Paradigm
Crypto-only investment firm — Coinbase, Uniswap, Phantom
VC
Sector Specialist
📍 San Francisco, CA
Founded 2018
AUM
$12B
as of 2026-Q1
MID
Paradigm was founded in 2018 by Coinbase co-founder Fred Ehrsam and ex-Sequoia partner Matt Huang. Crypto-only firm — generally considered the most consequential crypto VC.
Firm Profile
Active Fund
Paradigm latest fund ($2.5B)
Notable Partners
Matt Huang Fred Ehrsam Charlie Noyes Dan Robinson
Portfolio Companies (48)
Enriched 2026-10-25 · QuantLogix research
Uniswap Phantom Optimism Comp AI CRED Ridge Digital Asset PLACE Factory Stem AI Modular Turing SOURCE Matic Sola Proof (Boston) Paradigm Kalshi Zipline Chainalysis True Anomaly Citadel Securities OpenSea Antares Nuclear Brand loyalty platform\\ \\ **Hang**\\ \\ Brand loyalty platform\\ \\ Consumer [\[\]Featured](https://www.paradigm.xyz/investments#featured) [\[2\]All Investments](https://www.paradigm.xyz/investments#all-investments) [Stablecoin issuer and payments infrastructure\\ [AI-powered NFT gaming\\ [Self-custody wallet\\ [ZK proving infrastructure\\ [Privacy-first Ethereum L2\\ [Native Bitcoin staking protocol\\ [Peer-to-peer sports betting exchange\\ [Latin American crypto financial platform\\ [Ethereum L2 with native yield\\ [Wallet transaction security APIs\\ [Blockchain intelligence platform\\ [Global market maker\\ [Crypto exchange and onchain platform\\ [Crypto exchange in India\\ [DeFi lending protocol\\ [Rollup deployment platform\\ [Brazilian real stablecoin issuer\\ [Onchain domain infrastructure\\ [Work and bounty platform\\ [Blockchain-based unsecured lending\\ [Decentralized perpetuals exchange\\
Investment Focus
Stages
Seed · Series A · Series B · Growth
Sectors
Crypto · Web3 · DeFi
VC Crypto Specialist
Investor data reflects publicly disclosed AUM, fund sizes, and portfolio holdings as of 2026-Q1. Refreshed periodically.