The Outlier Ventures Podcast

Today we talk to Fraser Edwards, founder of Cheqd, a business aiming to design the default payment mechanism for authentic data, increasing the adoption of self-sovereign identity technology. On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, Jamie Burke and Fraser discuss ecosystem fulfillment, building de-facto standards, dealing with high throughput, the trouble with biometrics, COVID passports, and more. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we talk to Dean Tribble, founder of Agoric, a Proof-of-Stake chain utilizing secure JavaScript smart contracts to rapidly build and deploy DeFil, comprised of a team who are experts in smart contracts. Agoric was founded on open-source principles which look to build a public economy. During the episode, Dean and Jamie Burke discuss the importance of developer accessibility, composability as more than just a buzzword, moving on from flash and HTTP, scaling for DeFi, DAOs and NFTs utilising decentralised finance, and more! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

What do you do once you've amassed over 1.7 million followers? How do you host a Metaverse podcast while drinking on a Friday night? Today we answer those questions while talking to Bored Elon, an NFT & crypto investor spawned from a viral Twitter parody account. Bored Elon has invested in a multitude of projects, including Voxies, Sipher and Vidya, while also working on his own project, MetaMars. In this Episode, Jamie and Bored Elon discuss the impact of becoming a Twitter Influencer, how the account was modelled, his growing interest in Web3 Technology, the impact of Elon Musk on crypto, being followed by the founder of Twitter, and much more. Join us! ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

What if we could reimagine data ownership using simple tools? What if it was easy to control your own data online? In this episode, we talk to Reza Naeeni, founder of Swash, a Web3 project trailblazing the path towards the New Data Economy. Swash is creating tools that allow the average person to take back control of their data and turn it into a commodity potentially turning it into an income stream.  Reza is joined by our CEO Jamie Burke to discuss the current state of the data economy, data unions, user data rights, and what the future of the New Data Economy could look like over time. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

On this special midweek episode, we talk to Ahmed Al-Balaghi, founder of Biconomy a project accelerating Web3 adoption by making all its components more composable, interoperable & usable, through their three flagship products, Hyphen, Gasless and Forward. Jamie and Ahmed discuss the hurdle of gas-fees, DeFi adoption, Outlier Venture's Base Camp, API and SDK integration, dApp usiability, their innovative multi-chain relay protocol, and more.  ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

This week, we talk to Aaron McDonald of Non-Fungible Labs, a creative studio focused on blockchain, crypto and NFTs, from Auckland, New Zealand. The team at Non-Fungible Labs look to innovate with creative technology, and are developing a wide range of real-world applications for non-fungible tokens to empower creatives. Non-Fungible Labs are the brains behind Fluf World, a generative Metaverse project with 10,000 unique 3D animated rabbits living as NFTs on the blockchain. Aaron is joined by Jamie Burke to discuss his background at Centrality, the formation of Flufs, how they are aiming to build a future for hi-fidelity creations in the Open Metaverse, and what the future holds for Fluf World... keep your eyes peeled and your (floppy) ears open.  Make sure to check out the official Outlier Ventures YouTube channel for the companion piece to this episode, coming soon: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCd_K-AgiS2XV8_iuRQ7JyNQ ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we are joined by the founder of The Pomp Podcast & The Best Business Show, Anthony Pompliano. Anthony is an entrepreneur and investor, building and selling numerous companies, previously running both Product & Growth teams for Facebook, and currently manages a portfolio worth more than $500 million focusing on early-stage tech. His show, The Pomp Podcast is one of the most popular podcasts in business and investing, and has been downloaded 20M+ times, and his newsletter goes out to over 150,000 investors. Anthony Pompliano is joined by Jamie Burke, as they discuss operating system maximalism, why bitcoin will be the Metaverse's reserve currency, play to earn and the future of digital work, why games don't pay out in bitcoin, digital assets, substack, virtual jobs, and how we're already living in the metaverse. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today we are joined by Diane Dai, founder of DODO, an on-chain decentralized exchange & liquidity provider, powered by the Proactive Market Making (PMM) algorithm. DODO is designed to make trading and investing easy & accessible for anyone to take part in, and through Diane's background in marketing, has made significant steps to achieve that.  Diane and Jamie discuss the power of crypto-winter and DeFi summer, DeFi's relationship with NFTs, the cross over into MetaFi, and how NFT Pools will allow for people to invest in non-fungible token value, just as we do with companies & networks.  ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Pplpleasr, of PleasrDAO - a collective of DeFi leaders, early NFT collectors and digital artists who acquire culturally significant digital work, and experiment with community art ownership.  Pplpleasr is the DAO's namesake, and a multidisciplinary artist, who found viral fame creating work for well-known crypto brands including AAVE, Sushiswap and Yearn. She, and Jamie Burke, discuss falling into DeFi, the importance of NFT art, creating memetic content, how crypto transformed her career, and the wormhole of crypto 'time dilation'.  ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!

Today We talk to Saira Meuller, Gaming Editor of WIRED Magazine, reaching more than 30 million people each month, aiming to be the essential source of information and ideas that make sense of a world in constant digital transformation. Jamie Burke and Saira Mueller discuss the rise of the Metaverse in gaming - tracing the journey from The Sims to Clash of Clans, Fortnite, Axies and Decentraland. They look at eSports as an example of gaming as a profession, women in gaming and diversity in the metaverse, along with the future of game development being taken fully online.  ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/ Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://discord.gg/xT4Jm7nYtm Telegram - https://t.me/outlierventures Twitter - https://twitter.com/OVioHQ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/company/outlierventures/  More - https://outlierventures.io/links/ For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://outlierventures.io/podcast-overview/  Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://diffusion.events Check out our portfolio - https://outlierventures.io/portfolio/ Thanks for listening!