Patri Friedman
InvestorFounder and General Partner at Pronomos Capital
Austin, Texas, United States
Writes $250K – $1.5M checks · typically $750K
About
Former Google engineer and angel investor with a decade of software development experience. He founded the Seasteading Institute and ZIG angel fund, and has made notable early investments in Palantir and Matterport.
Experience
- PronomosGeneral Partnercurrent2017 — presentSanta Cruz, California, United States
- Zarco Investment GroupManaging Partnercurrent2010 — present
- The Seasteading InstituteFounder and Board Member2008 — 2023
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2013 — 2019Mountain View, CA
- Future Cities Development, Inc.CEO2011 — 2012Distributed
- Humanity PlusBoard Of Directors2009 — 2011
- Promethean Consulting LLCManaging Partner2011
- Tortuga Co-Housing CommunityCo-Founder & Officer2006 — 2011mountain view, ca
- GoogleSoftware Engineer2004 — 2008
Education
- New York Institute of Technology - Ellis CollegeMBA, Business Administration and Management2004 — 2006
- Stanford UniversityMS, Computer Science1998 — 2003
- Harvey Mudd CollegeBachelor of Science, Mathematics1994 — 1998
Skills & more
Public Speaking23Strategy33Strategic Planning7Leadership21Entrepreneurship78Start-ups52Research19Machine Learning3Distributed Systems6Artificial Intelligence10Social Media12Product Management3
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Visionary ThinkingNon-profitsStrategic PartnershipsEconomicsNonprofitsBusiness DevelopmentFundraisingGovernmentVenture CapitalBloggingData AnalysisBoatingLanguages Spanish
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Colleagues at Pronomos Capital
Balaji Srinivasan
Engineer, founder, angel investor, author of The Network State, and founder of Network School
Bradford Cross
Partner at Pronomos Capital
Dakin Sloss
Advisor at Pronomos Capital
Jonathan Swanson
Advisor at Pronomos Capital
Michael Gibson
Advisor at Pronomos Capital
Naval Ravikant
Co-founder of AngelList; angel investor
Taavi Kotka
Advisor at Pronomos Capital
Tom W. Bell
Advisor at Pronomos Capital
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Patri Friedman work?
- Patri Friedman is Founder and General Partner at Pronomos Capital.
- What check size does Patri Friedman write?
- Patri Friedman typically writes checks of $250K – $1.5M.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
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Also attended Harvey Mudd College27
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Shared employers
Also worked at The Seasteading Institute3
Also worked at Google1,559
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