Media Party Barcelona

In 2017, Richard joined Project R cooperative and co-founded Republik magazine. The initial crowdfunding broke the world record for media projects and raised $3.5m from 15,000 supporters to start a new, member-funded, ad-free and independent digital magazine. Today, as member of the executive team and Community Director, he is focusing on scaling up Republik's community, leading data-driven campaigns, building relationships of trust, pioneering new digital engagement models, expanding to new audiences and to make sure to always add a spark of magic. By 2026, Republik reached 36'000 paying members, approx. 50 staff and annual membership revenue of more than $8m.