The NFT-based fantasy sports operator was valued at $4.3bn in a series B round led by SoftBank that came just seven months after its series A.

Telecommunications and internet group SoftBank led a $680m series B round today for Sorare, the France-headquartered creator of a fantasy football game focused on non-fungible tokens (NFTs).

Atomico, Bessemer Ventures, D1 Capital, Eurazeo, IVP, Liontree, Benchmark, Accel and Partech also participated in the round along with private investors Alexis Ohanian, Gerard Piqué, Rio Ferdinand, Antoine Griezmann and César Azpilicueta.

Sorare’s online platform hosts a fantasy game where players can trade NFTs of certain players with each other in order to…

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Robert Lavine

Robert Lavine is special features editor for Global Venturing.
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