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Paulina Szyzdek

Principal at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

San Francisco, California

Writes $2M โ€“ $10M checks ยท typically $5M

About

Paulina supports E12 Ventures' investments in deep tech, frontier technologies, and industrial markets, with prior venture and angel investing experience at Bosch Ventures, How Women Invest, Blissity Ventures, GroundUp Ventures, and Zane VC. Before her VC career she worked in banking and consulting at State Street Bank, Euroclear Bank, Deutsche Bank, and Chatham Financial across Europe and the US, and holds Master's degrees in Finance and Disruptive Innovation plus an MBA.

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Experience

  1. E12 VenturesPrincipalcurrent2025 โ€” present
  2. Venture CapitalInvestorcurrent2021 โ€” present
  3. ๐Ÿฆพ ๐‡๐š๐ซ๐๐“๐ž๐œ๐ก ๐‘๐ž๐š๐๐ฌ: ๐€๐ˆ & ๐‘๐จ๐›๐จ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ ๐‘๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐งFoundercurrent2024 โ€” present
  4. Harvard Business ReviewAdvisory Council Membercurrent2024 โ€” present
  5. IntroExpertcurrent2025 โ€” present
  6. AI 2030๐€๐๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐š๐ซ๐, ๐•๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐žcurrent2025 โ€” present
  7. Archetype AIInvestorcurrent2025 โ€” present
  8. RescaleInvestorcurrent2024 โ€” present
  9. FigureInvestorcurrent2023 โ€” present
  10. BESXARInvestorcurrent2024 โ€” present
  11. Hugging FaceInvestorcurrent2022 โ€” present
  12. FormicInvestorcurrent2024 โ€” present
  13. Deep ChecksScoutcurrent2025 โ€” present
  14. General FusionInvestorcurrent2024 โ€” present
  15. InversionInvestorcurrent2024 โ€” present
  16. Machina LabsInvestorcurrent2022 โ€” present
  17. National Venture Capital AssociationMentorcurrent2022 โ€” present
  18. MagicInvestorcurrent2022 โ€” present
  19. Axiom SpaceInvestorcurrent2022 โ€” present
  20. ButlrInvestorcurrent2019 โ€” present

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityGovernance for Startup Board Members2024
  2. Hult International Business SchoolMaster of Business Administration - MBA2019 โ€” 2020
  3. University of California, BerkeleyVC University2019
  4. Hult International Business SchoolMaster's degree, Disruptive Innovations2020 โ€” 2021
  5. Kauffman Fellows Academy and TechstarsVenture Deals
  6. Y CombinatorStartup School Online
  7. Google Udacity ScholarshipFront-End Web Developer Course2017
  8. Sotheby's Institute of ArtArt&Business2016
  9. Krakow University of EconomicsMaster's degree, Finance and Accounting2006 โ€” 2011

Skills & more

Strategic Board Governance4Venture Capital Due Diligence3Digital Twin Methodology3Physical AI & Robotics1Frontier Tech Investing1Interpersonal Skill69Analytical Skills60Investigation44Investment Banking14Finance12Financial Modeling9Data Analysis10
+12 moreBusiness AnalysisFinancial AnalysisBusiness DevelopmentEntrepreneurshipHigher EducationDue DiligenceVenture CapitalBusiness AdministrationStrategic PlanningTeam ManagementCommunication SkillsCritical Thinking

Languages English ยท Polish

  • Cohort 2020 โ€” Future VC
  • Venture Capital Virtual Internship โ€” H2 Ventures
  • VC University Online โ€” VC University

From Paulina's professional profile.

Colleagues at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

Ash Patel
Co-Managing Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Caroline Pinkney
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Henry Sohn
Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Irene Mingozzi
Venture Partner at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Masaji Matsuoka
Managing Director at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Mike Marquez
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Patrick Mcgill
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc
Sunao Nishimura
Investor at E12 Venture Capital, Llc

Network2

Don DodgeScout
Investor at Cyfrin
Ethan BatraskiScout
Partner at Venrock

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