Ascent Token Launch Accelerator

Get hands-on pre-TGE advice and support from Web3 OGs for a smooth market entry. No fluff, just real help before the launch and beyond.

Program Summary

Starting in: Rolling during Q1 and Q2

Duration: 12 weeks

Application closure: 18 March 2025

Where: Fully remote

Investment: Token investment in your round

Ascent is Outlier's token launch program supporting later stage teams

Top-notch crypto native experts

Comprehensive help with Token Economies, Token Launch, Product & Engineering, Marketing & Community, Legal, Fundraising, and more

Investments

We have a network of over 250 investors interested in investing in Web3 projects from VCs and family offices to syndicates and pools in North America, Europe, the Middle East & Asia

Listings and MMs

Connecting teams with CEXs, DEXs and launchpads, help to pitch the project to secure Tier-1 listings and advise on reasonable market making strategy

Partners and ecosystems

We work with leading partners and industry players across all Web3 verticals, from ecosystems, exchanges and market makers to growth agencies, law firms, and security auditors

Tokenomics

Support with developing projects’ token economies, including the token flow architecture

Marketing and growth

Developing innovative web3 focused growth mechanics to boost your community, brand and on-chain metrics

Through the Token Launch team, we support our partners across two main areas

Token Launch Task Force

We support teams by providing assistance on:

We also assist projects in listing on industry-leading exchanges and interacting with launchpads, market makers, other relevant partners that are essential to a successful token launch.

Web3 GTM Team

Dedicated workstreams focused on how we deliver web3 product, partnership and community growth

We tailor our support areas to projects’ needs and goals to supercharge their growth.

What we offer

You'll have a dedicated Program Manager as your main POC with OV and a Project Manager to ensure the launch preparation stays on track
Weekly mission control calls with Token Launch Taskforce
OV expert team workshops and 1-2-1 Deep Dive calls
Streamlined communications - weekly calls with your PM, Slack channel, secured Google Drive

In return for

Some of our Portfolio Companies

“I would encourage teams that want to be in the market within a year and with a disruptive vision… especially for teams having a strong focus on DeFi and applications”

Michael Weber, DIA Co- Founder & COO

‘It was very important for us to work with partners who could complement our skills and provide us a breadth of knowledge and competency. OV have been a perfect partner for us in all respects’

Humayun Sheikh, CEO fetch.ai

“At IOTA we are very grateful for the contribution of all our advisors, including Outlier Ventures, helping us progress the development of this revolutionary technology that will transform interoperability and sharing of resources between internet-of-things devices.”

David Sønstebø, Co-Founder & Co-Chair of IOTA

“Outlier Ventures’ involvement in Boson Protocol has been absolutely critical.”

Justin Banon, Founder & CEO of BOSON PROTOCOL

Projects that we’re looking for

Building in the following niches

Real World Assets (RWA)
Gaming
DePIN
Bitcoin
Privacy Enhancing Technologies
Open Finance
Decentralized Social
AI x Crytpo

We deliver industry leading results as the premier token design and launch program in the space*

$7m

average amount rasied in public sales

Projects launching through Ascent averaged $7m in funds raised through public token sales, with some projects raising $20m+.

$273m

average FDV at launch

The average fully diluted valuation of projects launch through Ascent is $273m, with most listing on top exchanges.

$4.4b

cumulative FDV at launch

Projects that have gone through Ascent have launched at a combined fully diluted valuation of $4.4b at launch.

40+

teams supported on Ascent

We’ve advised over 45 teams on successfully navigating their token launch and other areas – our live tokens include Ocean, Fetch.ai, Boson Protocol, Cudos, DIA, Polkadex & more

*Figures have been calculated using data from all projects that have successfully launched tokens after going through the Ascent program - past performance does not guarantee future results