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.

Tushar Aggarwal

Venture Partner

Stephan Apel

Managing Partner

Rupert Barksfield

Investor

Jamie Burke

Investor

Max Coniglio

Associate

Nikolay Dakov

Analyst

Eden Dhaliwal

Investor

Christopher Donovan

Managing Director

Jonathan Gabler

Venture Partner

Rupa Ganatra Popat

Investor

Patrick Grant

Investor

Michael Harte

Investor

Marc C. Johnson

Associate

Michael K S Kam

Investor

Charlotte Kapoor

Partner

Matt Law

Partner

Elliot Leimer

Investor

Blake Lezenski

Investor

Mohamed Eisimat Mohamed

Investor

Rumi Morales

Investor

John Patrick Mullin

Investor

Robin Andre Nordnes

Analyst

Robert Osborne

Investor

Tim Rule

Managing Director

Shounak Shetty

Principal

Daniele Sileri

Venture Partner

David Tedesco

Founder and CEO

Laura Muriel Texidor

Associate

Lucian Urbach

Investor

Ana-Maria Yanakieva

Investor

Cecille de Jesus

Associate

Aron van Ammers

Partner

Past deals in Marketplace

Isle Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Isle Finance is a financial technology company that specializes in supply chain finance by utilizing decentralized finance (DeFi) solutions. The company operates an online platform designed to address liquidity challenges within supply chains, connecting suppliers with low credit to financing opportunities through a network that emphasizes secure and stable returns for liquidity providers. By leveraging high-credit buyers to validate assets, Isle Finance facilitates early payment solutions, creating a risk-isolated environment with a buyer-specific pool structure. This innovative approach enhances real-world credit accumulation on the blockchain while offering competitive yields to liquidity providers, thus bridging the gap between instant Web3 liquidity and traditional supply chain needs.

Loka Mining

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Loka Mining is a decentralized marketplace designed to connect Bitcoin miners with retail investors. The company offers a platform that facilitates a non-custodial mining pool, allowing miners to earn Bitcoin rewards without the risks associated with centralized parties. By providing a forward hash rate marketplace, Loka enables investors to purchase future mining rewards at a discounted rate, thereby offering them an opportunity to acquire Bitcoin at a lower price. This innovative approach not only helps miners access essential capital but also allows investors to participate in the mining ecosystem while mitigating risks associated with traditional investment models.

Metropolis World

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Metropolis World is a pioneering company developing a comprehensive metaverse platform that seamlessly integrates commerce, gaming, social interaction, art, and culture. Their platform boasts a robust 3D engine, an extensive suite of content creation tools, and a vibrant marketplace for trading virtual assets. This enables users to design and host games, create immersive quests, and transform virtual interactions into engaging metaverse experiences.

Animoca Brands

Venture Round in 2023
Animoca Brands is a venture capital firm focused on driving digital property rights to gamers and internet users through non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It leverages gamification and blockchain technology to develop, market, and invest in mobile applications, games, and additional products centered around educational learning, ensuring transparency, security, and new business models.

Momint

Seed Round in 2023
Momint is a blockchain technology company that focuses on digitizing real assets and legal contracts through secure blockchain technology. The company's Momint Marketplace facilitates the trade of various assets including solar energy, heritage assets, and art, while also providing a platform for artists, filmmakers, musicians, sportspeople, and other creators to sell their works as NFTs. This platform enables fans to collect and display these digital moments, adding social features like likes, comments, and follows. By leveraging blockchain technology, Momint supports renewable energy adoption and offers local creators a means to monetize their online creations.

LIQ

Pre Seed Round in 2023
LIQ is a social bid-to-earn auction marketplace that offers sellers instant liquidity and fair market value for their assets.

QSTN

Venture Round in 2023
QSTN is a personal information data marketplace that provides data monetization services.

Wapal

Venture Round in 2023
Wapal is a technology company that operates a no-code creator studio, launchpad, and marketplace for non-fungible tokens (NFTs) on the Aptos blockchain. It provides a platform that enables creators, collectors, and gamers to easily buy, sell, and trade tokens in a secure and transparent environment. The company offers features such as on-chain randomness, permanent storage, and cheap mint fees, along with software development kits and developer tools to facilitate the creation and management of customizable smart contract libraries.

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.

Contented

Seed Round in 2023
Contented is a technology company that specializes in connecting brands with content creators from diverse cultural backgrounds. Its platform facilitates brand marketing by providing access to local perspectives and fresh ideas, enabling brands to promote diversity and create more representative content.

Fungies.io

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Fungies.io is an AI-driven, no-code platform tailored for SaaS and game developers, facilitating the rapid establishment of payment systems and storefronts. The platform allows users to sell digital goods, SaaS subscriptions, and game assets through personalized web shops, complete with customizable designs and seamless payment integration. As a Merchant of Record, Fungies.io ensures tax compliance from the outset. Additionally, the platform supports developers in creating custom NFT game marketplaces, enabling the synchronization and upload of game assets while allowing for branding customization. The founding team brings extensive experience, having previously built startups and worked in the tech industry, including the development of one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges. Fungies.io is supported by notable venture firms, positioning it as a key player in the SaaS and gaming sectors.

SPIN

Seed Round in 2023
The physical-first web3 retail infrastructure and marketplace built on blockchain

Solaire

Seed Round in 2023
The Search Engine and Peer-to-peer Marketplace for Connected/Digital Product Passport-enabled Goods

Fungies.io

Seed Round in 2023
Fungies.io is an AI-driven, no-code platform tailored for SaaS and game developers, facilitating the rapid establishment of payment systems and storefronts. The platform allows users to sell digital goods, SaaS subscriptions, and game assets through personalized web shops, complete with customizable designs and seamless payment integration. As a Merchant of Record, Fungies.io ensures tax compliance from the outset. Additionally, the platform supports developers in creating custom NFT game marketplaces, enabling the synchronization and upload of game assets while allowing for branding customization. The founding team brings extensive experience, having previously built startups and worked in the tech industry, including the development of one of the first cryptocurrency exchanges. Fungies.io is supported by notable venture firms, positioning it as a key player in the SaaS and gaming sectors.

Re:Dreamer

Seed Round in 2023
Re:Dreamer is a technology company focused on facilitating the transition from Web2.0 to Web3.0 through its innovative Blockchain-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform. The company's primary offering is the Redeem Protocol, which enables secure and efficient connections between mainstream systems and various blockchains. This technology allows for the seamless trading of physical goods and assets in the metaverse. Re:Dreamer's services support a range of applications, including ticketing systems, smart vending machines, and online marketplaces. Additionally, the company offers features such as Redeemable NFTs for trading digital assets, a redeem center for asset exchanges, and a redeem passport that grants access to events and parties. By providing these tools, Re:Dreamer aims to enhance the e-commerce landscape and empower individuals to leverage blockchain technology effectively.

Fanzone Media

Seed Round in 2023
FANZONE.io is a fan engagement platform that allows sports enthusiasts to collect, buy, and trade digital trading cards, which are secured as rare digital assets on the blockchain. The platform enhances the fan experience by enabling users to participate in fantasy sports challenges and compete in head-to-head duels within a virtual stadium. By offering limited-edition digital collectibles, FANZONE.io connects fans more deeply with their favorite teams and provides them with various rewards and exclusive experiences. The platform aims to leverage fan engagement to promote sustainable projects, thereby creating a meaningful impact beyond just entertainment.

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.

Casten

Seed Round in 2022
Casten operates a decentralised financial platform aimed at eliminating intermediaries in borrowing and investing processes. Its platform offers investors access to yields from real-world lending, particularly focusing on emerging markets.

Caviar

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Caviar is a technology company specializing in the development of a decentralized platform for trading Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs). Its platform facilitates instant buying and selling of NFTs, catering to a wide range of assets from common to rare. Caviar aims to foster liquidity and growth in the NFT market by offering various futures models and incentives, making it easier for users to participate in NFT trading.

Momint

Seed Round in 2022
Momint is a blockchain technology company that focuses on digitizing real assets and legal contracts through secure blockchain technology. The company's Momint Marketplace facilitates the trade of various assets including solar energy, heritage assets, and art, while also providing a platform for artists, filmmakers, musicians, sportspeople, and other creators to sell their works as NFTs. This platform enables fans to collect and display these digital moments, adding social features like likes, comments, and follows. By leveraging blockchain technology, Momint supports renewable energy adoption and offers local creators a means to monetize their online creations.

Wear

Seed Round in 2022
WEAR is a pioneering luxury platform in Asia that specializes in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for brands and contemporary artists. It offers a curated marketplace where users can purchase authenticated limited edition digital collectibles and create personalized virtual spaces to showcase their NFT collections. The platform facilitates interaction among collectors, fostering a community centered around digital ownership. By providing brand partners with a comprehensive solution for product creation, experience curation, and sales, WEAR introduces innovative business models and revenue opportunities. This includes new storytelling channels and engagement strategies, enhancing the overall experience for both creators and collectors in the luxury NFT market.

Reblium

Seed Round in 2022
Reblium develops a digital creation platform for efficient 3D character generation. Its platform supports seamless export into major creative software like Unreal Engine, Unity, Blender, and Cinema 4D, facilitating workflows across AR/VR, game development, virtual streaming, and visual storytelling projects. It offers integration-ready formats, a royalty-free license, and an updated asset library, enabling users to produce customizable, production-ready digital characters with diverse ethnic features and detailed mesh sculpting tools.

ComicCon

Seed Round in 2022
Metaverse Comic Con is an online platform that provides its fandom and artists the platform to display it. They allow users to control their digital assets, creating ways to connect with one another.

Remx

Seed Round in 2022
Remx is a marketplace for discovering and collecting digital wearables. They offer free memberships to their community without all the Web3 jargon. They provide tools to easily share updates, give rewards, sell NFTs, and give early access to new drops.

HashGuild

Pre Seed Round in 2022
HashGuild operates as an NFT marketplace and infrastructure provider for NFTs on the Hedera Hashgraph network. The platform enables creators and collectors to interact and trade on a single site and includes features such as a planned incentive structure, scam prevention mechanisms, and around-the-clock support to ensure a secure and reliable trading environment.

Dropper

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Dropper is a multi-chain marketplace focused on launching NFT projects through customizable smart contracts. It operates as a digital Web3 platform that allows celebrities to create unique fan experiences powered by NFTs and tokenization. Additionally, Dropper features a Web3 payments platform that facilitates cryptocurrency transactions, enabling game developers, esports teams, and players to launch NFT projects on its proprietary launchpad. This innovative approach allows users to engage with the NFT gaming marketplace, providing a seamless experience for both creators and consumers in the evolving digital landscape.

Lexie

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Lexie operates a decentralized shopping platform that empowers local businesses and consumers alike. It functions as a community-owned marketplace, leveraging artificial intelligence to generate professional-quality short videos for products based on catalogues and user reviews. This automated process helps participating businesses enhance their online presence, reduce advertising costs, improve profit margins, and attract more customers.

Metropolis World

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Metropolis World is a pioneering company developing a comprehensive metaverse platform that seamlessly integrates commerce, gaming, social interaction, art, and culture. Their platform boasts a robust 3D engine, an extensive suite of content creation tools, and a vibrant marketplace for trading virtual assets. This enables users to design and host games, create immersive quests, and transform virtual interactions into engaging metaverse experiences.

Fayre

Seed Round in 2022
Fayre is an NFT marketplace and ecosystem that empowers brands to engage with their audiences across real-life environments and the Metaverse. It offers a multi-chain platform, brand dashboard, companion app, and zero transaction fees. Fayre's core utility token, $FAYRE, facilitates rewards, payments, governance voting, and staking.

Citizend

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Citizend is a platform for launching tokens on the Polkadot network. It facilitates secure and transparent token launches, offering features such as community voting, KYC verification, compliance support, and post-launch liquidity management.

Ozone

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Ozone is a data privacy company that helps users protect and encrypt their personal data while enabling a secondary market for monetizing anonymized data. The company aims to create a decentralized data ownership ecosystem where users, developers, publishers, and advertisers can participate, with advertisers compensating users for their time and attention as people browse the web. Through its platform, individuals can monetize their data directly and control how it is shared with trusted partners, including advertisers and merchants, rather than surrendering it to opaque data markets.

Reneum

Seed Round in 2021
Reneum is a decentralized marketplace focused on accelerating the energy transition by tokenizing renewable energy credits. The company aims to empower individuals and businesses to offset their emissions and adopt sustainable practices through innovative technologies. By transforming environmental commodities into tradable assets, Reneum facilitates investments in renewable energy and directs financial resources away from environmentally harmful activities. Its platform enables clients to take direct climate action, leveraging blockchain technology and renewable energy solutions to streamline the transition towards a more sustainable energy future.

Wear

Pre Seed Round in 2021
WEAR is a pioneering luxury platform in Asia that specializes in non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for brands and contemporary artists. It offers a curated marketplace where users can purchase authenticated limited edition digital collectibles and create personalized virtual spaces to showcase their NFT collections. The platform facilitates interaction among collectors, fostering a community centered around digital ownership. By providing brand partners with a comprehensive solution for product creation, experience curation, and sales, WEAR introduces innovative business models and revenue opportunities. This includes new storytelling channels and engagement strategies, enhancing the overall experience for both creators and collectors in the luxury NFT market.

MeMusic

Pre Seed Round in 2021
MeMusic operates a blockchain-based platform for creating, listening to, and sharing music. It introduces cryptocurrencies and traditional business models, allowing users to invest in music as an asset class by purchasing fractions of tracks.

PopEx

Seed Round in 2021
PopEx designs an NFT-based social platform that connects music artists with fans through blockchain technology. The platform enables interaction between followers and creators and allows users to purchase, sell, and collect avatars as tokenized assets. Artists monetize their work by issuing NFTs and offering exclusive content and experiences, creating new revenue streams and deeper fan connections. PopEx focuses on leveraging tokenized ownership to provide fans with unique access while giving artists a means to monetize directly on the platform.

Meme.com

Seed Round in 2021
Meme.com is a platform focused on meme markets and trend exploration. It offers a content management system that enables users to engage with meme tokens, allowing them to stake these tokens to promote the creation of specific memes. Users can also mint memetic tokens, which reflect the perceived value of various trends or memes. This innovative approach facilitates a dynamic environment for users to participate in the evolving landscape of meme culture and capitalize on its trends.

SuperWorld

Funding Round in 2021
SuperWorld is a blockchain-powered augmented reality platform that combines a virtual real estate marketplace, an ad marketplace, and a social AR experience. It lets users place photos, videos, texts, and 3D objects in the real world, buy and sell virtual properties, monetize activity on land, and trade digital assets within an immersive ecosystem. Brands can tag anything anywhere in AR to engage audiences, creating a social and commercial environment built on blockchain technology.

Boson Protocol

Funding Round in 2021
Boson Protocol is a decentralized commerce protocol and network that enables metaverse and real-world transactions by selling physical products in the metaverse as non-fungible tokens. It provides a web3 commerce layer that tokenizes future trade commitments into NFT vouchers, governed by a dynamic game, allowing contracts to execute real-world transactions reliably and autonomously. The protocol aims to disrupt centralized e-commerce by removing intermediaries and charges, offering immediate interoperability with the broader NFT ecosystem and low fees. It is designed to be participant-owned, so value created within the system is shared among users, merchants, and buyers. Through its architecture, Boson Protocol supports building commerce applications that are trusted and widely usable, starting in the metaverse and expanding to broader decentralized commerce use cases.

Cipher

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cipher is an audio NFT creator and marketplace helping unleash people's creativity, get them flowing and earning more up front than the trickle of royalties from traditional streaming platforms.

Emanate

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Emanate is an Australian company that has developed a blockchain-based audio exchange protocol designed to transform the music industry. It operates as a network marketplace for music lovers and creators, enabling artists, labels, and fans to earn, share, and collaborate effectively. Emanate's platform emphasizes instant payments and automation, ensuring a seamless user experience while fostering collaboration within the music community. By integrating blockchain technology, Emanate aims to enhance trust, transparency, and incentive alignment among all participants in the music ecosystem, ultimately revolutionizing the way music is created and consumed.

Swash

Seed Round in 2020
Swash operates a data analysis platform designed to help individuals, businesses, and developers realize the untapped value of data. The platform allows users to share their data safely and earn rewards while maintaining their privacy. Businesses benefit from access to high-quality, zero-party data that is collected in a sustainable and compliant manner. Additionally, developers can easily create and build systems within a collaborative framework, enhancing the overall utility of the ecosystem. By reimagining data ownership, Swash facilitates a dynamic digital environment where all participants can earn, access, build, and collaborate effectively within the data economy.

Crucible

Seed Round in 2020
Crucible is a developer of a software platform that focuses on creating secure and portable digital identities. The platform is designed to enhance game engines by integrating user-friendly functionalities that connect to web3 technologies, including self-sovereign identity, blockchain, and cryptocurrencies. Crucible offers features such as single sign-on, password-less access to games, transportable avatars, and multi-world tradable collectibles. This enables gamers, modders, and creators to experience a seamless gaming environment and engage with an open metaverse. By prioritizing user sovereignty and establishing necessary infrastructure and standards, Crucible aims to facilitate a more positive and inclusive digital future.

Tracifier

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Tracifier is a blockchain-based application focused on enhancing traceability and verification in supply chains, particularly within the food industry. The platform facilitates accurate and transparent customer claims by monitoring the entire history of products, from harvesting and quality assurance to final delivery. By fostering collaboration among growers, processors, shippers, retailers, and regulators, Tracifier aims to create a safer, more efficient, and sustainable supply chain ecosystem. The solution addresses significant issues such as food fraud, which is estimated to cost the market $50 billion annually, while promoting sustainable practices in agribusiness. Tracifier offers benefits including improved transparency, longer shelf lives, reduced waste, and expedited traceability. By empowering suppliers to meet contemporary standards in supply chain management, Tracifier helps them fulfill their commitments to both practical and social responsibilities in the marketplace.

Haja Networks

Venture Round in 2018
Haja Networks Oy is a Finnish company founded in 2018, focused on developing foundational distributed and decentralized technologies for the future Internet. Based in Kempele, the company is primarily engaged in creating OrbitDB, a scalable and trustless peer-to-peer database, along with database protocols aimed at establishing a global data layer to promote the re-decentralization of the web. Haja Networks emphasizes open-source principles, transparency, and diversity in its operations, aiming to facilitate interoperability among structured data sources. Their technologies enable providers to monetize software products while allowing users to own and control their data effectively. The name "Haja" reflects the company's dedication to decentralization, aligning with its mission to transform the digital landscape.

Ocean Protocol

Initial Coin Offering in 2018
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange platform founded in 2017 and based in Singapore. The protocol facilitates the sharing and monetization of data through advanced blockchain technology, ensuring that transactions are safe, secure, and transparent. By connecting data providers and consumers, Ocean Protocol creates an accessible marketplace for valuable data. It empowers developers and curators to build innovative data services while maintaining control, transparency, and compliance for all participants, ultimately fostering a collaborative ecosystem for data exchange.

Ocean Protocol

Seed Round in 2018
Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange platform founded in 2017 and based in Singapore. The protocol facilitates the sharing and monetization of data through advanced blockchain technology, ensuring that transactions are safe, secure, and transparent. By connecting data providers and consumers, Ocean Protocol creates an accessible marketplace for valuable data. It empowers developers and curators to build innovative data services while maintaining control, transparency, and compliance for all participants, ultimately fostering a collaborative ecosystem for data exchange.
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