Organization · Private Equity
Paragon Equity Partners
Paragon Equity Partners is a private capital advisory firm based in New York City, specializing in GP and LP led secondaries across venture capital and private equity.
Overview
What Paragon Equity Partners does
What Paragon Equity Partners is
Paragon Equity Partners is a private capital advisory firm based in New York City, specializing in GP and LP led secondaries across venture capital and private equity.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Private Equity
- Founded
- Founded in 2021
- Approximate age
- About 5 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder
- Last reviewed
- March 12, 2026
Official channels
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Capability profile
Paragon Equity Partners as a funder
Investment thesis
Paragon Equity Partners specializes in GP and LP led secondaries across venture capital and private equity, focusing on providing liquidity and secondary market solutions.
Focus narrative
Paragon Equity focuses on private equity and venture capital investments, providing a comprehensive suite of liquidity and secondary market solutions for fund managers (GPs) and institutional investors (LPs). The firm also advises on adjacent asset classes, including private credit, real estate, and hedge funds. Paragon Equity actively invests internal capital across early to late-stage venture opportunities, targeting category-defining companies that transform industries.
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Pre-seed · Seed · Series A · Series B · Series C · Series D · Series E · Series F · Growth Equity · Pre-IPO · Ipo
- Sectors
- FintechHealthcareConsumerCommerce & RetailBiotech & Life SciencesEnergyEducationArtificial IntelligenceReal Estate & Property TechLogistics & Supply Chain
- Regions
- Global · North America
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Yes
Portfolio and track record
- Recorded portfolio count
- 3
Portfolio context
TickPick: A secondary marketplace for tickets, recognized as one of the fastest-growing tech companies in the U.S. Paragon was a seed investor in 2012. Klarna: A Swedish fintech company providing online financial services, including payment processing for e-commerce. Paragon invested in Klarna as a pre-IPO investor in 2024. Drop: A next-generation fintech company that offers tap-to-pay wearable bands for payments and peer-to-peer transfers. Paragon was a pre-seed investor in 2024.
Common questions
What to know about Paragon Equity Partners
Upseed classifies Paragon Equity Partners under the Private Equity organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
March 12, 2026
Known limits
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