Outlier Ventures
33 Broadwick Street, London, W1F 0DQ, United Kingdom
Overview
Established in 2014, Outlier Ventures is one of the first VC firms dedicated to investing in the emerging crypto ecosystem. Since launching its Base Camp accelerator in 2019, Outlier Ventures has received over 5,000 applications for its highly sought after virtual accelerator and has helped raise over $350 million in seed funding for its growing portfolio of 220+ high-profile projects from across the world, such as Crucible and Biconomy. In addition, Outlier Ventures has supported the launch and growth of several billion-dollar crypto economies including Fetch.ai, Boson Protocol, Secret Network, Blox Move, Swash and DIA Data. Their portfolio includes notable projects across DeFi, NFTs and blockchain infrastructure with a focus on emergent Metaverse use cases such as NFT-based digital couture fashion brands, avatar marketplaces, decentralized music publishing platforms, play-to-earn games, augmented reality social positioning protocols, and more. Outlier Ventures has expanded its Base Camp program to partner with leading protocols such as Aptos, Filecoin / IPFS, Polygon, and Polkadot along with FARFETCH, to host dedicated accelerator programs for these Web3 ecosystems along with Ascent, Outlier Ventures’ advisory offering targeted at later stage teams. Through its blockchain agnostic approach, Outlier Ventures has achieved record growth, doubled its cohort intake year after year, and is on target to accelerate well over 100 startups in 2022, making it one of the most active investors in the space by deal volume and the most active Web3 accelerator globally and top 3 crypto investor globally by volume of investment. Since its inception, Outlier Ventures has always viewed its portfolio as an open stack of technologies that contribute to a new web paradigm, referred to as Web3, based on principles that prioritize the sovereignty of the user, their data and digital wealth, over platform and shareholder supremacy. In January of 2021, Outlier Ventures published its thesis on the imminent arrival of the Metaverse, outlining how Web3 would serve as an operating system for an Open Metaverse.
- Total investments
- 42
- Lead investments
- 7
- Investments · 12mo
- 8
- Active investors
- 10
Sector focus
- Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Blockchain
- Fashion
- FinTech
- Gaming
- Information Technology
- Internet
- Metaverse
Investment portfolio
- Byzanlink
Participated · Seed · Jul 2026
Byzanlink develops infrastructure to support tokenized finance through its BTOS (Byzanlink Tokenisation Operating System) and RWA Markets products. The project emphasizes a modular, multi-chain approach and has launched across ecosystems including Hedera, Kaia Chain and Solana. Byzanlink announced a strategic collaboration with Hedera in July 2025 and has been onboarding institutional clients while expanding ecosystem integrations. The company raised $1 million in a private seed round in June 2025 to accelerate product development, deepen integrations, and strengthen compliance and operations. Founder Anbu Kannappan has positioned the seed funding as the foundation for the platform’s subsequent launches and partnerships.
- Kaisar Network
Participated · Seed · Apr 2026
Kaisar Network operates a Layer 1 blockchain designed to support decentralized AI computing and related services. The company announced Token AI, a product through which users can access decentralized GPU computing, AI credits, and proxy services. Kaisar has raised a total of $4 million, including a $1 million strategic pre-seed, and was incubated by Outlier Ventures and Borderless Capital. Participating investors named in the funding include Merov Capital, StoneBlock, WM Capital, Arche Fund, Q42, and Unicorn Ventures. The company’s recent fundraising and product launch were announced together on May 1 in PANews coverage. The article did not disclose revenue, user metrics, valuation, or the company’s founding year or location.
- Unicity Labs
Participated · Seed · Feb 2026
Unicity Labs is a Zug, Switzerland-based protocol development company creating infrastructure for an autonomous, agent-driven internet. Its core offering, the Unicity Protocol, replaces traditional shared ledgers with peer-to-peer cryptographic objects, letting AI agents handle discovery, transaction execution, and settlement automatically. The technical team—whose leaders previously founded and exited cybersecurity firm Guardtime—includes PhD-level researchers in distributed systems, cryptography, and machine learning. With its technology, the company aims to eliminate central intermediaries and significantly reduce latency and cost in machine-to-machine transactions. Fresh seed financing will be directed toward scaling operations and accelerating product development. No user, revenue, or other operating metrics were disclosed in the articles.
- Nexton Solutions
Participated · Equity · Nov 2025
Nexton Solutions builds an AI-native execution layer designed to maximize on-chain yield by automating restaking and arbitrage strategies across decentralized and centralized liquidity venues. Its stack comprises Nexton-ai, an AI arbitrage routing engine that scans DEXs such as STON.fi, DeDust and EVAA as well as CEXs like Binance and Hyperliquid, and Nexton-re, an automated restaking module that mints performance-tracking staking NFTs and enables multi-layer restaking. All functionality operates inside Telegram, removing the need for dashboards or extensions and streamlining user interaction. The platform currently manages more than $3 million in TVL, serves over 60,000 monthly active users, and collaborates with 75+ ecosystem partners across TON, Kaia, Base and BNB Chain. Reported AI strategies have produced 70–90% APY and over 40% cumulative ROI derived from real arbitrage PnL. With a strong footprint in Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia, Nexton plans to grow to 500,000 users and position itself as the default AI execution layer for global restaking and arbitrage. Near-term initiatives include multi-route upgrades, expanded Telegram growth funnels and preparation for an NXT token private round.
- Nexton
Participated · Equity · Nov 2025
Nexton provides an AI execution layer that optimizes restaking and arbitrage opportunities for users across decentralized (DEX) and centralized (CEX) exchanges. Its two core products are Nexton.ai, an AI arbitrage-routing engine that scans venues such as STON.fi, DeDust, EVAA, Binance and Hyperliquid to execute risk-adjusted trades, and Nexton.re, an automated restaking module that mints staking NFTs and enables layered restaking strategies. All interactions occur through a Telegram bot, eliminating the need for browser dashboards. The platform has quietly amassed more than US$3 million in total value locked (TVL), over 60,000 monthly active users and partnerships with 75+ ecosystem players on TON, Kaia, Base and BNB chains. Certain AI strategies have delivered 70-90 % APYs and the protocol reports a cumulative ROI above 40 % drawn from real PnL rather than token emissions. Geographically, the company is gaining traction in Korea, Japan and Southeast Asia and positions itself as the leading AI engine within the TON ecosystem. Near-term plans include adding multi-route arbitrage, expanding to more chains, scaling Telegram acquisition funnels and launching “Restake Asia Season 1.” Nexton also intends to run a private sale of its 500 million-supply NXT token, targeting US$3 million at a US$25 million FDV, with token utilities spanning revenue share, governance and collateral functions.