Outlier Ventures
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. Per Crunchbase, Outlier Ventures has made 358 investments, 63 as lead investor across 350 portfolio companies, with 8 exits.
Investing activity
Outlier Ventures has made 358 investments according to Crunchbase across 350 portfolio companies, and has led 63 rounds and seen 8 exits.
Outlier Ventures appears in 1 AI deal tracked by the Lounge deals desk. The rounds are mostly Seed, with a median round size of $3M. The most recent is Unicity Labs (Seed, $3M, Aug 2026).
Outlier Ventures most often invests alongside Blockchange Ventures and Tawasal, and the companies it backs on Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Outlier Ventures
What AI companies has Outlier Ventures invested in?
Outlier Ventures's AI investments include Unicity Labs. The 1 round on Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Outlier Ventures based?
Outlier Ventures is based in London, England, United Kingdom.
What stage does Outlier Ventures invest at?
In the rounds tracked on Lounge, Outlier Ventures has invested at Seed, with a median round of $3M.
Who does Outlier Ventures co-invest with?
Outlier Ventures's most frequent co-investors on Lounge are Blockchange Ventures (1 deal) and Tawasal (1 deal).
How can founders reach Outlier Ventures?
Founders on Lounge can see Outlier Ventures's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Outlier Ventures to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.