Outlier Ventures

Outlier Ventures is a London-based venture capital firm and accelerator focused on Web3 and blockchain technology. Founded in 2014, it was among the first to invest in the crypto ecosystem and supports early-stage startups across DeFi, NFTs, infrastructure and metaverse use cases. The firm runs Base Camp, an accelerator launched in 2019 that provides launchpad support and incubation space for pre-seed projects. Through its investments and accelerator activities, Outlier Ventures has supported more than 220 portfolio companies and helped raise over $350 million in seed funding. It maintains a blockchain-agnostic approach and collaborates with leading ecosystems, including Aptos, Filecoin/IPFS, Polygon, and Polkadot, to host dedicated accelerator tracks. The firm aims to accelerate the development of Web3 technologies and the Open Metaverse by backing global projects and fostering interoperable infrastructures.

Stephan Apel

Managing Partner

Rupert Barksfield

Investor

Jamie Burke

Investor

Max Coniglio

Associate

Nikolay Dakov

Analyst

Past deals in Ethereum

Unit

Venture Round in 2025
Unit Network DAO is a sovereign layer 1 blockchain built using the Substrate framework by the Web3 Foundation, Polkadot and Parity Technologies. It provides the technological and economic infrastructure for mainstream adoption of the token economy. A near-future in which millions of tokens fuel borderless communities to empower the globe.

Stateless Solutions

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Stateless Solutions specializes in ensuring the accurate and reliable execution of code across various blockchain environments, including Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM), DePIN, and DeAI. Their decentralized data management platform facilitates real-time, secure, and transparent verification of data and code execution on a network of computers, empowering developers to build and deploy decentralized applications without the need for a central server.

moreliquid

Pre Seed Round in 2024
moreliquid is a digital finance platform that provides end-to-end services to asset managers for tokenized securities, enabling tokenization of alternative finance funds and facilitating fast, secure, and cost-efficient transactions for professional investors while helping asset owners raise capital through a digital asset infrastructure.

Blockwave Labs

Venture Round in 2023
Blockwave Labs is a technology company that develops blockchain infrastructure to enhance accessibility and security. Its platform offers enterprise-level solutions for managing customer loyalty programs, mining points, membership rewards, and coupons, enabling businesses to seamlessly transition their assets to Web3. The company specializes in arbitrage and liquidity strategies, aiming to foster collaboration and improve the overall web3 ecosystem.

Duo

Venture Round in 2023
Ethereum compatible blockchain running on Aptos.

Radius

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Radius is a trustless shared sequencing layer that provides rollups with sequencing-as-a-service and cross-rollup interoperability solutions. Rollup blockchains are specialized blockchains that have off-chain executions to improve transaction processing speed and overall blockchain performance.

Bubbles

Seed Round in 2023
Communication layer that connects Web3 communities with ther token holders across various Web3 apps and Communication Protocols

Continuum

Seed Round in 2023
Continuum is a pioneering learning platform that focuses on vocational education by offering short, engaging courses in a format similar to TikTok videos. As the first tokenized learn-to-earn platform, it incentivizes both content creators and learners through the earning of cryptocurrency and NFTs for their participation and engagement. The platform is accessible on various devices, including web, iPhone, and Android, and serves a global audience, with users in 107 countries. By making vocational learning fast, enjoyable, and socially interactive, Continuum aims to enhance educational accessibility and foster a vibrant community of learners.

Wovn

Seed Round in 2023
Powering the web3 creator economy

OpenPeer

Seed Round in 2023
OpenPeer facilitates direct peer-to-peer cryptocurrency trading in emerging markets. It enables users to buy and sell crypto using fiat currency from their self-custody wallets, reducing custodial risk and eliminating the need for exchange intermediaries.

StationX

Seed Round in 2023
StationX provides a protocol that enables anyone to create, govern and engage DAOs for any use case in under 60 seconds and a blockchain co-investment platform to start and manage DAOs for funding. The platform supports community asset management by handling on-chain assets and tracking all activity, enabling clients to discover and co-invest in startups alongside syndicates and funds led by qualified managers.

Lomads

Seed Round in 2022
Lomads is a developer of a decentralized collective platform designed to enhance collaboration within decentralized organizations. The platform addresses the challenges faced by collectives in sectors such as Decentralized Science and open source by providing a comprehensive solution that integrates tools for real-time monitoring, access management, and efficient fund allocation. Lomads features an intuitive dashboard and workflow automation to streamline operations, while its knowledge ledger tracks the evolution of systems and recognizes individual contributions through soulbond tokens. This unified approach allows users to effectively manage participation and rewards, thereby fostering a more organized and collaborative environment in decentralized settings.

Common Ground

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Common Ground is a web3-native messaging and voice chat platform designed as a public good. It facilitates collaborative group communication through features such as group chat, news feeds, live streams, and rich on-chain interactions. The platform aims to enhance community engagement and ecosystem development within the web3 space, providing users with tools to connect and collaborate effectively.

Common Ground

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Common Ground is a web3-native messaging and voice chat platform designed as a public good. It facilitates collaborative group communication through features such as group chat, news feeds, live streams, and rich on-chain interactions. The platform aims to enhance community engagement and ecosystem development within the web3 space, providing users with tools to connect and collaborate effectively.

Shamba

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Shamba is a developer of a decentralized application that focuses on leveraging satellite data and advanced analytics to provide geospatial information. The company specializes in agricultural and environmental applications, offering dynamic geospatial data and analytical tools that support the creation of robust Web3 applications. By establishing a decentralized oracle network, Shamba enables users to make informed decisions based on comprehensive data analysis, thereby enhancing their capacity to build real-world decentralized applications.

Yanda

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Yanda develops an automated cryptocurrency trading platform that aims to empower users with financial control while reducing overhead. The platform features a simple interface for configuring and customizing trading strategies alongside built-in trading facilities, enabling users to tailor cryptocurrency trading to respond efficiently to market trends.

Shamba

Seed Round in 2022
Shamba is a developer of a decentralized application that focuses on leveraging satellite data and advanced analytics to provide geospatial information. The company specializes in agricultural and environmental applications, offering dynamic geospatial data and analytical tools that support the creation of robust Web3 applications. By establishing a decentralized oracle network, Shamba enables users to make informed decisions based on comprehensive data analysis, thereby enhancing their capacity to build real-world decentralized applications.

Vorlds

Seed Round in 2022
Vorlds is a Mumbai-based company founded in 2022 that focuses on simplifying the metaverse experience for brands, creators, and users. The company provides an end-to-end publishing service that includes a management suite and a user-friendly ecosystem of free-to-play, multi-platform virtual 3D worlds featuring cross-chain NFTs. Through its innovative Vorld Builder™, a no-code 3D toolkit, Vorlds enables users to easily create and publish their own virtual environments. This approach allows brands and artists to quickly establish their presence in the metaverse while facilitating user engagement and exploration of new, immersive worlds.

me3.eth

Seed Round in 2022
Personal ENS websites. The Linktree of Web3

The Digital Pets Company

Seed Round in 2022
The Digital Pets Company operates a platform for artificial intelligence-based digital pets, specifically focusing on immersive environments such as virtual reality, social applications, and games. Its flagship product, Digital Dogs, utilizes advanced AI technologies including natural language processing, image recognition, and reinforcement learning to replicate the cognitive abilities of real pets. Users can interact with their Digital Dogs through voice, gestures, and emotions, fostering an emotional connection. The platform allows users to train their pets, teach them tricks, and even enter competitions. Additionally, all Digital Dogs are secured as NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain, enabling users to sell, swap, and share their digital companions with others. This innovative approach combines multi-sensory interaction with detailed visual elements, enhancing the overall user experience.

FLUF

Pre Seed Round in 2021
FLUF provides FLUFs that are animated PFPs (picture for proof and profile pics) that can be used as an out-of-the-box avatar but also one of the first audio-visual PFPs where the role of music is integral to the characters, the worlds they inhabit, and the long-term project roadmap. The company allows its users to collect these FLUFs are Non-Fungible Tokens to be used as currency or to trade.

Non-Fungible Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Non-Fungible Labs is a venture studio focused on creating diverse real-world applications for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The company aims to empower creatives by redefining ownership and transforming the landscape of digital art. With a team of experienced blockchain investors, strategists, and web3 developers, Non-Fungible Labs seeks to unlock the full potential of NFTs through practical solutions that cater to the needs of artists and users alike. By leveraging innovative technology and expertise, the firm is positioned at the forefront of the evolving digital ecosystem.

Crypto Avatars

Pre Seed Round in 2021
CryptoAvatars is a curated avatar platform. They built a platform that allows artists to safeguard their virtual identities and work throughout the metaverse. They offer individuals the ability to purchase 3D avatars as NFTs and use them in various virtual and video streaming services. They enable creator verification, buyer verification, commercial use, copyright use, interoperability across platforms, and avatar creation tools.

nft42, Inc., d/b/a nameless

Seed Round in 2021
Our flagship product, StealthTest, is a secure private testing environment for Ethereum and Polygon. Launch your Web3 project by eliminating the risks associated with public testnets and providing a secure environment to collaborate throughout the QA process. Avastars, part of the NFT42 family, was the original ‘On-Chain’ NFT SVG PFP project for the metaverse, and among the first NFT projects to grant holders full commercial rights.

Open KOI

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Build the permanent record through a new framework for decentralized apps.

CrowdFounder

Pre Seed Round in 2020
CrowdFounder is a startup studio that specializes in developing and launching original business ideas. The company focuses on creating "Crypto Collectibles," which are unique digital goods and digi-physical products minted on the Ethereum Blockchain, technically known as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). CrowdFounder matches founders with these concepts to lead their development. The company aims to provide competitive equity packages along with a modest salary for its founders, fostering an environment where startups can thrive and grow.

Streams

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Streams is a financial technology company that provides a mobile application designed to assist traditional investors in navigating the world of decentralized investments. The app, secured by Ethereum, aims to protect users from inflation while enabling them to earn passive income from their digital assets. By simplifying the investment process, Streams allows investors to understand and effectively manage their portfolios in digital currencies, facilitating their entry into the evolving landscape of cryptocurrency investments.

DIA

Funding Round in 2020
DIA is a decentralized data and oracle platform designed for Web3, focusing on the aggregation and validation of transparent and verified data feeds. It enables crowd-sourcing of data related to asset prices, metaverse information, and more. By sourcing data at a trade level from a variety of on-chain and off-chain sources, DIA provides developers with reliable access to comprehensive data sets across multiple layer 1 and layer 2 networks. The platform serves as a crucial bridge between off-chain data and on-chain smart contracts, facilitating the development of diverse financial applications. DIA aims to create a fair and symmetric financial ecosystem by granting clients open-source access to crowd-verified financial data.

Agoric

Seed Round in 2019
Agoric is a framework facilitating secure smart contract development in JavaScript. It aims to enable widespread global cooperation and new digital asset businesses by providing safer tools for smart contract creation. Agoric's team comprises experienced technologists, economists, and business leaders, collaborating with notable projects like Cosmos.
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