The Outlier Ventures Podcast

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we speak with Oleg Fomenko, co-Founder of Sweat Economy, an ecosystem designed to reward movement. Oleg is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, to discuss how he is changing exercise economy. If you are a Web3 founder, tech founder, or simply curious about bridging Web2 and Web3, this episode is for you. You will: Hear about Oleg’s founder journey,...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Aaron McDonald, founder of Futureverse (and FLUF World), with the mission to build an Open Metaverse. Aaron is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, discussing the inevitability of being in the 'futureverse' - no matter where you are. If you are a Web3 founder, tech founder, or simply curious about the Open Metaverse, this episode is for y...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Trevor Jones, artist and Bitcoin Angel creator, and Tina Ziegler, art curator and founder of Avata. Trevor and Tina are joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, on a discussion panel at Digital Art Week London. If you are an artist (traditional or digital), art curator, collector or simply passionate about digital art and integrating emerging...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Cathy Hackl, founder of Journey, who have the mission to help brands envision, plan, and effectively build the next generation of customer experiences enabled by emerging technologies. Cathy is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, having an insightful conversation about: What Metaverse is and what it is not Web2 companies experimenting wi...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Rene Reinsberg, co-founder of Celo, who have the mission to build a financial system that creates the conditions of prosperity for everyone. The co-founder of Celo is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, diving into: The creation of Celo Foundation What is Regenerative Finance (ReFi)? Why VCs are interested in ReFi Building a better finan...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Robbie Ferguson, co-founder of ImmutableX, with the mission of powering the next generation of Web3 games. The co-founder of Immutable is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, discussing: Robbie's founding journey with his brother, James Ferguson Web3 gaming and NFTs The creation of Gods Unchained (digital trading card game) Web3 economies...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Martin Avetisyan, Chief Growth Officer of Farfetch, with the mission to be the global platform for luxury fashion, connecting creators, curators and consumers. The Chief Growth Officer of Farfetch is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke. Fashion is a community-driven industry, it’s not a coincidence that luxury fashion is one of the closes...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Marieke Flament, CEO of NEAR Foundation, a non-profit foundation responsible for contracting protocol maintainers, funding ecosystem development, and shepherding core governance of the NEAR Protocol. Marieke is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they dive into: Marieke's background and journey to CEO of NEAR Foundation Being CEO i...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Ben Huh, Founder of Origami, helping the most ambitious communities launch and grow their DAOs. Ben is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they talk about building DAOs, governance, voting, tokens and DAO regulations. ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Meta...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Kyle Tut, Founder of Pinata, the leading media management company for the creators and developers building the future of web3. Kyle is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they talk about Hackathons, startup scaling, building on IPFS and the long road to raising capital.  ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, o...

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Will Warren and Amir Bandeali, co-founders of 0x Labs, building important infrastructure for the emerging crypto economy and enabling markets to be created that couldn't have existed before. The co-founders of 0x Protocol are joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they discuss the Coinbase 'mafia', coming from traditional markets into...

We're back with another episode highlighting some of the best conversation at Diffusion Digital, curated by Arinze Clifford of Outlier Ventures as he goes through a few of his favourite moments. If you found these discussions exciting you can sign up for our next event at https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future...

On today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Grace Kwan, co-founder of Orca, a pure AMM DEX on Solana which has its own liquidity pools. Since its launch in February 2021, Orca currently supports 25 liquidity pools. Grace is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they cover conversation around human-centred design, DeFi accessibility, concentrated liquidity, SDKs, the crypto win...

On today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Muneeb Ali, the founder of Stacks, a Bitcoin smart contracting platform unleashing the potential of Bitcoin's capital enabling users to build apps, smart contracts, and digital assets that are integrated with Bitcoin's security, capital, and network. Muneeb is joined by our host and CEO, Jamie Burke, where they discuss the inherent tension in...

Today we talk to Sangmin Seo (Sam), Founder and Head of the Klaytn Foundation, an open-source public blockchain for all who wish to build, work, or play in the metaverse. With main net launched in June 2019, it is one of the largest blockchain platforms in South Korea and is now undergoing business expansion from its international base in Singapore.  Sangmin and Jamie Burke discuss the South Korea...

Today we're joined by Keyvan Sadeghi, founder and CEO of Functionland, which aims to end the rental web by creating a decentralized cloud alternative, Blockchain-Attached Storage (BAS), that solves the ‘paying problem’ for users and open-source developers. On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, Jamie Burke talks to Keyvan about Protocol Labs, IPFS, the challenge of sovereignty, protocols, dev t...

On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we are joined by Leemon Baird, Founder & Chief Scientist of Hedera Hashgraph, the most used enterprise-grade public network by combining high throughput, low fees, and quick finality - achieving the highest grade of security possible. Today, Jamie Burke and Leemon return to talk after their Base Camp Accelerator partnership, covering the creation of their...

We believe the next phase of growth in the evolution of DeFi will come not from better integration into the existing financial system, more regulation or real-world assets and CeFi, but instead, by unlocking digital value already native to the Metaverse. For today’s SPECIAL EPISODE, we bring you our very own Jamie Burke with the audiobook version of our follow-up to The Open Metaverse Thesis, 'Met...

In this episode Arinze Clifford of Outlier Ventures goes through 5 of his favourite moments from our last Diffusion Digital event with a little bit of context in between. If you found these discussions exciting you can sign up for our March event at https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 ------------ Whether you’re a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse,...

On this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we are joined by Nate Alex, creator of ChainFaces, and CMO of Secret Project a group working towards innovation on-chain and combining new systems with social experiments and market mechanisms with a goal to continually build fresh experiences through NFTs. Today, Jamie Burke and Nate return to chat after their NFTS.WTF collaboration, and discuss the impor...

Today, we talk to the CEO and Founder of Ex Populus, Tobias Batton. Ex Populus is working with the next generation of content creators to help enable their vision, by partnering with them as a world-class publisher and business partner, with current work including LAMEVerse, Iron Pigeons and GigaUnits. In this episode of The Metaverse Podcast, Jamie Burke and Tobias discuss the evolution of mobile...

Today on The Metaverse Podcast, we talk to Esther O'Callaghan, founder of hundo.careers, a progressive jobs platform designed to connect forward-thinking employers with Gen Z talent, with the intention of ending youth unemployment, due to a broken recruitment industry model.  Esther and Jamie Burke discuss being a female founder, growing up in Blackpool, the breakdown between education and work st...

On this week's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we're talking to Ben Lakoff, Co-Founder of Charged Particles, a new protocol that allows users to put digital assets inside NFTs - ERC20, ERC721 or ERC1155 - giving creators the power to utilise 'nested' NFTs. Ben and Jamie Burke discuss Ben's background and origin, DeFi intersecting the NFT marketplace, the loneliness of being an entrepreneur, NFTs...

The last of our NFCastle recordings, we talk to Jon Victor, Product Manager at Protocol Labs, an open-source R&D lab primarily focussed on the Filecoin network. They build protocols, tools, and services to radically improve the internet. Today, Jon and Jamie Burke discuss the fundamental resource of the internet, waking up to work in Web3, creating implementations of IPFS, cheapening storage throu...

We're back with one of our last recordings from NFCastle, with Maria Shen of Electric Capital, an early-stage venture firm focused on cryptocurrencies, blockchain, fintech, and marketplaces. Prior to Electric, Maria was CTO and co-founder of Bambify, which helped SMBs easily form supply chains with manufacturers across the globe. She has also worked on search technology at Microsoft, with her feat...