What Yazoo does

Yazoo is a privately held investment company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2021, that specializes in the metaverse sector with a focus on gaming, esports, GameFi, and NFT verticals. The firm pursues a controlling-investment strategy, seeking majority stakes or management rights in its portfolio companies, and operates three formal investment methodologies covering Gaming, Esports, and the broader Metaverse (including virtual universes, digital assets, VR/AR, and NFT infrastructure). Its sole disclosed operating subsidiary is Joygame, an S-Class global mobile game publisher operating under Netmarble Türkiye, which Yazoo acquired in February 2022 for approximately $4.83M and which serves as the portfolio's publishing, distribution, and data-analytics engine.

Yazoo's go-to-market is sales-led and direct, sourcing investments through proprietary deal flow rather than traditional marketing channels, and it is backed by named investors including Inveo Gaming (Esports Fund I) and Ozan Özerk, Chairman of Ozanpay. The firm claims a 50M+ user footprint across portfolio companies, 39 esports teams and 450+ players, prior team-level experience with 200+ startups and 32 successful IPOs, and $10B+ in assets managed over 20 years — figures that reflect cumulative team track record rather than verified current Yazoo AUM. The company has publicly stated it is on an active IPO journey, positioning itself as a publicly tradable metaverse investment vehicle, though no listing has been completed.

The underlying technology stack is portfolio-driven rather than internally developed: Yazoo invests into VR, AR, blockchain wallets, NFT marketplaces, and NFT minting tools via its portfolio, while its own differentiator rests on the Joygame publishing platform's 10+ years of mobile gaming experience and advanced data analytics for product and investment decisions. Revenue mechanics are not disclosed and pricing is not publicly available; the firm generates returns through controlling equity stakes, potential publishing royalties via Joygame, and future exit events, with no published revenue or ARR figures in the source data.

Name

Yazoo

Legal name

Yazoo

Website

https://yazoo.io

Company type

Private

Founded year

2021

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

501–1,000 employees

Short description

Yazoo is a Montreal-based private investment firm that takes majority or management stakes in metaverse-related companies across gaming, esports, GameFi, and NFTs, with mobile game publisher Joygame as its core operating subsidiary. It is pursuing an IPO while building a vertically integrated portfolio.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital and Private Equity (Metaverse/Gaming Focus)

NAICS

Open-End Investment Funds (525910), Software Publishers (51321)

SIC

Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (6200), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Web3/Blockchain Game Studios (MPAFAAAO)

akta.pro secondary industries

GameFi Economies & Token Systems (tokens, staking, sinks/sources, inflation control) (FSAPAGAG), In-Game Asset Standards & Infrastructure (NFT items, marketplaces, royalties, asset registries) (FSAPAGAE), Digital Game Marketplaces & Item Economies (NFT/Skins/Trading) (BPAMAKAJ), Gaming & Virtual World Communities (BPAMABAE)

Keywords

• Metaverse investments
• Gaming investments
• Esports investments
• Gamefi investments
• Nft investments

Headquarters

HQ city

Montréal

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Investment Returns: Yazoo generates returns through controlling majority stakes or management rights in portfolio companies across gaming, esports, GameFi, and NFT verticals. The company has a track record of 32 successful IPOs and manages over 10 Billion USD in assets.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Yazoo is a metaverse-focused investment firm that deploys capital into online gaming, esports, GameFi, and NFT companies, typically acquiring majority stakes or management rights. Through its wholly-owned publishing arm Joygame, it provides S-Class global mobile game publishing services covering hyper, hybrid, and casual titles. The firm applies proprietary investment methodologies across gaming, esports, and the broader metaverse (virtual universes, digital assets, VR/AR, and enabling blockchain technologies).

Product overview

Yazoo Investment is a metaverse investment company operating as a unified platform with multiple investment methodology approaches. The core offering consists of strategic investments in gaming (via publishing arm Joygame), esports (teams, players, media), and metaverse technologies (virtual universes, NFTs, VR/AR). The company targets controlling stakes in portfolio companies and manages a portfolio of 10+ client logos across these verticals.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Yazoo Investment Platform Metaverse investment platform that deploys capital into gaming, esports, GameFi, and NFT companies, typically taking majority stakes or management rights. Operates globally from Montreal, Canada.
• Joygame Global Mobile Game Publishing S-Class global mobile game publisher within Yazoo's portfolio, handling publishing operations for hyper, hybrid, and casual mobile titles with more than 10 years of experience and advanced data analytics for product decisions.
• Yazoo Gaming Investment Methodology Investment approach focused on the mobile gaming space, including hyper, hybrid, and casual mobile games, with emphasis on key talent ownership in game studios.
• Yazoo Esports Investment Methodology Investment approach covering esports from every angle, including teams, players, media content, community management tools, and IP business.
• Yazoo Metaverse Investment Methodology Investment approach targeting virtual universes (games, virtual work offices, community platforms), digital assets (cryptocurrencies, NFTs), and enabling technologies such as VR, AR, blockchain wallets, NFT marketplaces, and NFT minting tools.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• JoygamecoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 4 February 2022Joygame is Yazoo's publishing arm, operating as a S-Class global mobile game publisher. Yazoo invested in Joygame which operates under Netmarble Türkiye. The company focuses on NFT-based gaming and plans to launch its first NFT game in 2022.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Netmarble: A major global mobile game publisher noted in Yazoo data as the parent of Joygame Turkey. Comparable as a mobile publishing incumbent that shares operational overlap with Yazoo's Joygame arm, though at vastly greater scale.

Direct peers

• Makers Fund: A global gaming-focused investment firm backing interactive entertainment, content, and platforms. Comparable to Yazoo's gaming investment methodology and stage preferences.
• Konvoy Ventures: A venture fund focused on esports and gaming infrastructure. Comparable to Yazoo's esports methodology covering teams, players, media content, and community tooling.
• Griffin Gaming Partners: A venture capital firm dedicated to gaming, with a thesis spanning interactive entertainment, esports, and metaverse infrastructure. Comparable to Yazoo in sector focus and stage of investments.
• Hiro Capital: A venture fund investing in gaming, esports, and metaverse technologies including VR/AR. Comparable to Yazoo's broader metaverse methodology covering enabling technologies.
• BITKRAFT Ventures: A gaming and interactive entertainment-focused venture fund investing across games, esports, and virtual worlds. Highly comparable to Yazoo's gaming and esports investment methodology and similar LP base.
• London Venture Partners (LVP): A seed and early-stage gaming-focused venture fund. Comparable to Yazoo's gaming investment thesis, particularly around hyper-casual and mobile-first studios.
• Galaxy Digital: A publicly listed crypto and digital asset investment firm with strong exposure to Web3 gaming and NFTs. Comparable to Yazoo's crypto/NFT investment thesis and broader metaverse strategy.
• Play Ventures: A gaming-focused venture capital firm investing in game studios and infrastructure across mobile, PC, and emerging platforms. Directly comparable to Yazoo's mobile gaming investment focus.
• Animoca Brands: A Hong Kong-based Web3 gaming and metaverse investment company. Directly comparable to Yazoo in its thesis of investing across blockchain gaming, NFTs, and metaverse verticals, with operational subsidiaries (e.g., game studios and NFT platforms) similar to Joygame.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/yazoo

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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