7 Steps for a Successful Equity Fundraising Campaign: Part I

As VCs we have been in the industry for a long time. Sometimes we forget how difficult it can be to navigate. So as we graduate another cohort, we present you with the Fundraising Playbook. We like to keep the process simple. By sticking to 7 fundamental steps, you can take away the anxiety from the unknown. Let’s dive in.
Diffusion 2019: overview of presentations, talks and workshops

The tone and format of the event was not about crypto theatre, ego and noise, it was strictly focused on collaboration and building. What made the event unique was the resolute focus on growing the space together, in an open exchange of ideas between protocols and teams across the technology stack from around the globe. The technical, […]
The Invisible Protocol Thesis: Tomorrow’s Crypto Unicorns

Following the introduction of any new disruptive innovation, there is always a speculative phase to a technology cycle as the market tries to size and time the market opportunity.
ArBot, a Fetch.AI-Ocean integration

In the lead-up to the Diffusion DevCon, we at Outlier Ventures continue expanding and developing The Convergence Stack to make it as easy as possible for developers to use. Today, we’re releasing ArBot, a data arbitrage bot and tool for moving datasets between the Fetch.AI and Ocean Protocol marketplaces. Read on to learn how you can perform arbitrage with data as an asset.
Investments in Blockchain 2019: $23.7 Billion raised by 3738 blockchain companies since 2013

A new study of blockchain investments by Outlier Ventures in early-stage rounds reveals that $23.7 billion has been raised since 2013 with focus moving from purely cryptocurrency to new applications.
Diffusion 2019: 15 Protocols, 25m+ lines of open source code, 2 days of hacking

For the first time since 2013, Outlier Ventures and 15 protocols including Fetch.AI, Cosmos, IOTA, Chainlink, Enigma, Sovrin, Evernym, Haja Networks, Agoric Systems, Ocean Protocol, FOAM, Alkemi, RightMesh and SEED have come together for a combined dev con, “Diffusion” to build an alternative web.