Richard Muirhead

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.

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

Director

2022

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/)

Advisor

2017

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

Member Board of Directors

2016

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]

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.

Senior Industrial Advisor

2012 - 2023

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

Member Board Of Directors

2017 - 2019

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