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Richard Muirhead

Director at Moralis Web3

United Kingdom

Overview 

Richard Muirhead is the Co-founder, Chairman & Managing Partner at Fabric Ventures, with a focus on investing in Web3/Blockchain and Web3/Crypto startups. He has successfully invested in companies like Addressable and Railsr, showcasing his expertise in fundraising, product management, and business strategy within the venture capital space. With a background in advising and serving on the boards of various tech companies like Orchid Labs and Bitrise, Richard Muirhead has established himself as a prominent figure in the London startup ecosystem, leveraging his experience in product development and entrepreneurship to drive innovation and growth in the industry.

Work Experience 

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Fabric Ventures

  • Co-founder, Chairman & Managing Partner

    2017 - Current

    Investing in and building technologies and applications in the decentralised, Web3 or OpenWeb arena. Our thesis centers on 'The Rise of the Open Economy' which constitutes a pendulum swing of power from institutions back to individuals and the potential to address many new information network challenges in healthcare, finance, education and work.

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UCL

  • Industrial Professor

    2022

    Teaching the module in 'Portfolio Management and Asset Allocation in Venture Capital' (with special attention to the impact of Web3), one of twelve modules in UCL's MSc in Venture Capital & Private Equity with Financial Technology. Class matters : r.muirhead [at] ucl.ac.uk

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Moralis Web3

  • Director

    2022

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NEAR Foundation

  • Co-founding Member of Council

    2019

    We are a non-profit foundation headquartered in Switzerland that is responsible for contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance of the NEAR protocol (https://near.org/)

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Ocean Protocol

  • Advisor

    2017

    Ocean Protocol is kickstarting a Data Economy by breaking down data silos and equalizing access to data for all.

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Cronofy

  • Member Board of Directors

    2016

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Firestartr

  • Co-founder, Chairman & Managing Partner; Partner

    2009

    UrbanMassage Pantera Bitstamp Cronofy BridgeU EsportsPools ClusterHQ Pusher Citymapper Evolven Radiant Minds (Atlassian) - July 13 Aug 14 Acunu (Apple) Rightster, now BraveBison [AIM] DuelRing Oriel Wines Oriel&Co Tixdaq / Fanatix RocketSportsNetwork Yoyo Wallet Mesosphere (Advisor - Special Projects) Honeybee (part of DixonsCarphone) Pantera Capital (LP & Venture Partner) Gojimo [Now: Daily Telegraph]

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Orchid

  • Advisor to CEO

    2017 - 2023

    Orchid is a suite of open source tools and cryptographic protocols developed and run by people who want the internet to extend our natural human freedom, not curtail it. Our initial focus is an open marketplace for bandwidth built on Ethereum, and a VPN client for all major operating systems.

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EQT Partners

  • Senior Industrial Advisor

    2012 - 2023

    Sourcing, developing, securing new deals. Defining and executing on post-deal value creation at Board level.

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Bitrise

  • Member Board Of Directors

    2017 - 2019

    Bitrise is making mobile app development a joyful and automated experience.

Education 

Investments 

Addressable

Seed

Total funding: $14M

Railsr

Seed

Total funding: $140M

Bitrise

Series A

Total funding: $83M

Orchid Labs

Seed

Total funding: $5M

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