Firestartr
Richard is a technologist, Internet entrepreneur investor & bitcoin pioneer. He co-founded Orchestream and Tideway, which he sold to Oracle and BMC Software respectively. He was EIR at Accel Partners Europe and Interim CEO of Automic, a €120m revenue IT automation company. Richard was an advisor to Pantera, Acunu (sold to Apple) and Radiant Minds (sold to Atlassian). He is governor of We Are Family Foundation and a WEF Technology Pioneer. He has a Cambridge MA Engineering degree, and is married with two daughters.
As Managing Partner of Firestartr, Richard brings his expertise in building out start-ups around themes such as Enterprise, Cloud, SaaS, Big Data & Blockchain Technology.
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Firestartr
Firestartr is a place to build revolutionary digital businesses. Firestartr helps the most promising Internet and software entrepreneurs take their companies from seed stage to Series A and beyond. Beyond providing seed-stage capital, they draw on their entrepreneurial successes and senior operational experience with leading technology companies to support sustainable growth in our portfolio. Their deep domain expertise, combined with an unrivaled network of Club investors, enables them to make meaningful connections at the right time and propel companies to Series A and beyond. Firestartr operates as an investment club platform that syndicates investments with a curated network of domain experts. Our structure benefits both entrepreneurs (one line on the cap table) and investors (greater deal choice, tax advantages such as EIS, no lock in).