# Gordon Paddison

> Gordon Paddison is a seed investor at Stradella Road (Los Angeles) backing Apps and Video. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Stradella Road](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stradella-road)
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paddison
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/gpad
- Website: http://www.stradellaroad.com

Gordon Paddison is a seed investor at Stradella Road in Los Angeles focused on Apps and Video. Gordon is CEO of Stradella Road, which Fast Company Magazine named to its annual list of the World’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies in Hollywood. Stradella Road represents Academy Award- winning filmmaker Peter Jackson for digital brand strategy and provides consulting and social media support for clients, including Twitter,
RealD, UniversalPictures, Focus Features, LionsGate, The Weinstein Company, Warner Bros., Anchor Bay Entertainment and ABC- Disney Television.Recently for Lucasfilm, Gordon led digital for Disney’s Lucasfilm acquisition and integration, reorganized the digital team and initiated strategic planning for ongoing development of the Star Wars franchise online. As an investor, Gordon works with entrepreneurs at Umbel, Rockify, OpenBucks, EpoxyTV, Kite, Defy Media, Blayze, CakeHealth, Buffer and Appssavvy. As an advisor he supports GroupMe, Eventful and Simulmedia.Awarded Variety and iMedia’s “Integrated Marketer of the Year Award” he has a dozen years senior management experience at Time Warner, bringing more than 200 feature films to market including The Lord of the Rings trilogy, while heading studio digital media buying, business development, and cross division integrated marketing.Gordon served on the Time Warner Research Council and as a member of the Board of Governors at The American Television Academy of Arts and Sciences and the Producers Guild of America.e-mail: gordon [at] stradellaroad.comLinked-in: http://linkd.in/v82mRl

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $450k–$1.6M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Apps | 1 | 33% |
| Video | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |
| Payments | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 67% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Zype | AI-enabled and API-first, Zype powers reliable, scalable video streaming on your website, apps, and channels. Zype is a Backlight business. | $1.6M | Seed | Oct 27, 2015 |  |
| Openbucks | The Openbucks Gift Card Payment Network is a fast, convenient and safe alternative to credit cards for online payment. Consumers can get a gift card from a trusted retailer such as Subway, Circle K, CITGO, Hess and Sports Authority, and purchase online at hundreds of online games and ecommerce sites. For more information please visitwww.openbucks.com. | $4.8M | Series A | Jul 16, 2012 |  |
| Buffer | Build your audience and grow your brand on social media. Plan and schedule thumb-stopping content that drives meaningful engagement and growth for your business. | $450K | Seed | Dec 20, 2011 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [AME Cloud Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ame-cloud-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clearstone Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clearstone-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fantail Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fantail-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inspiration Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inspiration-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Stradella Road

VC Fund



1 contacts available at Stradella Road.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gordon Paddison | CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gordon-paddison |

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## FAQ

### What does Gordon Paddison invest in?

Gordon Paddison invests primarily in Apps, Video and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 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 Gordon Paddison's check size?

Gordon Paddison typically joins rounds of $450k–$1.6M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Gordon Paddison participates in.

### When did Gordon Paddison last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Gordon Paddison closed in Oct 2015. Shizune tracks 3 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?

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