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December 18, 2020

Gerard Piqué joins €3.5m investment in blockchain football card trading platform Sorare

Piqué is one of a growing number of professional investors turning their hand to venture investing


Tim Smith

3 min read

Barcelona FC captain Gerard Piqué is one of those footballers who doesn’t only make headlines on the pitch. He is an outspoken supporter of a referendum on Catalan independence, husband to global superstar Shakira, and more recently an active venture investor.

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Tim Smith

Tim Smith was news editor at Sifted. He covered deeptech and AI, and produced Startup Europe — The Sifted Podcast . Follow him on X and LinkedIn

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