Stephan Apel
Managing Partner @ Outlier Ventures
London, United Kingdom
Stephan Apel is a seed investor at Outlier Ventures in London focused on Information Technology and FinTech. Stephan Apel is the CEO and Founding Partner of Outlier Ventures. He previously worked at Moelis & Company as an Executive Director. Stephan Apel attended Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business.
- Total investments:
- 3
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 33%
Last updated:
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Industries Stephan Apel invests in
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Countries Stephan Apel invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Information Technology 2 (67%)
- FinTech 1 (33%)
- Software 1 (33%)
- Analytics 1 (33%)
- InsurTech 1 (33%)
Stage
- Seed 1 (33%)
- Angel 1 (33%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (33%)
Country
- Ireland 1 (33%)
- United Kingdom 1 (33%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| BloXmove provides a seamless Mobility Blockchain Platform for urban mobility by building an ecosystem built on alliances. Our decentralized B2B infrastructure interconnects mobility services providers such as scooter, car sharing, public transport etc. to enable 1-click customer journeys from A to Z. We enable service roaming and provide a global“Alliance for Mobility''. | $50K / Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2021 | ||
| DFP - Transforming SME underwritingOur award-winning insurance technology helps you collect and manage huge amounts of data about your industry sector to give you the insights you need for better performance. It’s the future of efficient underwriting.The technology we have developed in the form of our powerful data sourcing platform providesinsurers with the granular insights on SMEs they would otherwise find difficult, time-consuming and expensive to acquire. | $400K / Angel / Dec 12, 2016 | ||
| DFP - Transforming SME underwritingOur award-winning insurance technology helps you collect and manage huge amounts of data about your industry sector to give you the insights you need for better performance. It’s the future of efficient underwriting.The technology we have developed in the form of our powerful data sourcing platform providesinsurers with the granular insights on SMEs they would otherwise find difficult, time-consuming and expensive to acquire. | $400K / Seed / Oct 01, 2016 |
Co-Investors
About Outlier Ventures
Established in 2014, Outlier Ventures is one of the first VC firms dedicated to investing in the emerging crypto ecosystem. Since launching its Base Camp accelerator in 2019, Outlier Ventures has received over 5,000 applications for its highly sought after virtual accelerator and has helped raise over $350 million in seed funding for its growingportfolio of 220+ high-profile projects from across the world, such as Crucible and Biconomy.In addition, Outlier Ventures has supported the launch and growth of several billion-dollar crypto economies including Fetch.ai, Boson Protocol, Secret Network, Blox Move, Swash and DIA Data. Their portfolio includes notable projects across DeFi, NFTs and blockchain infrastructure with a focus on emergent Metaverse use cases such as NFT-based digital couture fashion brands, avatar marketplaces, decentralized music publishing platforms, play-to-earn games, augmented reality social positioning protocols, and more.Outlier Ventures has expanded its Base Camp program to partner with leading protocols such as Aptos, Filecoin / IPFS, Polygon, and Polkadot along with FARFETCH, to host dedicated accelerator programs for these Web3 ecosystems along with Ascent, Outlier Ventures’ advisory offering targeted at later stage teams. Through its blockchain agnostic approach, Outlier Ventures has achieved record growth, doubled its cohort intake year after year, and is on target to accelerate well over 100 startups in 2022, making it one of the most active investors in the space by deal volume and the most active Web3 accelerator globally and top 3 crypto investor globally by volume of investment.Since its inception, Outlier Ventures has always viewed its portfolio as an open stack of technologies that contribute to a new web paradigm, referred to as Web3, based on principles that prioritize the sovereignty of the user, their data and digital wealth, over platform and shareholder supremacy. In January of 2021, Outlier Ventures published its thesis on the imminent arrival of the Metaverse, outlining how Web3 would serve as an operating system for an Open Metaverse.
Outlier Ventures Contacts
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Fabio Maffioli
Head of Base Camp Accelerators
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Matt Law
Partner
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Rumi Morales
Partner
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Ana-Maria Yanakieva
Investment Manager
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Aron van Ammers
Founding Partner & CTO
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What does Stephan Apel invest in?
Stephan Apel invests primarily in Information Technology, FinTech and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Ireland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did Stephan Apel last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Stephan Apel closed in Feb 2021. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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