Paul Straub
Managing Partner at Wireframe Ventures
Larkspur, California
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner & Co-Founder
2016 - Current
Wireframe Ventures is a seed stage venture capital firm
Investor/Board Member
2018
Span develops residential energy storage devices that provide renewable electricity and charging services for electric vehicles.
Raised $229,800,000.00 from Wellington Management, Fifth Wall, Amazon Alexa Fund, Congruent Ventures, Capricorn Investment Group, Munich Re Ventures, Qualcomm Ventures, noa, FootPrint Coalition and Angeleno Group.
Investor
2017
Investor/Board Member
2022
Bedrock Energy develops drilling technology and advanced subsurface simulation software to enable geothermal heating and cooling.
Raised $8,500,000.00 from US Department of Energy.
Investor
2019
MycoWorks is a biotechnology company that offers non-plastic and non-animal materials to the market.
Raised $187,000,000.00 from SOSV and IndieBio.
Investor
2021
Synop develops a smart charging platform for commercial EV fleets.
Raised $10,000,000.00 from Wireframe Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Obvious Ventures and Better Ventures.
Investor/Board
2022
Salient combines novel ocean and land-surface data with AI and climate expertise to deliver the world’s most accurate S2S weather forecasts.
Raised $11,822,187.00 from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and Rose Rock Bridge.
Investor
2021
Protecting the grid today, preparing the grid for tomorrow
Raised $15,800,000.00 from Lowercarbon Capital, AISprouts, Wireframe Ventures, Kindergarten Ventures, TRAC, Bragiel Brothers, True Ventures, Fifty Years, Convective Capital and Rebel Fund.
Investor/Board Member
2020
The best way to buy and sell used electric vehicles.
Raised $24,251,958.00 from Automotive Ventures, Pioneer Square Labs, ArcTern Ventures, Goodyear Ventures and Wireframe Ventures.
Investor
2022
Education
MBA
2003 - 2005
BS Commerce
1995 - 1998