UP255 OneFootball meets Web3

Today’s guest is Lucas Von Cranach, the founder and CEO of OneFootball, the global media platform based in Berlin with regional offices around the world. 

The company recently announced it had raised a $300 million Series D funding round led by blockchain investor Liberty City Ventures, creating a web3 joint venture, One Football Labs, with blockchain games firm Animoca Brands and Dapper Labs known for its sports NFT deals with the NBA and NFL.

This follows last year’s acquisition by OneFootball of Dugout, which brought with it relationships with several leading soccer clubs as shareholders, including Arsenal, Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Chelsea, Juventus, Liverpool, Manchester City, Paris Saint-Germain, Real Madrid and Olympique de Marseille. 

So this is a conversation about football, digital platforms, web3 and money.  

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