Paradigm
Fund snapshot
- Lookout tier
- Tier 1
- Lookout score
- 95/100
- AUM
- $12B
- Vintage
- 2018
- Check size
- $500K – $50M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A
- Role
- Leads rounds
Lookout's read
How Lookout reads this fund.
The highest founder-quality density in crypto venture. Quiet, patient, and ruthlessly selective — they wait for the right round rather than spray. A Paradigm lead keeps a cap table clean and signals the founder passed a very high bar. Less public than a16z but arguably sharper on technical theses.
Research Coverage
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Fund thesis
What they back.
Research-driven firm that backs protocols from inception — partners ship code and publish research alongside founders, on the belief that deep technical depth is a prerequisite for invention at the frontier.
Portfolio
Notable bets · 6
3 with realized tokens or exits
Nous Research
Uniswap
Coinbase
Optimism
Farcaster
Flashbots
In their orbit
Deals Lookout covers.
Team
Who runs the capital.
Matt Huang
@matthuangCo-Founder / Managing Partner
Former Sequoia Capital partner; co-founded Paradigm in 2018.
Dan Robinson
@danrobinsonGP, Head of Research
Leads Paradigm research; ex-Interstellar/Chain engineer.
Co-investors
Who they ride with.
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