Outlier Ventures is a venture platform that supports the development and growth of emerging technologies. To do this we advise and invest in talented teams, and support businesses which create value for an open data economy. Established in 2013, we were Europe’s first venture firm dedicated to blockchain technology. As early investors in the space, we foresaw the coming together of key technologies like AI and IoT with blockchains – which we termed ‘Convergence’ in 2016. We have developed an industry-leading investment thesis, based on the convergence of decentralized technologies with other advancing technologies including artificial intelligence, robotics, and the Internet of Things. The convergence of these technologies will support a new open and decentralized data infrastructure. This creates next generation data technology which will drive the evolution of the next internet paradigm “Web 3.0” We work with seed and growth stage startups as well as larger businesses who are committed to the vision of an open and decentralized data infrastructure. Our team is 30 people strong, with a global presence including London, Toronto, Chicago and Amsterdam. With specialists in token economics, research, legal, marketing, and technology, we bring a powerhouse of support to founders and partners.
SuperWorld is building community in AR powered by the blockchain. We have built an AR Real Estate marketplace + Ad marketplace on the blockchain (superworldapp.com) and a social AR app which allows users to personalize the real world by adding anything anywhere in augmented reality with photos, videos, texts, and 3D objects, and share the AR experience with their followers.
Cryptio is an institutional-grade crypto accounting platform. Our software helps financial institutions, corporates and crypto-native companies navigate the fragmented digital-asset landscape with confidence. We're bridging the gap between the blockchain and accounting systems – transforming DeFi, custody, OTC, and exchange data into auditable records for accounting, treasury and tax filings.
Ex Populus is a leading game development studio with industry veterans from acclaimed companies like Pixar, Ubisoft, Activision, Blizzard, and more. Currently developing two highly anticipated games, Final Form and LAMOverse, the studio is a trailblazer in deploying games on Xai - the blockchain purpose-built for gaming.
Altered State Machine, aims to be a platform and protocol which any developer can build on it; can create, own, and compete with AI-based agents (bots) and upgrade and train their AI, buy, and sell them as NFTs. This will bring an evolution for NFTS.
Backed by bwin.party digital entertainment plc (LSE: BPTY), Win is an emerging leader in the social casino industry. Win develops and publishes top-rated games including Slots Craze, Cheeky Bingo, Stardust Casino and Sportster: Bet and Win, featuring world-renowned brands Garfield, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Manchester United and more. In partnership with Boyd Gaming (NYSE: BYD), Thunder Valley Casino Resort, Ainsworth and Incredible Technologies, Win strives to deliver the best of online and offline casino entertainment to players around the world. For more information, visit www.win.com.
An avant-garde duo focused on the integration and merging of tech, science and the virtual realm within fashion. Creating the near-future for both wearable and digital body, our work stands for innovation, sustainability and ground breaking design.
Biconomy is a relayer infrastructure network and transaction highway to reduce the friction between applications built on the blockchain and the end-users. Biconomy’s relayer network comprises of an SDK and dashboard that abstracts and hides many of the complexities of opening a wallet, storing private keys, paying gas, and buying cryptocurrency.
Agoric is committed to making strong security easier to achieve. Creating secure smart contracts using today’s technology is inherently difficult. That difficulty has limited both the number of applications created, and the number of programmers qualified to create them. We are developing an open, JavaScript-based, object-capability (ocap) programming layer to address both issues. The Agoric ocap layer will include robust security properties beyond anything available today, and it will provide that security across substrates, from local machines to global blockchains.