Carlos Vinicius card on Sorare.
Carlos Vinicius card on Sorare.
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SoftBank leads $680M funding for NFT fantasy soccer game maker Sorare

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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SoftBank led a $680 million funding round for nonfungible token (NFT) fantasy soccer collectible game platform Sorare. The investment values Sorare at $4.3 billion, and it speaks to the confidence investors have in the combination of blockchain games and fantasy sports.

The round is the biggest Series B (second institutional round) for a European game company, and Paris-based Sorare will use the money to acquire new licenses for its NFT products and hire new people.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.