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Brera Holdings

Piazza San Giorgio 2, Milan, Lombardia, 20123, Italy

Overview

Brera Holdings PLC is an Irish holding company focused on growing social impact football (American soccer) through the development of a global portfolio of emerging football clubs with increased opportunities to win tournament prizes, gain sponsorships, and provide other professional football and related consulting services. The Company intends to build on the legacy and brand of Brera FC, the Company's first football club acquisition. Brera FC, also known as "The Third Team of Milan".

Total investments
1
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
1
Active investors
3

Sector focus

  • Soccer
  • Sports
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Investment portfolio

  • Solmate

    Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

    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.

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