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Solmate

Piazza San Giorgio 2, Milan, Lombardia, Italy

Overview

Formerly known as Brera Holdings (Nasdaq: BREA), Solmate is pivoting from its sports-club roots into a Solana-centric digital asset treasury and infrastructure provider. Under the leadership of new CEO Marco Santori, the firm plans to deploy bare-metal servers in Abu Dhabi to run high-performance Solana validators, aiming for superior staking yields while accelerating regional blockchain adoption. The company will continue managing Brera’s football assets, but its primary focus is now on accumulating and staking SOL and offering institutional-grade infrastructure. Strategic alignment with the Solana Foundation includes granting the foundation two board seats, underscoring close technical collaboration. New board members also include renowned economist Dr. Arthur Laffer and RockawayX CEO Viktor Fischer. With a dual stock listing in the works and substantial new capital, Solmate intends to position itself as a key enabler of the UAE’s digital-transformation agenda within the Solana ecosystem.

Total raised
$300M
Funding rounds
1
Latest round
Equity
Latest activity
Sep 2025

Industries

  • Soccer
  • Sports
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Recent funding

  1. Equity

    Sep 2025

    $300M

Team

  • Gianluigi Viganò

    Chief Executive Officer of the Italy area

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  • Pierre Galoppi

    Chief Executive Officer

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  • Daniel McClory

    Founder

  • Alessandro Pegorari

    Goalkeeper Coach - First Team FK Akademija Pandev Brera Strumica

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