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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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About

Engineering leader with experience across SaaS, social networking, e-commerce and fintech, having led pre-IPO teams at Twitter, Salesforce, BigCommerce and Carta. He is also an advisor and investor in early-stage startups.

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

Abhijay Thacker
Investment Advisor at PICUS CAPITAL
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Junior HR Manager at PICUS CAPITAL
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Senior Vice President at PICUS CAPITAL
Alex Smola
CEO and Co-Founder of Boson AI at PICUS CAPITAL
Alexander Samwer
Founding Partner at PICUS CAPITAL
Andrea Baronchelli
Venture Partner - Southeast Asia (Aspire) at PICUS CAPITAL
Andreas Schmidt
Venture Partner - TechBio (Springboard Health Angels) at PICUS CAPITAL
Andreas Stryz
CTO at FINN at PICUS CAPITAL

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Ron Pragides?
Engineering leader with experience across SaaS, social networking, e-commerce and fintech, having led pre-IPO teams at Twitter, Salesforce, BigCommerce and Carta. He is also an advisor and investor in early-stage startups.
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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