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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zinc builds automated reference and background checking tools for forward-thinking companies that really care about candidate experience. Founded in 2018, Zinc has a unique approach to background checking, that's redefining industry standards. Zinc is headquartered in London, England.
Biconomy is a web3 developer and infrastructure platform setting UX standards and removing onboarding complexities with Account Abstraction. Build seamless dApps now, powered by Biconomy SDK. Explore what AA can do for you: http://rebrand.ly/sdk-book-demo Our Account Abstraction SDK has helped power user onboarding and retention for more than 4M+ users and 400 dApps, such as Onyx by J.P Morgan, Trust Wallet, Acentrik by Mercedes-Benz, The Sandbox, dYdX, and FanTV. By empowering end-users to use dApps and transact on-chain without native knowledge of wallets, crypto or gas fees management, see how dApps are scaling fast with our AA-SDK. If you want to be a part of the future of the internet and are passionate about crypto – our team is for you!.
Guardtime is a network security company that validates the correctness of data, networks, systems, and processes. Its technology enables applications to be built with truth inherent in their design, delivering value wherever there is digital. The company aims to build partnerships with companies in every industry, build a product, and go to market. Mike Gault headquartered the company in Tallin, Harjumaa in 2007.
The SPA token is the governance token of the Sperax protocol. SPA token holders can benefit by staking SPA to gain governance power in the Sperax DAO. SPA is also a revenue-sharing partner of Sperax USD (USDs). A portion of the yield generated from USDs collateral is passed back to stakers of SPA, another portion is burned. This aligns incentives between the governors of the protocol, the SPA stakers, and USDs holders. Sperax USD launched USDs in December 2021 and is the leading stablecoin yield-automation protocol on Arbitrum. Users can mint USDs, a 100% collateralized stablecoin with other crypto assets like DAI, VST, USDC and Frax. USDs is fully on-chain and generates organic yield for its holders by depositing collateral into various delta-neutral DeFi strategies. The yield is passed back to holders via a gasless rebase, unlocking the power of compound interest with no action necessary from the end user. Sperax USD launched the Demeter protocol in November 2022, a no-code farm launcher on Uniswap V3 and Camelot. Anyone can build their own fully incentivized farm without any coding or technical expertise. The Demeter protocol is fully audited and permissionless, serving as a key piece of decentralized infrastructure. Sperax USD launched Gauge, in February 2023, a reward mechanism that emits SPA rewards to USDs trading pairs on Demeter. SPA gauge emits a predetermined amount of SPA each month. veSPA (staked SPA) holders vote to decide how the SPA rewards are distributed across the USDs pools. Any project can bribe veSPA voters to drive more emissions toward their farms. Sperax Protocol has crossed $500K in protocol revenue and recently the Sperax protocol has been awarded a grant of 1.8M ARB tokens by Arbitrum. SperaxUSD is the leading stablecoin yield-automation protocol on Arbitrum. USDs, a 100% collateralized stablecoin, is fully on-chain and generated organice yield for its holders. USDs can be minted using other stablecoin assets like USDC, FRAX, DAI, and VST, which are deposited into various delta-neutral Defi strategies. The Demeter protocol is a no-code farm launcher on top of UniswapV3 and Camelot. Anyone can build their own fully incentivized farm without any coding or technical expertise. The Demeter protocol is fully audited and permissionless. It is integrated with Gauge, a reward mechanism that emits SPA rewards USDs trading pairs in Demeter.
We're building advanced peer-to-peer positioning protocols and AR cloud infrastructure to enable a new era of spatial computing: 1) Instant Calibration - Get absolute positioning consensus between multiple devices instantly without physical markers or point cloud comparisons. 2) Share Across Apps - Any app connected to the Aukiverse can see its inhabitants and creations. This interoperability layer is the future of AR. 3) Asset Cloud - Allow interoperability across apps, and smaller executables, by storing and retrieving assets in the Aukiverse. 4) A Firm Hand - Real-time 3D reconstruction of your hands allow you to interact intuitively with a virtual world. 5) Foundational - The Aukiverse protocol is the foundation of the future AR metaverse and spatial computing.
GBC.AI incorporates artificial intelligence (AI) into all blockchains in a transformative way. We nailed down exactly how to implement our proprietary AI with DLT technology leading to optimization and improvements. GBC.AI wants blockchains to become dynamic and, more importantly, become self-aware. GBC.AI works to detect protocol issues and ensure that vulnerabilities are pre-actively dealt with before they become problems, keeping blockchains efficient and safe.
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.