Ricardo de Arruda

Ricardo de Arruda

Partner, Investing & Research atParadigmFirm active Oct 7California

Ricardo de Arruda is a Partner at Paradigm, previously a data scientist at Allium and a quantitative developer at macro hedge funds. He studied computer engineering and economics before dropping out.

What Ricardo can write

Writes checks of$500K to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series ACan lead the round
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Paradigm writes $500K to $30M+ checks, larger than 71% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. macro hedge funds · quantitative developer
  2. Allium · data scientist
  3. Paradigm · Partner
    Now
  4. Paradigm · Partner, Investing & Research
    Now

Focus

data infrastructurefraud detectionquantitative developmentcryptoinvestment researchuser acquisition

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Questions

Who is Ricardo de Arruda?

Ricardo de Arruda is a Partner at Paradigm, previously a data scientist at Allium and a quantitative developer at macro hedge funds. He studied computer engineering and economics before dropping out.

How much does Ricardo de Arruda invest?

Ricardo de Arruda invests through Paradigm, which writes checks of $500K to $30M+ at seed, series a.

How do I pitch Ricardo de Arruda?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Ricardo in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Paradigm backed works better.

What did Ricardo de Arruda do before Paradigm?

quantitative developer at macro hedge funds; data scientist at Allium.

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