# Fred Ehrsam

> Fred Ehrsam is a seed investor at Paradigm (San Francisco) backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 55 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Paradigm](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paradigm-b23a)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 55
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredehrsam
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/FEhrsam
- Website: https://x.com/FEhrsam

Fred Ehrsam is a seed investor at Paradigm in San Francisco focused on Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. Fred Ehrsam is the Co-Founder of Paradigm.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$12M |
| Series A | $7M–$70M |
| Series C | $65M–$300M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 15 | 27% |
| Cryptocurrency | 13 | 24% |
| Software | 11 | 20% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 16% |
| Financial Services | 8 | 15% |

93 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 20 | 36% |
| Series A | 17 | 31% |
| Series C | 5 | 9% |
| Series B | 3 | 5% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 40 | 73% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| Israel | 1 | 2% |
| Poland | 1 | 2% |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Arcadia Medicine | Arcadia Medicine is a biotechnology company that creates psychedelic medicine to treat mental health issues. | $9.3M | Seed | Oct 06, 2025 |  |
| The Interaction Company of California | Poke is an artificial intelligence assistant that functions as a single iMessage thread that links to files, calendars, and emails before acting. | $15M | Seed | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Chai Discovery | Chai Discovery creates Chai-1, a multi-modal foundation model designed for predicting molecular structures relevant to drug discovery. The model facilitates the unified prediction of proteins, small molecules, and nucleic acids, and is available for free for commercial applications. By enabling accurate predictions without the need for multiplesequence alignments, Chai-1 advances the capabilities of molecular modeling in the life sciences. | $70M | Series A | Aug 06, 2025 |  |
| NewLimit | NewLimit specializes in treating age-related diseases to extend the human health span. It works on developing epigenetic reprogramming medicines to treat diseases with large unmet needs. | $130M | Series B | May 06, 2025 |  |
| Inventex | Inventex is a patent filling platform that help the businesses for filing application process without any hassle. | $2.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Dot Product | Dot Product is an AI based firm that offers voice agents that automates operations tasks and deliver reliable customer support. | $6M | Seed | Jan 01, 2025 |  |
| Swift Solar | Swift Solar is a company focused on developing advanced solar technology. The company's core innovation is perovskite solar cells, designed to be more efficient and affordable than traditional solar panels. Swift Solar emphasizes domestic manufacturing and abundant raw materials to ensure scalability. | $27M | Series A | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Cognition | Cognition is an applied artificial intelligence lab that focuses on reasoning and code. | $21M | Series A | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| NewLimit | NewLimit specializes in treating age-related diseases to extend the human health span. It works on developing epigenetic reprogramming medicines to treat diseases with large unmet needs. | $72.2M | Series A | May 16, 2023 |  |
| Wispr Flow | Think it, speak it, send it. Effortless voice dictation for Mac and now Windows! | $10M | Seed | Oct 24, 2022 |  |

10 of 55 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Kindred Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kindred-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [MetaStable Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metastable-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Pantera Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pantera-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [1confirmation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1confirmation) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## About Paradigm

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Paradigm is a research-driven crypto investment firm that funds companies and protocols from their earliest stages. The firm engages in software development, including open-source projects, to contribute to advancements in cryptocurrency, finance, and internet infrastructure. Research is central to its approach, emphasizing technical depth andpractical innovation. In addition to investment, Paradigm collaborates on research, software development, and strategic guidance to support the growth of the crypto ecosystem.

5 contacts available at Paradigm.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jackson Dahl | Entrepreneur In Residence | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jackson-dahl |
| Alana Palmedo | Managing Partner and COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alana-palmedo |
| Arjun Balaji | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arjun-balaji |
| Caitlin Pintavorn | Investment partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caitlin-pintavorn-2b70 |
| Casey Caruso | Investment Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/casey-caruso |

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## FAQ

### What does Fred Ehrsam invest in?

Fred Ehrsam invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Software startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 55 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Fred Ehrsam's check size?

Fred Ehrsam typically joins rounds of $1M–$12M at Seed, $7M–$70M at Series A and $65M–$300M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Fred Ehrsam participates in.

### When did Fred Ehrsam last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Fred Ehrsam closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 55 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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