# Richard Hall

> Richard Hall is a seed investor in Darien backing Music and Software. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Darien, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Nov 2021
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- X (Twitter): https://x.com/thelittleidiot
- Website: http://www.moby.com/
- Facebook: http://facebook.com/mobymusic

Richard Hall is a seed investor in Darien focused on Music and Software. Richard Hall, better known by his stage name Moby, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, DJ, and photographer. He has been making music since he was 9 years old.Starting out with classical guitar, Hall went on to play with the seminal Connecticut hardcore punk group, ‘the Vatican Commandoes’ when he was 13. He then started to DJ afterleaving college, going on to become a fixture in the late 80s New York house and hip-hop scenes.He released his first single, ’go’ in 1991. He has produced and remixed scores of other artists, including David Bowie, Metallica, The Beastie Boys, Public Enemy, and more. His own records have sold over 20,000,000 copies worldwide.Hall has played in over 3,000 concerts in his career, and has also had his music used in hundreds of different films, including ’Heat’, ’Any Given Sunday’, ’Tomorrow Never Dies’, and ’The Beach’.Moby works closely with a variety of charities, including the Humane Society and the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function. In 2007 he launched ’mobygratis’, which provides free music for independent film makers.Hall’s album and photography book, both titled ’destroyed’, were released in May 2011 through Moby’s label ’Little Idiot’ and Damiani publishing.He is the co-founder of a vegan restaurant in New York City called "TeaNY".Richard Hall was born on September 11, 1965, in New York, United States.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Music | 1 | 100% |
| Software | 1 | 100% |
| Augmented Reality | 1 | 100% |
| Consumer Electronics | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Mictic | Mictic AG is a fast-growing startup dedicated to developing innovative user experience in Audio Augmented Reality. The Zurich-based company applies unique technology to profoundly change the way people interact with music and their own movements. Its mission is to make musical interaction more accessible to the masses. Never picked up an instrumentbefore? No problem. Already a Rock Star? We got you. Rock, Hip-Hop, EDM, Classical, Jazz: Get ready to make REAL music out of thin air! | $2.5M | Seed | Nov 02, 2021 | https://www.mictic.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [PTK Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ptk-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Serpentine Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/serpentine-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Swiss Start Up Factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swiss-startup-factory) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Swiss Startup factory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swiss-startup-factory-7868) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Richard Hall invest in?

Richard Hall invests primarily in Music, Software and Augmented Reality startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### When did Richard Hall last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Richard Hall closed in Nov 2021. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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