Fynn joined Fabric as a Venture Analyst in 2021 and focuses on investing in pre-seed and seed stage startups, research, and our incubation program Fabric X. Prior to Fabric he worked in fintech consulting and product management (b2b marketplaces). He has been a Web3 user and investor since 2016. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Economics from the University of Milan.

Thomas is our London-based Growth Associate, with a focus on Infrastructure. Prior to joining Fabric in 2021, Thomas worked as an Investment Analyst at Protege Partners and MOV37. He has been a web3 user and investor since 2016 and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Ian is our London-based Venture Associate. He joined in 2020 and is focused on gaming, media and consumer verticals. Ian holds a Bachelor’s degree in Chemistry with Management from Imperial College London and Imperial College Business School

Alain is a Venture Partner at Fabric and joined at the inception in 2016. He is also a partner at Firestartr which he started with Richard Muirhead and Anil Hansjee. Alain is a serial Fintech entrepreneur who co-founded Namastay, Qori, Yoyo Wallet (exit SaltPay) and OB10 (exit AIM). He was a Venture Partner at Touchstone Innovations / IP Group and serves on the NatWest Group Technology Advisory Board. Alain is a former Senior VP at Visa.

Anil is a London-based General Partner. He also co-founded Firestartr with Richard Muirhead and Alain Falys. Prior to joining Fabric in 2021, Anil held positions as Head of PayPal Ventures and Head of Corporate Development at Google. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence & Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, a Masters degree in Finance from London Business School and was awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Computing & Entrepreneurship from Kingston University

Max is a Partner at Fabric and was part of the founding team in 2016. Prior to Fabric he held investment roles at both OpenOcean and Mosaic Ventures. He has been a web3 user and investor since 2016 and is a very active participant of the Web3 gaming ecosystem. He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Materials Science & Engineering from Imperial College London

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

Lata is a London-based member of our Fabric Investment Team. She joined in 2020, focusing on IR before transitioning to Venture Analyst in 2022 with a specialisation in media and consumer verticals. Outside of Fabric, Lata is a contributor to the she256 governance team participating in onchain governance for Uniswap, ENS, Optimism, Compound and Hop. Lata has been a Web 3.0 user and investor since 2020 and holds a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge.

Julien is a Senior Investment Associate and has been part of the investment team since 2018. He is focused on everything that touches Open Finance, including token and incentive design. Prior to joining Fabric, he was working as an engineer at Shell and Airbus. Julien holds an MEng from Imperial College.

Dr. Steven ”7” Waterhouse is CTO & Venture Partner at Fabric. 7 is an active Web3 investor and advisor to several Web3 focused organisations. 7 is a serial venture and technology entrepreneur, he is CEO and co-founder of Orchid Labs and was previously a Partner at Pantera Capital focusing on Blockchain investments. He holds a PhD in Engineering from Cambridge with a focus in speech recognition and machine learning.

Alessia joined Fabric in 2022 as our HR & Operations Lead. Prior to Fabric, she worked in both the financial services industry and in early stage companies, driving special projects along with Global Operations, People, Strategic Management, IR, Events & GTM Partnerships. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics and Business Management.

Audrey is our Luxembourg-based Finance & Operations Lead. She joined in 2023 to focus on the regulatory AIFM functions of tax, risk and valuations. Audrey has been involved in the web3 space since 2017. Prior to Fabric, she held various Director and Founder level positions focusing on tax, accounting and corporate finance within web3 and crypto payments firms.

Nhat is our Luxembourg-based Senior Fund Accountant, he joined in 2022 working in the Lux funds and entities. Prior to Fabric, Nhat worked as a Senior Fund Accountant at Langham Hall. Nhat is ACCA certified, holds CFA level II and a Masters Degree in Finance - IGR IAE from the Universite de Rennes.

Kim is our London-based Senior Associate and joined Fabric in 2022 to drive capital formation and Investor Relations. Kim comes with over 10 years of experience in growing businesses from pre-ideation stage through to growth. Prior to Fabric, Kim founded a business consultancy where she dedicated her focus to; luxury consumer goods, logistics, real estate, lifestyle, travel and e-commerce. She has been a Web3 user and investor since 2021.

Emma joined Fabric in 2022 to support the Managing Partner and Investor Relations team. Emma has over 20 years of C-Suite experience in fostering and cultivating relationships, working closely with senior management teams to streamline operations and act as the first point of contact for the business. Prior to joining Fabric, Emma was a Chief of Staff at WPP Australasia.

Eleanor joined Fabric in 2023 as Head of Platform, specialising in community building and post investment support. Prior to Fabric, Eleanor worked at Connect Ventures where she led and evolved Connect's platform offering from VC generalist to product specialist and built out a product advisor network made up of people from some of the most successful product companies in Europe such as Monzo, Deliveroo, Skyscanner and Farfetch. Eleanor has also established the Female Founders Fair, an 8k strong community for amplifying women’s careers.

Yiting joined Fabric in 2023, with a dedicated focus on overseeing compliance and AML procedures. Prior to joining Fabric, Yiting accrued experience in due diligence for REITs funds investors based in Shanghai, as well as data analysis within web 3.0 and fintech. She holds a Masters degree in Finance and Accounting and CFA Level 1

Jeddi is our Paris-based Program Manager for Le Crypto Fellowship in France, Fabric X’s French cohort. Over the past 6 years Jeddi has dedicated himself to his entrepreneurial journey having founded 4 businesses, launching a sold-out NFT collection. Jeddi has bootstrapped 3 e-commerce projects whilst exiting on 1. He also has years of start-up mentoring experience, where he has mentored over 200 founders. Jeddi has been a Web3 user, investor and growth advisor since 2019.

Besmira joined Fabric as Head of Compliance and AML in 2022 and is dedicated to ensuring alignment of the company and its funds with the regulatory requirements in AML, Risk Management and Compliance. Prior to Fabric, Besmira was Conducting Officer and Head of Compliance and AML at IQ-EQ located in Luxembourg. Besmira is also giving classes focused on Digital Assets in a High Education institute. She holds a Master’s degree in Law