Frederick Ehrsam Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Investments
  • 53

  • Portfolio
  • 27

  • Exits
  • 22

Exits

Frederick Ehrsam General Information

Description

Mr. Frederick Ehrsam is a Co-Founder and serves as Chief Executive Officer at Nudge (Healthcare Technology Systems). He is a Co-Founder and serves as Senior Advisor at Paradigm (Private Equity). He serves as an Advisor at dYdX. He serves as a Board Member at LootRush. He serves as an Advisor at Namebase. He is a Co-Founder and serves as a Board member at Coinbase Global. He serves on the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology. He served as an Advisor at Numerai. He also served as a Board Member at Fireblocks. He co-founded and served as President at Coinbase. He served as an Advisor at Zeroex. He remains a board member. He has been an early investor in OpenAI, Anthropic, Anduril, SpaceX, and other frontier technology companies. Prior to Coinbase, Fred was a foreign exchange trader at Goldman Sachs in New York. He holds a B.S. in Computer Science and Economics from Duke University.

Business Details

Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Frederick Ehrsam Investments (53)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
Proto-Town. 01-Mar-2026 Seed Round Other Commercial Products Stealth
Arcadia Medicine 06-Oct-2025 Drug Discovery Clinical Trials - Phase 1
Poke 08-Sep-2025 Communication Software Generating Revenue
Chai Discovery 06-Aug-2025 Discovery Tools (Healthcare) Generating Revenue
Monumental Labs 16-Jul-2025 Construction and Engineering Generating Revenue
NewLimit 02-May-2025 Biotechnology Generating Revenue
Inventex 10-Apr-2025 Business/Productivity Software Out of Business
NewLimit 07-Jan-2025 Biotechnology Generating Revenue
Swift Solar 13-Jun-2024 Later Stage VC Alternative Energy Equipment Generating Revenue
Dot Product 16-May-2024 Seed Round Business/Productivity Software Out of Business

Frederick Ehrsam Exits (22)

Company Name Exit Date Exit Type Exit Size
Poke 08-Oct-2026 Merger/Acquisition
bloXroute Labs 15-Jul-2026
Inventex 22-May-2026
Dot Product 17-May-2026
Sequence (Business/Productivity Software) 13-Jan-2025
DIRT Protocol 01-Jan-2024
Compound (Financial Software) 07-Sep-2023
Okay (Business/Productivity Software) 31-May-2023
Rally Network 31-Jan-2023 Out of Business
Protocol Labs 29-Jun-2022 Secondary Transaction - Private

Frederick Ehrsam Investments by Industry, Year, and Region

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Frederick Ehrsam Co-Investors (208)

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Frederick Ehrsam FAQs

  • Who is Frederick Ehrsam?

    Frederick Ehrsam is an angel Investor who has made 53 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Frederick Ehrsam?

    Frederick Ehrsam is an angel investor.

  • What does Frederick Ehrsam do?

    As an angel investor, Frederick Ehrsam invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • How many board seats does Frederick Ehrsam hold?

    Frederick Ehrsam holds a board seat in Coinbase Global.

  • What has Frederick Ehrsam invested in?

    Frederick Ehrsam has made numerous investments in companies like Proto-Town., Arcadia Medicine, and Poke within the Commercial Products, Drug Discovery, and Communication Software industries.

  • What has Frederick Ehrsam invested in recently?

    Frederick Ehrsam's latest investment was on 01-Mar-2026 in Proto-Town., a company within the Commercial Products industry.

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