OneFootball Piles Up $300 Million From Liberty City Ventures and Animoca Brands

OneFootball, a media platform, jacked up $300 Million during a series D funding round led by Liberty City Ventures and Animoca Brands.
OneFootball Labs are aiming to allow soccer clubs, federations, clubs and leagues to make the latest virtual fan experiences on a blockchain.
Other investors in this funding round involve Animoca Brands, RIT Capital Partners, Quiet Capital, DAH Beteiligungs, and Dapper Labs.

OneFootball Enters Blockchain Realm

OneFootball, a soccer media platform based in Germany, gathered $300 Million to double down on its existence in Web3 ecosystem. Hong Kong HQed Animoca Brands, Liberty City Ventures, and other investment mammoths led the financing.

It will enable teams, players, soccer federations to launch virtual assets as well as fan tokens based on blockchain tech. Backers will be able to acquire and store collectibles with their credit card and email.

OneFootball, CEO and Founder, Lucas von Cranach, made a forecast that blockchain tech and soccer will be highly connected in future. He stated that they thinks the future is gonna be decentralized and developed on web3, offering back digital asset and data ownership to the fans.

With its more than 100 Million active users, OneFootball is amongst top-tiered NFTs in this sector. It features soccer metrics from 200 leagues in 12 distinct langs. Considering its likeness, it is unsurprising that renowned VC organizations like Quiet Capital, Dapper Labs, Liberty City Ventures and Animoca Brands led the multimillion investment.

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Crypto and Soccer

The interaction among crypto sector and soccer field has been more obvious during previous several months. For one, the 2nd best team in Italian Serie A — AC Milan — joined forces with BitMEX to launch limited edition NFTs. Prior to that, most well liked Argentine soccer club — Boca Juniors — contemplated releasing a similar initiative.

The Mexican club Tigres took an extra step, enabling its fans to acquire tickets in Bitcoin. The endeavor became live previous weekend when it faced off its big rival — America.

Legendary soccer players as well as hall of famers have also advanced into the crypto realm. Earlier this week, most admired soccer star all over the globe, the skill set himself, 2005 Ballon d’Or winner — Ronaldinho Gaucho — joined hands with a DEX P00LS to initiate his own token, known as RON.

At the same time, considered among the greatest football legends of all time, former Red Devil, David Beckham filed 3 trademark requests for entertainment events, NFTs and digital clothing in Metaverse. Just a month ago, Becks became the international brand ambassador for virtual asset organization — DigitalBits.