Paul Arnold
Founder and Partner @ Switch Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Paul Arnold is a seed investor at Switch Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and FinTech. Paul brings startup experience, investment know-how, and business strategy to the table.He invests in talented founders disrupting how things work. He partners with them to expand their businesses and scale to the next level.As an executive and early employee at AppDirect, he grew the company through multiple rounds of scaling and funding.Before that, he drove strategies for some of the biggest names in tech at McKinsey & Company.
- Total investments:
- 11
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 27%
Last updated:
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Industries Paul Arnold invests in
Stages Paul Arnold invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (27%)
- FinTech 2 (18%)
- Health Care 2 (18%)
- Data Visualization 2 (18%)
- Financial Services 2 (18%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Findly is The AI Chatbot for Your Data. Get accurate, actionable data insights in minutes without needing to learn SQL or Python. Ask questions in plain English and see results that are easy to understand. | Seed / Apr 01, 2023 | ||
| Pluto is an investing platform that empowers data-driven investors with equitable access to proven, sophisticated tools. With over 6,000 members and over 25M investing decisions processed per month, Pluto’s advanced tools enable anyone to trade stocks and cryptocurrency like a pro with automation, refined strategies, and big data insights. | $4M / Seed / May 31, 2022 | ||
| Anonybit is a decentralized biometric identification platform. | $3.5M / Seed / Jan 18, 2022 | ||
| The fastest database viewer ever built. Make all your data easily accessible to non-technical teams with a single high-performance tool. | Seed / Sep 01, 2021 | ||
| ShelfLife is an ordering and communication platform for food and beverage manufacturers. Reducing the number of spreadsheets, phone calls, and emails inherent in sourcing ingredients and packaging today, ShelfLife saves time and increases transparency throughout the upstream supply chain. | $3M / Seed / Jun 09, 2021 | ||
| Goodpath, a Cambridge, Ma.-based telehealth startup focused on improve helping people managing common health conditions, | $4M / Seed / Apr 23, 2020 | ||
| Unbound is a sexual wellness company for women. The company makes and sells vibrators, lubricants,and accessories direct-to-consumer through their website. | Seed / Sep 07, 2017 | ||
| Unbound is a sexual wellness company for women. The company makes and sells vibrators, lubricants,and accessories direct-to-consumer through their website. | Seed / Aug 01, 2017 | ||
| Aaptiv Inc. is a digital health company that has transformed the way people work out. Aaptiv has over 230,000 paying members who have taken more than 20 million classes since the company started three years ago.Each one of Aaptiv's thousands of workouts, which span every type of exercise and a wide variety of activities, combine the guidingvoice of an expert Aaptiv trainer with motivating music. This audio-based format eliminates distractions and provides the flexibility many people require - allowing them to focus on their fitness goals, when and where it suits them. | $1.1M / Seed / May 25, 2016 | ||
| Do offers a platform that works as one place for all the notes, presentations, docs, and all other collateral to live together. The company gives the user the tools to frame the discussion, ensure things get done, and make decisions clear. | $2M / Seed / Mar 10, 2015 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Switch Ventures
A community of talented founders who switched from the common path.
Switch Ventures Contacts
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Paul Arnold invests primarily in Software, FinTech and Health Care startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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