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📰 Today's newsletter is all about our portfolio. We're bringing you a roundup of our biggest portfolio rounds this year, coupled with key insights on what makes our accelerator unique.

If you want to get to know the Outlier portfolio or get top tips on applying to Base Camp, this issue is for you 👇

What's in store for today's Web3 journey:

📈📉 Fundraising Updates: OV Teams Closed Rounds with Pietro Negri

💰 Key Questions from Our Futureverse AMA with Blake Lezenski

⏩ The Value of an Accelerator with Richard Johnson

🎧 In Case You Missed It: Founders' Journey Inside Base Camp Accelerator

🌐👨🏽‍🤝‍👨🏼 Portfolio News: Learn More About our Massive Strides

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Congratulations to all the Outlier Ventures Portfolio Companies who closed rounds in 2023

Let's take a look 👇

Futureverse - 54M
- 10T Holdings, Ripple
Fetch.ai - 10M & 40M (2 rounds)
- BitGet, DWF Labs
Mawari - 6.5M Seed
- Blockchange Ventures, Decasonic, Abies Ventures, Accord Ventures, Primal Capital
Zinc - 5M Seed
- AVP, Seedcamp
Open Trade - 1.5M
- Sino Global Capital, Circle, Polygon Fund, Kronos, Kyber Ventures
Nomiks - 1.1M
- Cygni Capital
Fungies - 800K Pre-Seed
- Depo Ventures, Czechventures, Nectolabs, CV VC, Tatum, StartupYard
Smilee - 2M
Radius - 1.7M Pre-Seed
- Hashed, Superscript, Lambdaclass, Crypto.com
0xKYC - 200k
- Caviar Ventures
Caviar- 700k

Learn More About our Portfolio

Missed our AMA with Futureverse?

We've got you covered

Learn more about what we look for in founders 👇

Team

Are they able to communicate their vision effectively and rally stakeholders
Do they have in-house technical resources to build their product vision and is it clear they plan to stick with it long term
Are they able to follow their vision while taking advice and remaining flexible in execution?

Market & Traction

Have they identified the area that is underserved and validated the business model?
Can it grow sufficiently in the next 3-5 years to achieve venture scale?
Is the timing right in the context of macro trends?

Domain Expertise

Do they have experience specific to that market opportunity that others don’t?
Can they use their network to spread ideas, hire and sell internationally?
Are they active learners that have a broad knowledge of target areas and are looking to fill knowledge gaps?

Adaptability

- - How will the project scale to wider adoption and what can prevent it?
  - Is the product ready to interact with the target market
  - Is there a patent or any type of moat
  - Is the web3 component suitably ambitious

Listen to it Here

Is our accelerator right for you?

Read our landmark piece "The Value of an Accelerator" detailing what you can expect from our Base Camp👇

>> Read it here

Don't believe us? Hear it directly from our founders

In this episode of the Metaverse Podcast, we delve into the founder journey of remarkable Outlier alumni who went through the Base Camp Accelerator.

The founders joining us are:

Alicia Maule, co-founder & CEO of Givepact
Shay Eliahu, founder & CEO of Oddin
Mike Gault, founder & CEO of Alphabill Labs
William De’Ath, co-founder of Guardians of the Blockchain

Here’s what you can look forward to:

Gain insights into the exciting journey of our successful Outlier alumni, from idea inception to achieved milestones.
Understand the complexities and challenges these startups faced prior to joining the Base Camp Accelerator.
Learn about how our accelerator program provided solutions to these hurdles, promoting growth and resilience.
Discover the practical benefits of resources offered by Outlier, including invaluable mentorships and dynamic networking opportunities.
Appreciate the enduring value of being part of the Outlier network and the personal and professional transformation enabled by the program.
Hear first-hand accounts and recommendations for potential accelerator program applicants, straight from our seasoned alumni.

🎧 Listen Here!

📄 Don't miss your chance to apply to our programs

Futureverse Base Camp - Accelerating the best teams building across The Root Network.
Walmart Store No. 8 Accelerator - Accelerating the best teams driving innovations in commerce.
Zero Knowledge Base Camp - Accelerating the best teams building blockchain infrastructure, privacy, and scalability through Zero Knowledge proofs.
Polygon Base Camp - Backing the best teams leveraging Polygon to build the most scalable blockchain applications ever.
NEAR Base Camp Accelerator - Leveraging NEAR Discovery to redefine the Web3 user experience.

👥 What's new with our partners and portfolio?

Metropolis World's Persona Parlor is skyrocketing. They've announced a collaboration with Steve Aoki's Aokiverse, and seen a number of big partnerships
Vipe adds WalletConnect connevtivity
Want to win one of the most exciting upcoming tokens? Learn more about Interlock's upcoming Airdrop and Token launch
Fission has received an $800,000 USD grant to support further applied research of the InterPlanetary Virtual Machine (IPVM) protocols
Crucible launches Unity SDK for building interoperable avatars. The first step in realizing identity in a truly Open Metaverse

Edited by:

Martin F. Saps

Outlier Editorial Team

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