Fabric Ventures

Fabric Ventures is a thesis-driven venture capital firm that invests in companies from pre-seed to growth stages, with a strong focus on the Machine Economy and a decentralized future. The firm backs innovators across various sectors, including Web3, Artificial Intelligence, Fintech, Robotics, and Distributed Computing. Their investment strategy is centered on supporting scalable decentralized networks and transformative technologies that contribute to digital economies.

The firm's origins trace back to 2012 when Anil, Alain, and Richard co-founded Firestartr to support frontier founders at the seed stage. This initiative evolved into the Fabric brand, with a sharpened focus on digital assets and blockchain from 2017. The founding team's roots go even further back to their time at Cambridge University in the early 1990s, where key members like Richard, Steven, Kosten, and Christina were involved in engineering and early internet infrastructure. The name "Fabric" itself reflects their work on high-speed switching and routing "fabrics" during the internet's early build-out, symbolizing the interconnectedness of strong systems and societies built through technology.

Fabric Ventures boasts a robust portfolio of 196 companies, including notable successes such as Wise, Metamask, Monzo, Revolut, Near, Polkadot, Sorare, Immutable, 1inch, and Skymavis. They have also seen successful acquisitions of portfolio companies like Kraken and Coinbase. The firm actively supports its portfolio companies beyond capital, offering access to a network of experts, advisors, and partners, and fostering a community through events and workshops.

The Fabric Ventures team comprises experienced founders, operators, and engineers with decades of collective experience across the internet, cloud, social, crypto, web3, fintech, and AI domains. Key team members include Managing Partner Richard Muirhead, General Partner Anil Hansjee, and Venture Partners Max Mersch and Christina Frankopan. Their diverse backgrounds and deep industry knowledge enable them to identify and nurture promising ventures within the evolving landscape of the Machine Economy.