Outlier Ventures has been backing Web 3 founders since 2014 and is the world’s leading Open Metaverse accelerator program, funding and helping more than 100+ Web3 startups a year! Their portfolio includes notable projects across DeFi, NFTs and blockchain infrastructure with a focus on emergent Open Metaverse use cases such as NFT-based play-to-earn games, augmented reality and more.

Ex Populus was founded by some of the most notable executives in desktop gaming, mobile gaming, VR and Esports to create a launchpad for ambitious studios to effectively proliferate their content among consumers. “Ex Populus” is latin and translates in English to “from people”. The name is intended to provide a juxtaposition and provocation to “Ex Machina” which translates in English to “from the machine”.

Launched in 2020, Sperax is headquartered in NYC. After envisioning a Sperax Layer 1 blockchain, the team transitioned to building the first auto-yield-bearing stablecoin: Sperax USD (USDs). In December 2021, Sperax released USDs on L2 Arbitron. Residing on-chain, USDs is backed by collateral and algorithmically by the protocol’s ability to mint $1 worth of SPA when redeeming $1 of USDs. USDs combine the scalability benefits of algorithmic stablecoins with the stability benefits of collateralized stablecoins.

mesha is a decentralized platform for investors to come together. We're building a new way for people to invest: in groups. Unlock NFTs, crypto, and more with group investing.

Boson Protocol enables a decentralized commerce ecosystem where all participants share in the value they create. We automate digital to physical redemptions with minimized arbitration, using NFTs encoded with game theory. We call this decentralized autonomous commerce. Our vision is to enable a decentralized commerce ecosystem by funding and enabling the development of a stack of specialist applications to disrupt, demonopolize and democratize commerce.

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.

Koi is building a decentralized publishing protocol and web 3.0 library. The protocol and tools Koi is implementing will allow for a robust ecosystem. The Koi ecosystem will provide grants for developers to take advantage of Koi tools that allow verified data and content, and new models for content monetization.

UpLink is building a decentralized telco, tokenizing connectivity. We empower people to act as service providers and incentivize them to spread The Collective Network farther, faster, and cheaper. In return, UpLinkers are rewarded with ULX tokens and support the rapidly growing IoT market, unlocking new business opportunities.

Matterless Studios is a venture-backed startup creating digital companions and toys made for the augmented reality metaverse.

Founded in 2021, Non-Fungible Labs is a creative tech powerhouse developing a wide range of real-world applications for non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Our team includes some of the world’s leading blockchain investors, strategists, and web3 engineers, and we are committed to helping the world realise the full potential of NFTs through a range of practical solutions. From rethinking ownership to redefining art, we are at the forefront of the new digital landscape, and we’re only just getting started.

Swash is an ecosystem of tools and services that enable people, businesses, and developers to unlock the latent value of data by pooling, securely sharing, and monetising its value. People are incentivised to share their data so that they can earn while retaining their privacy. Businesses can access high-quality, zero-party data in a sustainable and compliant way. Developers can simply set up and build systems within a collaborative development framework.

Our vision at bloXmove is to revolutionize urban mobility in order to reduce the complexity of such a fragmented industry and make traveling more provider as well as customer friendly. We are working to build a decentralized ledger network between different transport operators. The problem is not new, our approach is. bloXmove is not the next aggregator MaaS app, instead we offer a business-to-business #MobilityBlockchainPlatform that seamlessly connects micro mobility providers, fleet operators, public transportation and corporate mobility managers. With our decentralized Platform-as-a-Service approach bloXmove provides all transactional capabilities required to conduct end-to-end, secure business transactions in real time, without the need for any centralized party. This means, we take care of customer identification, verification, contracting as well as settlement and billing.