# Yield Yak

> Yield Yak is a VC fund backing Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

Yield Yak is a cryptocurrency website that provides tools for DeFi users.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 5 | 83% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 67% |
| Web3 | 1 | 17% |
| Finance | 1 | 17% |
| Software | 1 | 17% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| France | 2 | 33% |
| Mexico | 1 | 17% |
| Australia | 1 | 17% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| E36 Knots | E36 Knots build decentralized web3 services with the goal of empowering developers and users |  | Seed | Sep 01, 2025 |  |
| Suzaku | Suzaku is a blockchain-based decentralized center that connects Layer 1s with cryptoeconomic security. | $1.5M | Seed | Aug 28, 2025 |  |
| Geode Finance | Geode Finance is a first of its kind white label liquid staking solution, tailor-made for DAOs. | $3M | Seed | Jun 07, 2022 |  |
| Platypus Finance | Platypus Finance is a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that offers a new mechanism for Automatic Market Makers (AMM) for stablecoins to optimize capital efficiency. | $3.3M | Seed | Dec 02, 2021 |  |
| Colony Lab | Colony Lab is a community-driven initiative to power the Avalanche Platform growth by investing in early-stage projects. | $1M | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| Trader Joe | Trader Joe provides users with a true 'one-stop-shop’ DeFi experience. It is a platform for trading, staking, farming, lending, borrowing, and leverage. Users of the platform will have the ability to immerse themselves in a fully integrated, accessible DeFi trading platform. | $5M | Seed | Sep 02, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Blizzard Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blizzard-fund) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [DeFiance Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/defiance-capital-96c1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Mechanism Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mechanism-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Tegridy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tegridy-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [The Avalanche Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-avalanche-foundation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Yield Yak invest in?

Yield Yak invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Web3 startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in France. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Yield Yak last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yield Yak closed in Sep 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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