Yield Guild Games is a technology company.
Yield Guild Games has raised $10.0M across 3 funding rounds.
Yield Guild Games has raised $10.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized autonomous organization (DAO) focused on Web3 gaming, operating as a gaming guild that acquires yield-generating NFTs from blockchain games and lends them to players via a "scholarship" program, enabling income-sharing in play-to-earn (P2E) models.[1][2][3] It serves gamers worldwide—particularly in emerging markets like the Philippines—by providing access to P2E opportunities they couldn't afford independently, while acting as a user acquisition platform for game developers; this solves capital barriers to entry in blockchain gaming and fosters virtual economies.[1][3][4] YGG has shown growth through partnerships with over 80 games, subDAO expansions for scalability, YGG Play (its publishing arm launching titles like LOL Land in 2025), and fundraising exceeding $40M across rounds up to 2025.[1][2]
Founded in 2020 in the Philippines, YGG emerged from gaming veteran Gabby Dizon's 2018 experiments lending his NFTs to players for new blockchain games, later joined by Beryl Li and Owl of Moistness to formalize the guild.[3][4] The idea gained traction amid the COVID-19 pandemic, targeting jobless Filipinos by pooling investor funds to buy Axie Infinity NFTs and lend them to "scholars," sharing earnings among players, the guild, and backers—this bet on Axie proved pivotal, positioning YGG as the P2E guild leader.[2][4] Early milestones included a $1.32M seed in 2021, $4M Series A, and $12.5M IDO, fueling global expansion and subDAO innovations by mid-2021.[2]
YGG rides the Web3 gaming wave, merging NFTs, DeFi, and P2E to build massive virtual economies, timed perfectly with Axie Infinity's 2020-2021 boom and blockchain gaming's maturation.[1][2][4] Market forces like rising NFT adoption, global gamer demand (especially in low-income regions), and developer needs for user bases favor it, as guilds like YGG trade community scale for NFT/token discounts.[4] It influences the ecosystem by onboarding players, diversifying revenues beyond single games, and pioneering on-chain protocols for guild networks, though it faces competition from rival guilds and must adapt to P2E economic shifts.[1][4]
YGG is evolving from a P2E lender to a full Web3 gaming operator via YGG Play, subDAOs, and on-chain guilds (e.g., 2025's 50M YGG eco-fund allocation), positioning it to capture diverse blockchain titles amid maturing economies.[1][2] Trends like hybrid on-chain games, AI-driven quests, and global adoption will shape it, potentially expanding influence through more publishing deals and treasury growth if it picks winners post-Axie. As the leading guild, its scholarship model could redefine player economies, scaling virtual worlds while tying back to its core mission of inclusive opportunities.[3][4]
Yield Guild Games has raised $10.0M in total across 3 funding rounds.
Yield Guild Games's investors include Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, Gumi Cryptos Capital, Arrive, Benchmark, DFJ, Sapphire Ventures, Blockchain Valley Ventures, P101, Fabio Mondini de Focatiis.
Yield Guild Games has raised $10.0M across 3 funding rounds. Most recently, it raised $5.0M Venture Round in August 2021.
| Date | Round | Lead Investors | Other Investors |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 2021 | $5.0M Venture Round | Andreessen Horowitz, BITKRAFT Ventures, Gumi Cryptos Capital | |
| Jun 1, 2021 | $4.0M Series A | Arrive, Benchmark, BITKRAFT Ventures, DFJ, Sapphire Ventures | |
| Mar 1, 2021 | $1.0M Seed | Blockchain Valley Ventures, Gumi Cryptos Capital, P101, Fabio Mondini de Focatiis |