# Paul McNamara

> Paul McNamara is a Series A investor at Ericsson Ventures backing Developer Tools and Mobile. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Ericsson Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ericsson-ventures)
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2023
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pfmcnamara/

Paul McNamara is a venture capital investor at Ericsson Ventures. A software industry veteran, Paul has been at the forefront of some of the industry’s most important trends. As the first outside executive officer hired at Red Hat, Paul was instrumental in the development of the Open Source business model and in guiding the company from a tinystart-up to one of the world’s premier software companies. Paul is also a pioneer in cloud computing. As CEO of Coghead (one of the first Platform-as-a-Service companies), he was an influential voice in the early development of the Cloud, and led the company from its founding to its ultimate acquisition by SAP (NYSE: SAP). Later, as the Vice President of the force.com platform at Salesforce.com, Paul led the world’s largest Platform-as-a-Service business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Developer Tools | 2 | 100% |
| Mobile | 1 | 50% |
| Database | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Cloud Computing | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 1 | 50% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hadean | Hadean are a venture backed tech startup providing the most simple and secure platform for cloud native development. Intuitive and developer friendly, the Hadean Platform provides a friction free route to a cloud-native infrastructure. It lets you write applications once and deploy anywhere, taking care of setup, configuration, scaling, securityand more.Hadean have developed two flagship applications. Aether Engine provides distributed load balancing for agent-based simulations, while Muxer is a network model that utilises distributed edge networks. The result is spatial simulations of unparalleled size and complexity, where thousands of concurrent users can join and interact. Hadean have found traction in gaming, healthcare, virtual events and defence with industry leading companies such as Microsoft, Minecraft and CAE. | $4.9M | Series A | Mar 23, 2023 |  |
| Realm | Realm (formerly tight.db) is a mobile database that enables its users to develop applications faster, develop applications that are fast, and craft amazing user experiences. Realm is a replacement for SQLite & Core Data. It can save users thousands of lines of code & weeks of work, and lets them craft amazing new user experiences. It is a YCombinator company, headquartered in San Francisco. |  |  | Sep 21, 2017 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Aken Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aken-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Khosla Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/khosla-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Metrea](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/metrea) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sanctor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sanctor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Scale Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scale-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [TIRTA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tirta-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Ericsson Ventures

VC Fund · Santa Clara, United States

Ericsson Ventures is a venture capital and private equity firm that invests in innovative companies. It specializes in the fields of finance, financial services, and venture capital It was founded in 1876 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California.

5 contacts available at Ericsson Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Graham Ackerman | VP Strategic Development, Director of Investment Management | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/graham-ackerman |
| Paul McNamara | Vice President, Corporate Development | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/paul-mcnamara-39e6 |
| Albert Kim | Head of Ericsson Ventures & Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/albert-kim-2fad |
| Asif Giga | Investor Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/asif-giga |
| Daniel Parkes | Chief Technology Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-parkes |

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## FAQ

### What does Paul McNamara invest in?

Paul McNamara invests primarily in Developer Tools, Mobile and Database startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Paul McNamara last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Paul McNamara closed in Mar 2023. Shizune tracks 2 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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