About us

The world's first listed football financing platform

Our central USP's

360 Degree Approach - HOLISTIC OPTIMIZATION: We collaborate with clubs to optimize performance and processes across sports and all relevant business areas.
Stock Exchange StructurE: We offer a reliable and transparent stock exchange structure for efficient trading and investment opportunities.
Value driven: A strong commitment to good governance and common values, especially with regard to diversity and sustainability, forms the basis of the cooperation.
Emphasis on Digitization: We leverage advanced digital technologies to enhance efficiency and effectiveness of clubs.
Direct Investment into the club: We aim to provide additional financial resources for our clubs to invest into sustainable growth.

Team - Board of Directors

Lars Hülsmann
CEO
- > 27 years in banking (e.g. at Dresdner Kleinwort- and HypoVereinsbank), PE/VC, M&A
- Member of the Board of Directors of two investment banks in Germany and abroad
- Supervisory Board mandates in Germany and the U.S.
- Lead advisor for debt and equity transactions in the Bundesliga
- Honorary commitment in an international service club
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Dr. Jan Lehmann
CFO/CCO
- Seven years as a management consultant at McKinsey & Co.
- > 15 years in management positions in the sports business, including Infront, Deutsche Fußball Liga (DFL) and Nielsen Sports
- 5 years as CFO/CCO at Bundesliga football club Mainz 05
- Various honorary positions in sports and society
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Team - Supervisory board

Thomas Mayrhofer (Chairman)
- 35 years as a lawyer specializing in equity as well as debt capital markets law
- Partner at Pinsent Masons and Head of Capital Markets until 2023
- >80 IPOs, reverse IPOs and listings since 2018 alone (including SpVg Unterhaching, auto.de, Cyan AG, etc.)
- Support >100 capital increases (e.g. Cancom SE, Synbiotic SE, etc.)
- Various supervisory board mandates, e.g. as chairman (e.g. B+S banking systems, Primus Solutions AG, etc.)
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Marco Bode (Deputy Chairman)
- 1988-2002 Professional football player Werder Bremen (379 games): European Cup winner, German champion, DFB Cup winner, European champion 1996, world cup runner-up 2002
- 9 years as chairman of the Supervisory Board of Werder Bremen KGaA
- 2022 Author "Tradition doesn't score goals"
- TV expert ARD and SKY Germany
- Partner and managing director of the sports marketing agency "deepblue sports"
- Strategy Consultant "Nordic Film Production"
- Commitment "Common Goal", "Football can do more" and "brain@sports"
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Katja Kraus
- Since 2013 author and managing partner Jung von Matt/SPORTS
- Hamburger SV board member for eight years
- Football player: Three-time German champion and four-time cup winner, seven international matches and participation in the Olympic Games
- 5 years as member of the Supervisory Board of the Adidas Group
- 2019 Founding of the company TAE, promotion of the effectiveness of women leaders and more diversity in management structures
- Founder of the initiative "Football can do more"
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Gerd Kerkhoff
- > 30 years of experience as management consultant for supply chain management, sales and M&A
- Founder of the management consultancy Kerkhoff Consulting, the consultancy most frequently awarded for quality of advice and managing director of the Kerkhoff Group
- Various advisory board mandates
- Numerous consulting mandates, e.g. from Bundesliga clubs, such as Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund
- Bestselling author and author of various reference books
- Member of the delegation of various int. trips by the Chancellery and the Ministry of Economics
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Prof. Dr. Florian Kainz
- Since 2012 Director of the International Football Institute (IFI)
- Since 2021 Managing Director of the University of Applied Management
- Since 2013 Managing Director of IUNWorld GmbH
- Since 2020 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of SpVgg Unterhaching
- Advising clubs on strategy, communication, management and squad planning
- Development of digital strategies and concepts for football clubs
- Personal Coaching of Football Executives
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Michael Föcking
- >8 years financing experience in leading positions at BHF-BANK and Royal Bank of Scotland
- 13 years at EQT Partners as managing partner and member of the investment committee of three funds (focus: mid-sized companies in Northern and Continental Europe)
- Since 2016 shareholder and advisory board member (mostly chair) of eight digital companies
- Several advisory mandates (focus: business development, organizational development, management coaching, financing)
- Active supporter of several social impact initiatives
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