Eden Dhaliwal is a leader in discovering, incubating and investing in Web3, AI and other emerging tech. With a deep understanding in crypto, Eden specializes in identifying web3 opportunities, assessing the viability of business models involving decentralization, and valuing crypto assets. Furthermore, Eden is an active investor and advisor at many accelerator programs globally including OV BaseCamp, Creative Destruction Lab and others. Recently, Eden co-founded New Order Ventures and launched over 40 projects at the forefront of decentralized finance (DeFi), AI x Crypto, Web3 infrastructure and more. As a Partner at Outlier Ventures, Eden built the firm’s crypto economics practice. The unit examines token economies and business models of cryptonetworks and blockchain companies for investment and provides advisory to seed stage projects on cryptoeconomic design and token engineering. In 2019, through his research with OV, Eden received the Blockchain Research Institute’s award for New Frontier in Enterprise Blockchain Research for leveraging blockchain technology to push boundaries of new business models. Eden continues to support Outlier Ventures as an Executive Advisor and Limited Partner. Prior to joining OV, Eden worked as a Chief Innovation Officer at Canadian Copyright Licensing Agency where he created a blockchain lab (now Prescient) to experiment with innovative blockchain business models and use cases for creative industries. As Chief Executive Officer of Berlin-based corporate venturing agency, xyz futures, he helped develop and launch corporate ventures and startups by applying business model innovation to emerging technologies like AI, deep learning, IoT and more. Eden holds an MBA from the Rotman School of Management at the University of Toronto and received a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics from University of Manitoba.