DSV Completes $200,000 OTC Investment in Sportstensor

DSV Fund has announced a $200,000 over-the-counter (OTC) investment in Sportstensor (Subnet 41), a decentralized prediction market project on top of Bittensor. The investment supports Sportstensor’s efforts to expand its flagship platform, Almanac, and solidifies DSV’s growing focus on prediction and intelligence subnets within the Bittensor ecosystem.

Key Highlights

• Investment Amount: $200,000 (OTC)
• Recipient: Sportstensor (Subnet 41), founded by Leo Lucian
• Lead Investors: DSV, with oversight from Mark Creaser (CEO) and Siam Kidd (CIO)
• Objective: To strengthen Sportstensor’s liquidity, accelerate platform development, and position prediction markets as a key use case within Bittensor

About Sportstensor and Almanac

• Core Product: Almanac, a prediction market platform built on Bittensor, routes real-money trading volume into Polymarket and rewards traders who make accurate predictions.
• Revenue Model: Every 1% fee collected is recycled into Alpha buybacks, ensuring long-term value growth.
• Innovation: Sportstensor is the first anti-dilutive subnet on Bittensor, meaning emissions cannot exceed earnings.
• Integration: By tapping into Polymarket’s $1B+ monthly trading volume, Sportstensor transforms the “wisdom of crowds” into protocol-linked cash flow.

Strategic Significance

• The project bridges AI, DeFi, and prediction markets, making foresight a financial primitive.
• Polymarket’s new collaboration allows Sportstensor to launch custom markets beyond sports, extending into politics, macro trends, and other real-world domains.
• DSV’s investment underscores confidence in prediction markets as “truth engines” and reinforces Bittensor’s role as a decentralized AI infrastructure for real-world intelligence applications.

Leadership Commentary

• Leo Lucian, Founder of Sportstensor: “Thanks to DSV, this OTC investment will finally allow our small team to eat three hot meals (ramen) a day while we push tirelessly to make Sportstensor and Bittensor a household name. Onwards!”
• Mark Creaser, CEO of DSV: “Sportstensor captures the spirit of decentralized intelligence—where truth, liquidity, and foresight converge into measurable value.”

About DSV Fund

DSV is a decentralized venture fund investing in frontier subnets within the Bittensor network, supporting projects that merge intelligence, liquidity, and utility. Its incubator and investment initiatives focus on accelerating the next wave of decentralized AI innovation.