Richard Muirhead

Managing Partner at Fabric Ventures

Speaker

Richard Muirhead is the Co-Founder, Managing Partner, and Chairman of Fabric Ventures, a venture firm backing founders building the Open Economy and Open Web: user control of data, developer access to code, and collective ownership. Fabric Ventures has invested in pioneering projects like Polkadot, NEAR, Ocean Protocol, Sorare, 1inch, and The Graph, supporting builders and businesses from inception through scaling.

Richard’s venture career spans over a decade, with a focus on blockchain and decentralised technologies since 2012. His portfolio includes notable investments in Bitstamp, Tray.io, Bitrise, TransferWise, and Citymapper. He has been an active participant in the blockchain revolution, purchasing his first Bitcoin in 2013 and leading one of the first Web3 investments in Bitstamp.

With a pedigree in developer-centric products and open-source communities, Richard combines hands-on experience as a former 3x software CEO/entrepreneur, having built and scaled companies like Automic (acquired by CA for $640m), Tideway (acquired by BMC), and Orchestream (acquired by Oracle), reaching a cumulative market cap of over $2.2bn.

Richard sits on governance bodies for NEAR Foundation, Ocean Protocol, and is a Senior Advisor for Orchid. He continues to be a leading voice in the intersection of venture capital, blockchain, and the Open Web, driving innovation and transformation in the crypto and digital asset space.