Poseidon started Outliers Fund I, Fund II, Outliers Lab and now leads research and investment at Outliers Fund III. He dropped out from University of Washington and Tsinghua University to devote full-time on Outliers after turning $2M (from 20 students at MIT) into $32M+ in two years. Poseidon was known for his research on Ant-Inspired Collective Intelligence and Reality Computing at MIT Media Lab, San Diego Zoo Research and Microsoft Research. He received his B.S. Management Information Systems from National Taiwan University. Poseidon holds 4 research fellowships, 15 international design and programming awards.

Ira Winder leads research and technology at Outliers Fund, developing models and simulations to guide strategy for investments in transformative technology. Formerly a Research Scientist and Technical Instructor at MIT, he invented the Tactile Matrix. Ira and Poseidon were colleagues at the MIT Media Lab, and have been lifelong friends ever since. Ira is now Principal Research Scientist at Chiba Institute of Technology’s Center for Radical Transformation. Ira has presented at global events such as the G7 ICT Conference and the Singapore World Cities Summit. His work has been featured in major media, and he has built custom simulations for Bill Gates and Gates Ventures. Ira holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from MIT.

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.

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