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Ron Pragides

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Vice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITAL

San Francisco, California

Writes $5K – $50K checks · typically $20K

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613 people in our graph share verified history with Ron — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Mischa VaughnunlockedRon: together at Carta (2019–2020)
×6Ron: together at Stanford University
×2Ron: together at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
Ron: together at GTMfund

About

VP of Engineering at Trustly with experience leading pre-IPO engineering teams at Twitter, Salesforce, BigCommerce and Carta. Focus area: software engineering.

Experience

  1. Blackhawk NetworkVice President of Engineeringcurrent2025 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  2. GTMfundLimited Partnercurrent2021 — present
  3. Various StartupsAdvisor / Investorcurrent2020 — present
  4. TrustlySenior Vice President, Engineering2022 — 2023San Carlos, California, United States
  5. TrustlyVice President of Engineering2021 — 2022San Carlos, California, United States
  6. CartaVice President of Engineering2019 — 2020San Francisco Bay Area

Skills & more

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)1LangChain1
  • Building RAG Agents with LLMs — NVIDIA
  • Getting Started with Deep Learning — NVIDIA

From Ron's professional profile.

Investments

Investor

11th.com1Password2TMAgree.comAI or NotAI or Not companyAidalyAlixAllstacksAmpaireArmadaAspectoAspirationAutoLeapAvarraBarracudaBasetenBlokBluedotBornBurntBVNKCacheflowCake EquityCalicoCampusCanidCapbaseCapital Technologies Solutions, Inc.CarbonCASIUMCaspianCentariCertnChargeLabCheckmateClient-side developmentClosinglockCnuic TechnologiesContalinkCorisCoveDefaultDelivery CollectiveDistributionalDitto AIDragonboatdubEdgeFacultyFastbreak AIFlexClubFORAGaiiaGiggsterGoodGoodGreenScreens AIGridwiseGuild.aiHackerNoonHarbourHighlightIndigoIntegral TreasuryJet HRJoynKickKoya AILeadIQLone Palm LabsLuminXLuxury PresenceMagicalMashMeratasMetaMapMinusMitra ChemMomentumMosaic AINacelleNCXNeloNeo FinancialNMachineNoonNorth Onenue.ioOfferFitOmniOpen LedgerOpenInferOpsLevelOpusClipOrbOutgo IncPaidPandorianParadeParentoPatchPeachPayPlainPlatoPlaybookPlusplusPocusPoolsidePrecznQpointReceiveRefineResqRevefiRunloop AISealedSeedsSeriesSigLensSmack TechnologiesSpeedchainSpotnanaSproutfiStadium Live StudiosStakeStreamline AISunnysideSuperplasticSwantideSwarm AeroTellTailThe Easy CompanyTitus (formerly known as Aalto)TruvTuracoTurntide TechnologiesTybaUnSkriptUpriseUserHubVolcaVölurVoomaVoriVybeWellTheoryWireMockYnsectYO ProtocolZoca

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Colleagues at PICUS CAPITAL

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Investment Advisor at PICUS CAPITAL
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CEO and Co-Founder of Boson AI at PICUS CAPITAL
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Founding Partner at PICUS CAPITAL
Amit Jain
CEO at Rewired
Andreas Stryz
CTO at FINN at PICUS CAPITAL
Andy Cohen
SVP of Sales at Bill.com at PICUS CAPITAL
Annika in der Beek
Chief People Officer at Statista at PICUS CAPITAL
Anselm Bauer
Co-Founder at Alasco at PICUS CAPITAL

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ron Pragides?
VP of Engineering at Trustly with experience leading pre-IPO engineering teams at Twitter, Salesforce, BigCommerce and Carta. Focus area: software engineering.
Where does Ron Pragides work?
Ron Pragides is Vice President of Engineering at Trustly at PICUS CAPITAL.
What check size does Ron Pragides write?
Ron Pragides typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
What companies has Ron Pragides invested in?
Investments tracked here include 11th.com, 1Password, 2TM, Agree.com, AI or Not, AI or Not company, Aidaly, Alix, Allstacks, Ampaire, Armada, Aspecto, and 138 more.
Where did Ron Pragides go to school?
Ron Pragides studied at University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business (Certificate of Business Excellence (COBE), Executive Education); Stanford University (Studies in Computer Graphics).

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