Outliers
About Outliers
Outliers was started as a MIT special interest group on SciFi-inspired research. In 2016, 20 students & professors syndicated $2M for investing in token-based projects, known as the Outliers Fund I (OFI). We collectively read 880 white papers, tokenomics, smart contracts, worked with 160 founders and invested in 32 of them. In 2018, we exited OFI at 16.2 MOIC and distributed 13.16 DPI to all the LPs. We did it again for Outliers Fund II (OFII) at 11.23 MOIC and distributed 9.71 DPI to all the LPs.
We just completed deploying $33M for Outliers Fund III (OFIII), and OFIII has entered into its Growth & Exit Period (2025-2028). Starting 2025, we have launched two new venture funds: Outliers Scientific Fund (OSF) focusing on Space Technology and Outliers Intelligence Fund (OIF) focusing on Computing.

Poseidon Ho
Founding Partner (Taipei, SF Bay Area)
Poseidon started Outliers Fund I (exited), Fund II (exited), and Fund III. From 2026 to 2035, he is focused on running Outliers Scientific Fund for investing in defense & commercial Space technologies; Outliers Intelligence Fund for investing in AGI, robotics, and intelligence technologies. Prior to founding Outliers Fund, Poseidon researched ant-inspired collective intelligence and reality computing at MIT Media Lab, San Diego Zoo, and Microsoft Research. He received 4 research fellowships, 15 international design & programming awards during his studies at National Taiwan University, MIT, University of Washington, and Tsinghua University. Poseidon is also known as the highest stake poker player from Taiwan, with tournament prizes in 2025 being $2.2M+.

David Chou
GP & Head of IR (Taipei)
David leads fundraising, investor relations and exit strategy at Outliers Fund III. David advised Poseidon on fundraising and investor relations when Poseidon was running Outliers Fund I; invested as a LP at Outliers Fund II; and invested his Fund II LP payout and became a GP in Outliers Fund III. Throughout David’s 27-year career in VC/PE investment, M&A, IPO, leverage buyout, he has completed 60+ cross-border transactions worth over $9B, including investing $500K in Alibaba as the first institutional investor in 1999. David received his MBA from Columbia University, B.S. Economics / Geology from National Taiwan University, and attended Executive Program from Tsinghua University in Beijing

Ira Winder
Head of Research & CTO (Tokyo, Boston)

Albert Chou
General Counsel & CFO (Taipei, Shanghai)
Albert leads finance & tax at Outliers Fund, overseeing the fund’s financial strategy, accounting & auditing, tax reporting, and regulatory compliance. Albert is a board member of Outliers Fund’s investment committee, where he performs financial due diligence and evaluates investment deals’ financial statements, tax planning, legal and regulatory compliance. Albert brings over 30 years of professional experience in tax and finance from leading high-tech companies like Apple Computer, Inc. and the Big Fours including Deloitte, Ernst & Young, PwC across the U.S., China and Taiwan offices. Albert holds LL.M. from New York University, University of Pennsylvania and J.D. from Rutgers University.

Hsiou-wei W. Lin, PhD
Senior Advisor (Taipei)
Hsiouwei serves as a senior consultant at Outliers Fund, providing advice and delivering recommendations for the solutions for the fund in financial modeling, financial statement analysis and financial forecast regarding the investees, as well as accounting and auditing. He serves as a Professor at Department of International Business and Professor at Department of Accounting, NTU. His experience in industry and finance fields include chairing the Committee for Academic Division of Finance and Accounting of National Science Council, Taiwan and sitting on the board for China Development Financial Holding, MStar Semiconductor, Go-In Engineering, Overseas Chinese Bank, KGI Bank, and Cosmos Bank. Hsiouwei received his PhD in Business and MBA in Finance degrees from Stanford University and New York University, respectively.

Brian Dai
Chief Branding Officer (Shanghai, Taipei)
Brian heads brand growth at Outliers. He turns complex scientific concepts into stories people connect with and ensures the fund’s vision is understood. His background spans global icons like Disney and Ford to contemporary consumer unicorns like Heytea. He brings innovation to established giants and sustainable growth to startups. Brian evaluates potential investments based on strategy and product quality. He prioritizes the consumer experience, which complements the deep tech and financial focus of the partners. He adds commercial sophistication to the fund and identifies the unique strategies that define market leaders.

Sophia Wang
Research Associate

Zac Wang
Research & Investment Associate (Taipei)
Zac leads research for Web3 projects and helps our portfolios build community, providing strategies for user growth and token economic design. He joined Outliers Fund in 2023 and assists Poseidon with various fund tasks. Prior to investing in and working at Outliers Fund, Zac assisted with project research, event planning, and community operations for Web3 at Cherubic Ventures. He has previously held roles in product management and marketing at several Web2 startups. Zac received his B.A. in Business Administration from National Taipei University.

Molly Ho
Marketing & Design (Taipei)
Molly leads marketing and design at Outliers Fund, overseeing all visual communications and producing multimedia content to express the company’s culture through social media. Since 2018, she has collaborated with Outliers Fund on brand identity and visual system development, contributing to the design of visual assets for multiple events. She previously interned at Baidu Raven (now Xiaodu Connect) as an interaction designer in Beijing, and worked as a graphic designer at Radical Department (rebranded as Butlr) in San Francisco. She also served as the lead designer and consultant at semiconductor company OSE.