Investor Type | Firm |
Type of Fund | Incubator, Accelerator |
Industries | Software (Web Marketplace Saas..) • BioTech • Businesses Solutions • FinTech (& Financials services) • Hardware (& Manufacturing) • Retail (& E-Commerce) • Sales (& Marketing) • IoT (& Wearables) • A.I. (& Big Data) • Blockchain (& Cryptos) • Web Security (& Privacy) • Gaming (& eSports) • Analytics • Cloud Services (& Infrastructure) • Developer tools • Insurance (& InsurTech) • Messaging • Payments • Robotics • DeepTech • Nanotechnology • Woman Focused |
Stages | Early, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B |
Investing | United States • United Kingdom • Canada • Australia • Germany • India • Japan • France • Mexico • Italy • Spain • Sweden • China • Switzerland • Netherlands • Denmark • Russia • Singapore • Hong Kong • Portugal • Israel • Argentina • Brazil • Belgium • Austria • Europe • Estonia • Finland • Norway • Hungary • New Zealand • Poland • Iceland • Lithuania • Ukraine • Luxembourg • Ireland • Czech Republic • Philippines • Bulgaria • Romania • Greece • Cyprus |
Investment Range | $100,000 - $5,000,000 |
Investment Sweet Spot | $1,500,000 |
Outlier Ventures is a venture capital and accelerator firm with an emphasis on growing the decentralized and digital future ecosystem, operating from their headquarters at 82 Clerkenwell Road, London, England. They pioneer investments in a multitude of arenas, from Software (covering Web Marketplace, SaaS), BioTech, and Business Solutions, to Retail (inclusive of E-Commerce), IoT (with Wearables), AI (inclusive of Big Data), Blockchain, Web Security, and likewise in sectors like Gaming, Analytics, Cloud Services, Developer Tools, Insurance, Payments, Robotics, DeepTech, and Nanotechnology. They place a particular focus on Women Focused startups as an additional investment domain. Outlier Ventures is renowned for casting a wide net in the investment industry, with the minimum investment beginning at $1,000,000, a maximum of $10,000,000, and finding their 'sweet spot' at around $5,000,000 for any given venture. Outlier Ventures engages with startups at various stages of growth, covering Early, Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A and Series B rounds, portraying their versatility as both an Incubator and Accelerator. Their approach interlinks financial services, blockchain applications, food and beverages, health, robotics, luxury, and technology, ensuring a ground for innovative ideas to flourish. Additionally, the firm is deeply ingrained in the evolution of the Web3 space and invests in global startups that are at the forefront of building the Metaverse — looking at core components like ledgers, storage, middleware, protocols, dev tools, and applications. Their Outlier Ventures Base Camp Accelerator and other programs such as Ascent Token Launch provide pivotal support to cohorts of startups, preparing them to succeed in a decentralized future. They are tightly integrated into the fabric of the industry with a network surpassing 500 investors featuring notable partners like Animoca, Draper, and Coinbase Ventures. Outlier Ventures' portfolio exceeds 300 projects at the cross-section of DeFi, AI, New Data Economy, and Blockchain Infrastructure. They are seen not just as an accelerator but as long-term partners to the founders and startups they invest in, reflecting the firm's ethos to actively foster innovation and steer the shift toward a post-Web3 world.
We invest in Global Web 3 and blockchain startups building the Metaverse = DeFi + NFT + New Data at stages ranging from single founder+prototype in the works to more developed teams looking to decentralise centralised propositions and everything in-between. We are looking at everything from ledgers to storage to middleware to protocols to dev tools to apps.