FC Barcelona: 29.5% of Barça Vision sold to Libero football finance & NIPA Capital for €120m

Libero football finance (a German financial advisory firm listed on the Frankfurt stock exchange) and Dutch investment fund NIPA Capital have acquired 29.5% of Bridgeburg Invest, the holding company of Barça Vision, a content platform operated by FC Barcelona (LaLiga EA Sports) that brings together all the club's Web3, NFT and metaverse initiatives, for €120m, announced the club on 11/08/2023.

Bridgeburg Invest is itself a subsidiary of Barça Studios, an entity set up by FC Barcelona to centralise the creation, production and distribution of all its audiovisual and digital content.

The 29.5% of Barça Vision acquired by Libero and NIPA corresponds to "part of the participation being held by Socios.com (blockchain cryptocurrency platform) and Orpheus Media (audiovisual production company run by Jaume Roures, founder of Mediapro). Socios.com and Orpheus will continue to play a key role in FC Barcelona's Web3 strategy moving forward as strategic partners," explained the club, which sold a 24.5% stake in Barça Studios to Socios.com, followed by a similar stake to Orpheus Media in the…