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Football Champion Mats Hummels Focuses on Strategic Sports Investments

World Cup winner Mats Hummels is building a diverse investment portfolio in sports startups, while Berlin's Born secures major funding for social gaming expansion.

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Football World Cup champion Mats Hummels has become an active startup investor, focusing on sports-related companies. His portfolio includes PadelCity, a Munich startup promoting Padel sport, nutrition company By Nahni, wine business Herbstmeister Wein, and PlayersTech platform.

Berlin-based Born (formerly Slay) raised $25 million from prestigious investors including Accel and Tencent, with their AI character Pengu reaching 15 million global users. Swedish FinTech 0TO9 is expanding to Germany with plans to create 1,000 profitable companies over two decades.

DefenseTech investments are growing across Europe, supported by various venture capital firms and the NATO Innovation Fund.

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