About
Adrien Montfort built the engine behind the first blockchain game to carry official licences from the Premier League, LaLiga, Major League Baseball and the NBA. He co-founded Sorare in 2018 with Nicolas Julia — the pair met at the enterprise blockchain company Stratumn, where Montfort was VP of engineering and Julia VP of operations, and left together to start it — and as chief technology officer he architected the platform through a $680 million SoftBank-led round that valued the company at $4.3 billion in 2021 and past three million registered users. He led its move to a multichain model in 2025, migrating collectibles to Solana and balances to Base. He stepped back from day-to-day operations in November 2025 and remains closely involved as a board member. A telecommunications engineer by training from Télécom SudParis, he wrote backend systems at the crypto broker Paymium before Stratumn.
Beyond investing
- Education
- Trained as a telecommunications engineer at Télécom SudParis.
- More
- Met Julia at Stratumn, where he was VP of engineering and built a blockchain team of more than ten people; they left together in August 2018. Led Sorare's move to a multichain model in October 2025, migrating collectibles to Solana and balances to Base. Stepped back from day-to-day operations in November 2025 and remains involved as a board member.
From Adrien's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Co-founder at Sorare
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Sorare's investors · 15
4M HoldingCascaisAccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checksAcrew CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $15M checksBessemer Venture PartnersRedwood City · $5M – $100M checksConsenSys MeshZugEmblemParisFabric VenturesLuxembourg · $300K checksIsomer CapitalLondonIVP (Institutional Venture Partners)San Francisco · $15M – $75M checksKibo VenturesMadrid · $2.2M – $5.4M checksKima VenturesParis · $50K – $5M checksMolten VenturesLondon · $2.5M – $63M checksSeedcampLondon · $378K – $1.1M checksSoftbank Latin America FundMiamiSoftBank Vision FundLondon
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Co-founders at Sorare
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Nicolas JuliaCo-founder & CEO
Senior Software Engineer at Paymium
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Paymium's investors · 2
Co-founders at Paymium
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Pierre NoizatExecutive Officer
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Pierre NFounder
Experience
- SorareCTO/CPO2018 — 2025Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- StratumnVP Engineering2016 — 2018Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- PAYMIUMSenior Software Engineer2015 — 2016Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- - IDOL -Full Stack Developer2013 — 2015Greater Paris Metropolitan Region
- GG FactorBackend Developer2012 — 2013
- InvivooInformation Technology Consultant2008 — 2012
- ESATrainee2005
Education
- Télécom SudParisMaster's degree, Telecommunications Engineering2004 — 2008
- Aalborg UniversityMaster's degree, Data Engineering2007 — 2008
- Aalborg UniversityData Engineering2007 — 2008
Skills & more
Go1Ember.jsBitcoin1MultithreadingSoftware Engineering1Software Development1Design PatternsDistributed SystemsTestNG1RSpecPuppetCapistrano
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TeamCityiOS developmentCVSJavaScriptRubyJavaObjective-CGitSQLC++OracleTrading SystemsLanguages English · French
From Adrien's professional profile.
Network9
Alexis OhanianScout
Founder & General Partner of Seven Seven Six
Alex GouldScout
General Partner at The Valley Fund
Edward LandoScout
Partner at Pareto Holdings
Nicolas EssayanScout
Partner at Motier Ventures
Brent Hoberman
Executive Chairman, Founder at Founders Factory
David Sainteff
Investment Partner at Global Founders Capital
Emanuele Levi
Partner at 360 Capital
Guillaume Houzé
Investor at Motier Ventures
Valentine Barbelivien
Investor at Founders Future
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Adrien Montfort?
- Adrien Montfort built the engine behind the first blockchain game to carry official licences from the Premier League, LaLiga, Major League Baseball and the NBA. He co-founded Sorare in 2018 with Nicolas Julia — the pair met at the enterprise blockchain company Stratumn, where Montfort was VP of engineering and Julia VP of operations, and left together to start it — and as chief technology officer he architected the platform through a $680 million SoftBank-led round that valued the company at $4.3 billion in 2021 and past three million registered users. He led its move to a multichain model in 2025, migrating collectibles to Solana and balances to Base. He stepped back from day-to-day operations in November 2025 and remains closely involved as a board member. A telecommunications engineer by training from Télécom SudParis, he wrote backend systems at the crypto broker Paymium before Stratumn.
- Where does Adrien Montfort work?
- Adrien Montfort is Co-founder at Sorare and Senior Software Engineer at Paymium.
- What check size does Adrien Montfort write?
- Adrien Montfort typically writes checks of $5K – $50K.
- What companies did Adrien Montfort found?
- Adrien Montfort founded Sorare.
- Where did Adrien Montfort go to school?
- Adrien Montfort studied at Télécom SudParis (Master's degree, Telecommunications Engineering); Aalborg University (Master's degree, Data Engineering); Aalborg University (Data Engineering).
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People who overlapped with Adrien at the same organization — a shared school or employer with one of them is a warm way in.
Together at SorareAdrien: Co-founder
Nicolas Julia2018–2026Co-founder & CEO of Sorareemlyon business school · Hanken School of Economics · Saliège CampusPeter Fenton2020–2025General Partner at BenchmarkStanford University Graduate School of BusinessAlex Lim2021–2025Investor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill · Winchester CollegeBoris Golden2020–2025General Partner at Partech VenturesÉcole normale supérieure de Lyon · Lycée Henri IV · Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAntoine Nussenbaum2021–2025Investor at FELIX CAPITALESCP · Université Paris Dauphine - PSLChristian Miele2020–2025Investor at HeadlineCBS International Business School · INSEAD
Founder mafias
Aalborg University mafia2
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Télécom SudParis mafia2
Also came through, then founded or led a company.
Same school
Also attended Télécom SudParis7
Marc RougierManaging Partner at ElaiaMaximilien BacotCOO at BreegaSidhant GoyalPrincipal at Crane Venture PartnersThierry PetitPartner at 50 PartnersBenoit MarrelManaging Partner at BreegaKhaled HeliouiPartner at Plural
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Also attended Aalborg University27
Arzu TekirGeneral Partner at Treeo VCPaolo PirjanianVenture Partner at Calibrate VenturesLine JacobsenManagement Assistant at Sunstone CapitalBo IlsoeManaging Partner at NGP CapitalJean-Marie FerdegueDirector at Facebook at PICUS CAPITALMads HebbelstrupCorporate Advisory at SuperSeed
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Shared employers
Also worked at Sorare14
Peter FentonGeneral Partner at BenchmarkNicolas JuliaCo-founder & CEO of SorareAlex LimInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Boris GoldenGeneral Partner at Partech VenturesAntoine NussenbaumInvestor at FELIX CAPITALChristian MieleInvestor at Headline
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Also worked at Stratumn5
Also worked at ESA26
Sunir KapoorNon-Executive Chairman at Kibo VenturesRodolfo CondessaInvestment Partner at Armilar Venture PartnersAndreaIR at NAPNuno SebastiãoSenior Advisor at Armilar Venture PartnersAndreas von RichterManaging Director at LBBW Venture Capital GmbHIon HauerPrincipal at APEX Ventures
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