# Founding Team
## Co-Founders
ParagonsDAO was initially founded by a group of 18 who pooled their Parallel Masterpieces, fractionalizing their collection of Parallel's rarest assets with PDT. ParagonsDAO and the team has since evolved, but our initial founders were:
Co-Founders List
ParagonsDAO was initially founded by a group of 18 who pooled their Parallel Masterpieces, fractionalizing thier collection of Parallel's rarest assets worth $PDT. ParagonsDAO and the team has since evolved, but our initial founders were:
* DeFi Ted ()
* MrKvak ()
* arjunblg
* Yunt Capital ()
* Rufus Winner ()
* Ryon Nixon ()
* Fiskantes ()
* Joe Lhotse
* DeFi Chad ()
* notsofast ()
* no\_pets\_allowed
* ConvexMonster ()
* Set Animals ()
* KR
* Yokomson
* popcornkirby ()
* Sisyphus ()
* AssEaterDAO ()
## Investors
More than 90 funds, DAOs and angel investors raised over USD $25 million to provide the necessary capital and resources to build our initial foundation.
Investors - Funds and DAOs
* Paradigm ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/paradigm) / [Website](https://www.paradigm.xyz/))
* Framework Ventures ([Website](https://framework.ventures/) / [Twitter](https://twitter.com/hiframework))
* Folius Ventures ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/MapleLeafCap))
* Mume Ventures ([Website](https://www.mume.ventures/))
* Yunt Capital ([Website](https://yunt.capital/)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/YuntCapital))
* County Capital ([Website](http://county.capital/)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/County_Cap))
* Fetch Ventures ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/FetchVentures))
* Nima Capital ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/nimacapital))
* Shima Group ([Website](https://shima.capital/)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/shimacapital))
* Perceptive Capital ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/_perceptive))
* 0xVentures ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/0xVenturesCap))
* Cluster Capital ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/ClusterCap))
* Not 3LAU Capital
* DCF God Capital ()
* AGE Crypto ([Website](https://age.fund/))
* HoneyDAO ([Website](https://www.honeydao.com/)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/honeydao_))
* PebbleDAO ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/pebbledao))
* Fourth Revolution Capital ([Website](https://t.co/E9oEOd3f3F)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/4RCapital))
* Fischer Cap
* MCC Cap ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/MCCVentures))
* Coins Group ([Website](https://coinsgroup.io/)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/coins_group))
* Turtle & Ape Cap ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/TNA_Capital))
* EyesDAO
* CMS Holdings ([Website](https://t.co/oDTUjbcUiS)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/cmsholdings))
* D64 Ventures ([Website](https://t.co/Q4SdmlIoFY)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/D64vc))
* Tribe Capital ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/NewTribeCap))
* BigPPDAO ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/BigPPDAO))
* Madlotte Group
* Tess Ventures ([Website](https://www.tessventures.com/))
Investors - Angels
* Defi Dad ([Youtube](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCatItl6C7wJp9txFMbXbSTg)/[Twitter](https://twitter.com/DeFi_Dad))
* Santiago R Santos (Advisor with Synthetix) ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/santiagoroel?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor))
* Jordan Momtazi ([Twitter)](https://twitter.com/santiagoroel?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor)
* HedgedHog ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/hedgedhog7))
* Eden Au ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/0xedenau))
* Shual ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/0xShual))
* Sina ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/wombatsignal))
* DeFi Punts
* Knale
* Unbanksy ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/unbanksyETH))
* Popcorn Kirby ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/PopcornKirby))
* Nick Tong ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/tongnk))
* Rufus (ARBO) ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/RufusWinner))
* Jala
* Smashhouse88
* Ben Lakoff (Charged Particles) ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/benlakoff))
* Keld Van Schreven
* zkMatrix ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/Zkmatrix))
* JayDannyb
* NaniXBT ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/naniXBT))
* Cryptamurai ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/cryptamurai))
* Aribma
* MetaVestor ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/metavestor))
* Glimmery ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/Glimmerycoin))
* CometShock ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/CometShock))
* MaxCoins ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/Max_Coins_))
* Set Animals ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/setanimals))
* Degen
* Woonie ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/WoonieXBT))
* Rafi\_0x ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/Rafi_0x))
* jches
* Bravofly
* Chop Chop
* Zer0dot
* IRC
* LSDan ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/LSDan_DeFi))
* Richard Li
* loldefi ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/loldefi))
* 0xean
* HarryPotterCookBook ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/hp_cookbook))
* Ross
* CAD (Kultivated.io)
* MainStreet
* Foobazzler
* Toast.eth ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/intocryptoast))
* duff
* Casper
* Inugami
* Max Bronstein
* sumfattytuna ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/sumfattytuna))
* Validator.eth
* Quat
* finesseboi
* Zeus1
* Block Enthusiast ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/BlockEnthusiast))
* Redphone Crypto ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/redphonecrypto))
* Cuban
* Wrong Nebular
* George Samman
* Oscar
* Double Peak ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/DoublePeakGroup))
* Nathan Doctor
* Lily Liu
* Andy (Fractional Art)
* Based Pickle
* Kain Warwick ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/kaiynne))
* Redphone Crypto ([Twitter](https://twitter.com/redphonecrypto))
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