About
Tom Schmidt combines a decade-plus crypto background (Dogecoin mining at Stanford) and product leadership at 0x, Facebook and Instagram with deep DeFi/liquidation expertise, prediction markets and meme-savvy consumer crypto insight.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechGaming
Experience
- DragonflyPartnercurrent2019 — presentNew York, New York, United States
- Heracles CorpAdvisorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- AudiusAdvisorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Betty LabsAdvisor2019 — 2021
- 0xProduct2018 — 2019San Francisco Bay Area
- nuggetFounder2017San Francisco Bay Area
- InstagramProduct Manager2016Menlo Park, CA
- FacebookProduct Manager2014 — 2016Menlo Park, CA
- Stanford Venture Capital ClubCo-President2011 — 2014
- Stanford UniversityCS106 Section Leader2010 — 2014
- DeepGlintSoftware Engineering Intern2013Beijing, China
- AppleSoftware Engineering Intern2012Cupertino, CA
- Apple Inc.Software Engineering Intern2011
- MicrosoftSoftware Engineering Intern2010
- Ideas To Go, Inc.Intern2009
Education
- Stanford UniversityMaster of Science (M.S.), Computer Science2013 — 2014
- Stanford UniversityBachelor of Science (B.S.), Computer Science2010 — 2014
- Peking University2013
- Edina High School
Skills & more
Entrepreneurship2Leadership11Objective-C3C++10Ruby on Rails5JavaScript2Python7CSS3Java14Unix1
Languages Chinese · English
From Tom's professional profile.
Colleagues at Dragonfly
Amal M
Portfolio Support at Dragonfly
Ashwin Ramachandran
General Partner at Dragonfly Capital Partners
Bo Feng
Managing Partner at Metastable
Casey Taylor
Platform Partner & Global Head of Founder Support at Dragonfly
Elton Chang
Junior Partner at Dragonfly
Gengmo Qi
Partner at Metastable
Haseeb Qureshi
Managing Partner at Dragonfly
Heather Bailey
Head of Events at Dragonfly
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Tom Schmidt work?
- Tom Schmidt is General Partner at Dragonfly.
- What does Tom Schmidt invest in?
- Tom Schmidt invests in AI & Machine Learning, Crypto & Web3, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Gaming.
Same school
Also attended Stanford University2,000
Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital
+ 1,994 more
Also attended Peking University136
Erica WuInvestment Director at Intel CapitalGiuseppe IademarcoHead of Global Partnership at P101 VenturesLucy BradyHead of Product at Giant Ventures Global LlpLuke TangManaging Partner at G Vision CapitalJonathan BarekChief Operating Officer at Next47Raaj RayatPrincipal at AirTree Ventures
+ 130 more
Shared employers
Also worked at Audius3
Also worked at Betty Labs1
Also worked at 0x10
Sarah GuoFounder & General Partner of ConvictionClay RobbinsForward Deployed Partner at Slow VenturesLinda XieCo-founder and Managing Director at Scalar CapitalYacine GhalimPartner at Heartcore CapitalLázaro IglesiasSmart Contracts Engineer, 0x at HyperNestJoey KrugPartner at Founders Fund
+ 4 more
Also worked at Stanford University645
Ann Miura-KoCo-founding Partner at FloodgateBalaji SrinivasanEngineer, founder, angel investor, author of The Network State, and founder of Network SchoolMartin CasadoGeneral Partner at Andreessen HorowitzDeep NisharInvestment Team at General CatalystPaul KwanInvestment Team at General CatalystBryan OffuttInvestor at Index Ventures
.jpeg)
+ 639 more