# YOLO Ventures

> YOLO Ventures is a VC fund in Montreal backing Blockchain, Web3 and Gaming. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Montreal, Canada
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/yoloventures
- Website: http://www.yoloventures.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/yoloventures

YOLO Ventures is a VC fund in Montreal focused on Blockchain and Web3. YOLO stands for You Only Live Once. Established in 2012, YOLO Ventures is a private venture capital firm based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded with one goal in mind: Enable people to focus on the things they WANT to do, and not on what they HAVE to do.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1M–$15M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 3 | 60% |
| Web3 | 2 | 40% |
| Gaming | 2 | 40% |
| Cryptocurrency | 2 | 40% |
| Ethereum | 1 | 20% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 60% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 40% |
| Taiwan | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Roolz | Roolz is a crypto based community driven web3 gaming & entertainment studio. | $1M | Seed | Sep 17, 2024 |  |
| Yield Guild Games Southeast Asia | YGG SEA is a sub-decentralized autonomous organization (subDAO) of the play-to-earn blockchain game YGG. The YGG SEA will be based on smart contracts built on the Etherum blockchain. | $15M | Seed | Dec 16, 2021 |  |
| Ex Populus | Ex Populus was founded by some of the most notable executives in desktop gaming, mobile gaming, VR, blockchain, and esports to create a launchpad for ambitious studios to launch besto-of-class content in web3 and the Metaverse. Ex Populus is powered by people. “Ex Populus” is Latin and means “from people” to contrast the famous phrase “Ex Machina”which means “from the machine”. | $5.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 14, 2021 |  |
| VELVET | Velvt is an investment platform that engages in liquidity of asset. | $3.1M |  | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| VELVET | Velvt is an investment platform that engages in liquidity of asset. | $3.5M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [3Commas](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3-commas) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [8186 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8186-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Akatsuki Games Inc.](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/akatsuki-3) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does YOLO Ventures invest in?

YOLO Ventures invests primarily in Blockchain, Web3 and Gaming startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is YOLO Ventures's check size?

YOLO Ventures typically joins rounds of $1M–$15M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds YOLO Ventures participates in.

### When did YOLO Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for YOLO Ventures closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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