Aptos Foundation and Outlier Ventures have come together to announce the Aptos x Outlier Move Accelerator cohort, comprising eight innovative start-ups focused on revolutionizing the Web3 user experience across gaming, social, AI, DeFi, NFTs, and infrastructure.

As leaders in the blockchain space, Aptos Foundation supports the growth of the Aptos protocol, a safe, scalable, and upgradable layer-1 blockchain powered by Move. Meanwhile, Outlier Ventures stands as a prominent global Web3 investor and accelerator.

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The selected start-ups, including Aptos Arcade, ArmurAI, Duo, Wapal (by Mokshya Protocol), MoveFlow, SendInAir, SwapGPT, and Yours (Blockwave Labs), will embark on a 12-week program receiving customized support tailored to their individual needs, particularly in utilizing the Move language.

Bashar Lazaar, Head of Ecosystem and Grants at Aptos Foundation, emphasized, "The mission's broader vision of not just bringing more developers into the chain but also equipping them with essential resources for success across the wider Web3 ecosystem. The cohort exemplifies the potential for expanding the utility, accessibility, and scalability of use cases, transforming the internet as we know it."

Jamie Burke, CEO and Founder of Outlier Ventures, expressed excitement about the inaugural cohort's visionary founders. 

"The selected teams, leveraging the Move programming language, are pioneering Web3 adoption in gaming, infrastructure, and DeFi spaces."

Jamie Burke, CEO and Founder of Outlier Ventures

"The collaboration between Aptos Foundation, with seasoned Web2 professionals, and Outlier Ventures' Web3 expertise offers a unique approach to support each start-up," added Jamie.

Throughout the program, the cohort will gain direct access to leading mentors, Web3 thought leaders, investors, and connectors, enabling future fundraising efforts. They will also receive guidance from in-house experts, focusing on developing product roadmaps, community building, entity structuring, and more.

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Meet the Cohort

Aptos Arcade (USA) 

Aptos Arcade is a Web3 game studio that develops games and an on-chain game engine for the Aptos blockchain. Their goal is to empower the next generation of Web3 games by providing an extensible suite of gaming primitives for the MoveVM.

ArmurAI (India)

ArmurAI is an A.I.-powered security infrastructure platform, enabling users to build custom security tooling for Web3 and beyond by leveraging pre-trained A.I models. 

Duo (USA)

Duo is an Ethereum compatible blockchain running on Aptos. Duo provides sub-second transactions from the speed, scalability and finality of Aptos making it especially suitable for Web3 gaming.

MoveFlow (Hong Kong)

MoveFlow is a programmable payment protocol that enables predefined transaction rules based on time and events. This protocol allows users to set up programmable payment rules that determine when and how payments are made. These rules can be based on time intervals, such as monthly recurring payment, or on specific events and conditions, such as the completion of a task, or the achievement of a milestone.

SendInAir (South Korea) 

SendInAir is a fully decentralized NFT War Game on the lightning-fast Aptos blockchain, powered by cutting-edge Move smart contracts. Their goal is to provide the most sustainable Web3 game, offering an unparalleled blockchain gaming experience. 

SwapGPT (India)

AI-powered DeFi aggregator and Liquidity Manager, that enhances the capabilities of smart contracts by leveraging AI algorithms to efficiently route transactions and actively manage liquidity across multiple protocols using no-code portfolio management strategies.

Wapal (Singapore)

No code NFT creator studio, launchpad and marketplace on the Aptos Blockchain. Wapal's unique features such as on-chain randomness, permanent storage, and cheapest mint fees makes it one of the most scalable NFT launchpad across all blockchains. Wapal is built by Mokshya, an open-source protocol that builds customizable smart contract libraries, SDKs, and developer tools on Aptos Blockchain.

Yours (Blockwave Labs) (South Korea)

One-stop NFT enterprise solution for customer loyalty management. Solutions include minting points, membership rewards and coupons for Web3 users.

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For more information, please visit: https://outlierventures.io/base-camp/

About Aptos Foundation 

Aptos Foundation, is dedicated to supporting the development of the Aptos protocol, decentralised network and ecosystem and driving engagement with the Aptos ecosystem. By unlocking a blockchain with seamless usability, Aptos Foundation aims to bring the benefits of decentralisation to the masses. 

Aptos is a next-generation Layer 1 blockchain.  Aptos’ breakthrough technology and programming language, Move, are designed to evolve, improve performance and strengthen user safeguards. Please visit https://www.aptosfoundation.org for more information on the Aptos blockchain. 

About Outlier Ventures

Founded in 2014, Outlier Ventures is the global leading Web3 accelerator, with a renowned reputation as the go-to authority for Web3 founders, investors and enterprise, to help shape the future of the Metaverse. 

Outlier Ventures is the most active investor globally within the Web3 ecosystem (by volume), with a portfolio of 247  startups from every region of the world across its Base Camp and Ascent programs, helping raise over $350m in seed funding across its various accelerator programs. Outlier Ventures has also supported the launch and growth of several crypto economies including Biconomy, Boson Protocol, Fetch.ai, Secret Network, Blox Move, and DIA Data. 

Outlier Ventures designs bespoke programs by its team of experts that help refine business strategy, product-market fit, community growth, token design and governance as well as an investor and mentor networks.

For more information, please visit www.outlierventures.io