Backing outliers in Web3 / DAO / NFT through research and community.
Milestones
2022
Deployed Fund III on Ethereum; Launched Outliers VC DAO & recruiting its 99 founding members.
2021
Exited Fund II at $23M+ (11.2x); Raised $20M for Fund III; Structured $20M ecosystem funds.
2020
1 startup acquired, 2 startups filing IPO from Lab #1. Asia offices set up in Shanghai & Singapore.
2019
Brought Lab #1 startups to 12 cities for roadshows (Asia, UAE, US) with $100M+ raised collectively.
2018
Exited Fund I at $32M+ (16.2x), launched Lab #1 with 9 startups and invested in 6 with Fund II.
2017
Collectively read 880+ papers, tokenomics, smart contracts and invested in 32 deals with Fund I.
2016
Syndicated $2M as Fund I from 20 student LPs at MIT as a student-run research community.
Milestones
2022
Deployed Fund III on Ethereum; Launched Outliers VC DAO & recruiting its 99 founding members.
2021
Exited Fund II at $23M+ (11.2x); Raised $20M for Fund III; Structured $20M ecosystem funds.
2020
1 startup acquired, 2 startups filing IPO from Lab #1. Asia offices set up in Shanghai/Singapore.
2019
Brought Lab #1 startups to 12 cities for roadshows (Asia, UAE, US) with $100M+ raised collectively.
2018
Exited Fund I at $32M+ (16.2x), launched Lab #1 with 9 startups and invested in 6 with Fund II.
2017
Collectively read 880+ papers, tokenomics, smart contracts and invested in 32 deals with Fund I.
2016
Syndicated $2M as Fund I from 20 student LPs at MIT as a student-run research community.
Featured Portfolios
Featured Portfolios
Fund I
(2016-2018)
Fund II
(2018-2021)
Fund III
(2022-2026)
Founding Story
Outliers was originally a special interest group (SIG) for SciFi-inspired research at MIT. We imagineered science fiction into scientific prototypes and published scientific papers as a student-run research community.
20 students syndicated $2M and elected Poseidon as a GP for Outliers Fund I. We read 880+ papers, tokenomics, smart contracts, advised 160+ startups, invested and exited 32 deals (16.2x from 2016 to 2018)
With these research foundation and venture experience, we founded Outliers Lab #1 to incubate 9 startups with $100M+ raised, two filing IPO, invested and exited 6 deals as Outliers Fund II (11.2x from 2018 to 2021)
We raised $20M for Outliers Fund III, structured $20M ecosystem funds with XYO, Conflux, Cipholio and deployed Fund III on Ethereum via Syndicate and are shipping the fund terms / operations on smart contracts.
We are incorporating security / governance / non-fungible tokens and recruiting 99 researchers / founders / investors as founding members to OutliersDAO, a collective intelligence & community-driven venture DAO.
Founding Story
Outliers was originally a special interest group (SIG) for SciFi-inspired research at MIT. We imagineered science fiction into scientific prototypes and published scientific papers as a student-run research community.
20 students syndicated $2M and elected Poseidon as a GP for Outliers Fund I. We read 880+ papers, tokenomics, smart contracts, advised 160+ startups, invested and exited 32 deals (16.2x from 2016 to 2018)
With these research foundation and venture experience, we founded Outliers Lab #1 to incubate 9 startups with $100M+ raised, two filing IPO, invested and exited 6 deals as Outliers Fund II (11.2x from 2018 to 2021)
We raised $20M for Outliers Fund III, structured $20M ecosystem funds with XYO, Conflux, Cipholio and deployed Fund III on Ethereum via Syndicate and are shipping the fund terms / operations on smart contracts.
We are incorporating security / governance / non-fungible tokens and recruiting 99 researchers / founders / investors as founding members to OutliersDAO, a collective intelligence & community-driven venture DAO.