Richard Muirhead
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Richard is the Managing Partner at Fabric, which he founded in 2013 following on from his successes in building, operating and exiting several software businesses. He is a serial entrepreneur founding the following companies; Orchestream, Tideway, Automic, OpenOcean, Firestartr and several other start-ups. Richard is a Member of the NEAR Foundation Council, and Senior Industrial Advisor to EQT.  He holds board positions at Moralis and Cronofy. Richard is an Industrial Professor at UCL in venture capital & financial technology and has lectured on the topic at LBS and IESE Barcelona. He is a Trustee of the We Are Family Foundation

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Richard Muirhead
Get to know me
  • If you could have an AI agent as your personal sidekick, what task would you give it first?
    Aggressively follow up on directions I have given. Like a goddam Rottweiler.
  • If you were a token, which one would you be - and why?
    Mastercoin - it came before Ethereum.
  • One thing you look for in a founder?
    Ingenious, reckless, perseverance.
  • Favourite real-world use case for crypto/AI?
    The tokenisation of citizen integrity.
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Richard Muirhead
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We messed up
We messed up [Firestartr, OpenOcean hosted the 4th Spark Series, a debate on crypto-economics, at UBS in central London. You can listen to the podcast from the event here.] We messed up when we built …
23.07.2017
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The Ocean of Trust
The Ocean of Trust “They’re like, ‘Oh my god, this is it. This is the big breakthrough,’” said Marc Andreessen, the co-creator of the first commercial Web browser, Netscape, and a big …
02.05.2017
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The Blooming of the Sovereign Individual
The Blooming of the Sovereign Individual The instant we are born, we are unwittingly ‘communicating’ but also inherently under observation. Initially under the loving eyes of our parents, swiftly …
25.10.2017
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Orchid Launches Privacy Network
Orchid Launches Privacy Network ‘With Great Responsibility Comes Great Power’ The Orchid Privacy Network will be launched this week. As an overlay to the Ethereum blockchain it restores natural …
15.12.2019
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Messari: Reliable information for the tokenized world
Messari: Reliable information for the tokenized world Fabric Ventures is excited to back the Messari team in their latest $4M round — official announcement by Messari. Folks forget the legal …
05.01.2020
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I Want My NFT !
I Want My NFT ! Fanatical human connections through fantastical technology Openview The power of the creator classes and the fervour of fans continues unabated and although the web has democratised …
08.03.2021
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Give Startups the Runway to Save Us
Give Startups the Runway to Save Us Government funds will save jobs, preserve innovation and deliver returns I have spent more than 25 years hell-bent on building and then backing globally ambitious …
15.04.2020
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Consensus 2017: Upgrading (near) monopolies with token gestures
Consensus 2017: Upgrading (near) monopolies with token gestures For almost 10 years the chatter has been ‘you promised me flying cars and you gave me 140 characters’. Suddenly this shifted to …
21.05.2017
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Richard Muirhead
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