
Jul 09, 2018
TruStory TruStory
Seed -- $ 3 M
May 24, 2018
StarkWare StarkWare
Seed -- $ 6 M
May 10, 2018
Dapper Labs Dapper Labs
Series A -- $ 12 M
Mar 21, 2018
dYdX dYdX
Seed -- --
Dec 20, 2017

Investment Overview

Rounds in the past year

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Total rounds

10

Portfolio Numbers

8

Lead Investment

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