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Web3 Fundraising in 3Q25: Quiet Integration, Loud Numbers

Robert Osborne November 5, 2025

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Robert Osborne • 2 months ago

Web3 Fundraising in 3Q25: Quiet Integration, Loud Numbers

Web3 fundraising in 3Q35 hit a new cycle high: almost $22 billion deployed across all stages and 376 disclosed deals.

Fundraising 13 min read

Eunika Sot • 2 months ago

Wallets Are Evolving: From Key Storage to Digital Command Center

In the early days of Web3, the wallet was simple, a private-key vault for signing transactions and holding tokens. In

Artificial Intelligence and DataThe Post Web 4 min read

Robert Osborne • 2 months ago

September 2025 Web3 Fundraising Snapshot: Flying Tulips to the Moon

Web3 fundraising in September 2025 was flying but not quite soaring. $7.2b raised across 160 deals, the highest total since

Fundraising 5 min read

Eunika Sot • 2 months ago

From Smart Contracts to Smart Agents: The Rise of the Agentic Layer

A New Phase of the Internet: From Execution to Intention The next evolution of the Internet isn’t just about automating

Artificial Intelligence and Data 6 min read

Robert Osborne • 2 months ago

VC Insights from Token2049 Singapore 2025

One of the key VC insights from Token2049 Singapore 2025 was that global investors are rethinking venture capital allocation in

Community 8 min read

Achim Struve • 3 months ago

BASE Token Design Proposal

This proposal was created by Dr. Achim Struve, Head of AI and Token Engineering at Outlier Ventures and originally published on his Medium

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Web3 Fundraising in August 2025 Snapshot

Robert Osborne October 2, 2025

Web3 fundraising in August 2025 totalled $5.7 billion across 143 deals, showing steady market activity even as infrastructure slowed and IPOs returned to the spotlight.

Web3 Fundraising in 1H25: Conviction Over Coverage

Robert Osborne September 24, 2025

Web3 fundraising in 1H25 reached $17 billion across 773 disclosed deals, the strongest half since early 2022. Yet deal count fell to multi-year lows, less

The Founder’s Playbook: Scaling DeFi Protocols on Injective

Chloe Paull September 18, 2025

For Injective-native founders, the biggest challenge isn’t choosing where to build—it’s how to scale faster than the competition. Injective already gives you the edge: a

Why Most Outreach Fails - Joy Sim

Why Most Outreach Fails (and How to Get it Right)

Joy Sim September 1, 2025

As someone who works with founders, partners, and investors daily, my LinkedIn inbox and DM’s fill up fast. And yet, most messages go unanswered. Not

Web3 Fundraising in July 2025- High Scores and Higher Raises

Web3 Fundraising in July 2025: High Scores and Higher Raises

Robert Osborne August 28, 2025

Web3 fundraising in July 2025 was a hot one, with over $7 billion raised across 171 deals, the highest monthly total of the year so

How to Raise a Pre-Seed Round in Web3

Outlier Ventures August 22, 2025

This article is part 3 of a series. If you’d like to read the other two, you can find them here:How to Build a Web3

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