Matt Huang

Investor

Co-Founder at Paradigm

San Francisco, CA

Writes $1M – $100M checks

30 Under 30 2015 · Venture Capital

About

Matt Huang co-founded Paradigm with Fred Ehrsam in 2018 and leads the firm as its sole managing partner, building one of the largest investment platforms dedicated to crypto and frontier technology. A former Sequoia partner who made an early personal investment in ByteDance, he has steered Paradigm's positions in Uniswap, Optimism and other core crypto infrastructure.

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Matt Huang @matthuang

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Jul 24, 2026 · ♥ 78 · ⇄ 6

Matt Huang @matthuang

You know what's cooler than solving 1 Erdos problem? https://t.co/udFiUSMuz3

Jul 22, 2026 · ♥ 268 · ⇄ 6

Matt Huang @matthuang

Excited to announce that @katiebiber is now the COO of Paradigm, alongside her role as CLO. Katie is a maestro on the many legal-policy matters at the frontier of tech and a force-of-nature operator. @alanapalmedo and I are lucky to have her partnership in running Paradigm!

Jul 15, 2026 · ♥ 352 · ⇄ 12

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechGaming

Experience

ParadigmCo-Founder and Managing Partnercurrent2018 — present
TempoProject Leadcurrent2025 — present
StripeBoard Membercurrent2021 — present
Angel InvestingEarly Stage Investorcurrent2011 — presentSan Francisco, CA
Sequoia CapitalPartner2014 — 2018San Francisco & Menlo Park, CA
TwitterAds2012 — 2014San Francisco, CA
Hotspots, Inc.Founder/CEO2010 — 2012San Francisco, CA
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)Researcher, Department of Economics2009Cambridge, MA
Goldman Sachs Asset ManagementSummer Analyst2008New York, NY

Education

Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyB.S., Mathematics2006 — 2010

Skills & more

JavaScriptSoftware DevelopmentComputer ScienceWeb ApplicationsCSSRubyMySQLHTMLData AnalysisMachine LearningData VisualizationAnalytics

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Product DevelopmentPythonMatlabRMobile Applications

Languages Chinese (Mandarin) · English

From Matt's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology882

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square Ventures Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Brad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and Techstars Delian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda Kyle DohertyInvestment Team at General Catalyst

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Shared employers

Also worked at Tempo4

Liam HorneInvestor at Liam Horne Eric KangGTM Lead, Tempo at HyperNest Ani NarayanScout at Greylock Partners Ravi PatelAssociate at Parade Ventures

Also worked at Stripe91

Hemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General Catalyst Luciana LixandruPartner at Sequoia Capital Laura BuhlerPartner, Head of Community at Felicis Ventures Janet WolpertInvestor at Index Ventures Mark FiorentinoInvestor at Index Ventures AdamAdvisor at Clear Ventures

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Also worked at Sequoia Capital162

Michael MoritzFormer Partner at Sequoia Capital; Senior Adviser at Sequoia Heritage Doug LeonePartner at Sequoia Capital; former Global Managing Partner Roelof BothaAdvisor & former Steward at Sequoia Capital; SpaceX board member Jason CalacanisFounder of LAUNCH; host of This Week in Startups Alfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital Shaun MaguirePartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also worked at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)290

Aileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy Ventures Scott BillerInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Noubar AfeyanInvestor at Flagship Pioneering Vyas RamananVenture Partner at Third Rock Ventures Rhie LimPartner, Global Strategy at One Way Ventures Elizabeth CookManaging Partner, North America at AI Capital

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Podcasts & interviews

featuring Matt Huang

Matt Huang on X: "Paradigm’s 4th fund $1.2B to invest and build in crypto, AI, robotics, and other areas of the technical frontier https://t.co/Svy5ncVTbm" / X

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