Richard Muirhead
Director at Moralis Web3
United Kingdom
Overview
Work Experience
Co-founder, Chairman & Managing Partner
2012 - Current
Building and backing since 2009 (originally under the Firestart(e)r brand. 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. Seedcamp; Orchid; UrbanMassage ; Bitstamp; EsportsPools; ClusterHQ ; Pusher ;Citymapper; Evolven Radiant Minds (Atlassian) ; Acunu (Apple); Rightster, now BraveBison [AIM]; DuelRing; Oriel Wines; Tixdaq / Fanatix; RocketSportsNetwork; Yoyo Wallet; Mesosphere (Advisor - Special Projects); Honeybee (part of DixonsCarphone); Pantera Capital (LP & Venture Partner); Gojimo [Now: Daily Telegraph]; HeavenHR; Outlyer; Verifly / Thimble; Bitrise
Co-founding Member of Council
2019
Non-profit foundation headquartered in Zug responsible for the success of the NEAR ecosystem (https://near.org/). Oversaw network launch with peak cap of $20Bn. Developed strategy as highest scaling Layer 1 blockchain with multi-chain abstraction & intents layer in support of user-owned AI vision.
Senior Industrial Advisor
2012 - 2023
Sourcing, developing, securing new deals. Defining and executing on post-deal value creation at Board level.
Industrial Professor
2021 - 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
Investor > Board > Chief Executive Officer
2012 - 2016
Provide domain insight to Board; Develop strategy with Board; Support CEO in special value creation projects. Kicked off the next chapter of growth for Automic. We are building out our peerless automation platform for the 'composable enterprise', expanding product marketing and scaling our sales force....so please be in touch.
Founder, Chairman & CEO
2002 - 2009
Built Tideway up to $20m in revenues and hundreds of enterprise class customers. Following our acquisition, our Foundation product and people are now the basis for the market-leading BMC ADDM product and major contributors to the BMC Atrium CMDB.
Entrepreneur-In-Residence
2001 - 2002
Set about building a billion dollar software company. Simple. Or rather...that's the secret of success.
Accel is an seed and growth-stage venture capital firm that helps a global community of entrepreneurs.
Co-Founder, President & SVP
1995 - 2001
Orchestream listed on the London Stock Exchange in June 2000 and then NASDAQ in April 2001. It was subsequently aquired by Metasolv (NASDAQ:MSLV). The product is now owned by Oracle and developed and successfully marketed to carriers and service providers to the present day.
Strategy Consultant
1994 - 1997
Worked in many industries e.g. aluminium, beer, telecoms equipment, telecoms services, insurance, soft drinks, pharmaceuticals and retail financial services. Worked in many countries e.g. Russia, Poland, Serbia, UK, France, Germany, Greece and the United States.
Monitor Company was a partnership providing management consultancy services to large corporations and governments.
Trainee, Gulf Eternit, Dubai, UAE
1993 - 1993
Mapped key manufacturing processes and specified enhancements and automation with new ERP and finance systems.
Education
MA
1991 - 1994