Paradigm Fund III

United States

Seed

About Paradigm Fund III

Crypto VC pioneer (founded 2018 by Matt Huang and Fred Ehrsam) closed its $1.2B third venture fund, its largest since 2021, broadening its mandate beyond crypto into AI and robotics under a new 'technical frontier' thesis. Came in below the reported $1.5B target; ~$12.7B total AUM. Fund III already backed Zipline and True Anomaly.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Investor Signals Profile

active

Sweet Spot

Engineer/researcher: AI, crypto, robotics, RSI, open source

crypto

robotics

technical frontier

frontier tech

open source

post-quantum cryptography

stablecoins

recursive self-improvement

superintelligence

Bullish Signals

Hosting Frontiers SF Oct 12–14social

Curated audience, engineers + researchers focussocial

Post-quantum crypto emphasis signals frontier convictionsocial

Building RSI game—recursive AI self-improvement prioritysocial

29K followers, active thought leadershipsocial

Contrarian Signals

No contrarian signals recorded.

Founder Do's

Build open source tech

Engineer/researcher background valued

Come to Frontiers conference

Tackle recursive self-improvement problems

Focus on AI R&D frontier

Founder Don'ts

Non-technical founding teams

Avoid non-curated/mass-market pitching

Key GPs & Partners

Daniel Robinson

Partner

AI researchRSI focus

Justin Wang

Partner

AI researchRSI focus

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$1.2B

Saves0

Website

Key People

Matt Huang, Fred Ehrsam, Alana Palmedo

Daniel RobinsonPartner

Justin WangPartner

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