I’ve spent my career building and backing transformative businesses—especially where technology meets finance, networks, and regulation. In the early 2000s, I helped reshape European telecoms policy to open up mobile networks—laying the groundwork for MVNOs. That experience led to a leap: joining Skype as COO during its very first hypergrowth phase. We didn’t just give away free calls—we set communication free, built a decentralized platform, and I led the creation of a business generating hundreds of millions in high margin revenue. That shaped a belief I still hold: after setting communication free, the next step is to set money free. For the past decade, I’ve focused on fintech and crypto—backing teams using decentralization to remove friction and put users in control. I’ve worked on projects with tens of millions of users—real-world traction, not theory. Long before “web3” had a name, I was already backing the infrastructure to support it. I’ve always believed in getting there first and moving fast. Sitting on the boards of startups and household names like AXA and Volvo Cars, I’ve seen firsthand what excellence looks like — and I’ve always had a bias for being first and fast: spotting inflection points early and helping teams move decisively to build what’s next.** If you’re building something ambitious in this space, we should talk. Thanks to what we built, talking's free. ### Investments For web3, we invest through http://www.fabric.vc For everything else, I recommend my old friends at Mangrove. *Note* I rarely check LinkedIn messages. Please email me at: "michael \[at] jackson \[dot] lu"