Raphaël Varane

Board Member at Como 1907, Investor, Philanthropist, Entrepreneur and Ex-Footballer

📍 United Kingdom🔄 Updated October 2026💼 10 investments📅 5 years investing🗓 Last invested Jun 2024
VC🌍 United Kingdom
10
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5
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Portfolio

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Jun 2024
Intuition is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage companies moving culture.
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Feb 2024
We invest in changemakers. Mission-driven startups. Ready to make an impact.
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Feb 2024
🌱 MORFO has developed a solution for large-scale ecological restoration of forest ecosystems. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter : https://morfo.substack.com/ At MORFO, we know that fighting climate change is a race against time, and we are ready to deliver on this challenge. Our drone-based reforestation solution allows us to restore deteriorated natural areas at scale around the world in just a few weeks. Our aim is to replenish and enhance the biodiversity of depopulated forests, enabling precise reforestation with indigenous plant species. We do this through science-backed innovation, in-depth R&D, and local community involvement. With a single drone, we can process up to 50 hectares of forest imagery per day and plant 180 seed pods every minute, even across steep and difficult-to-access lands. By ensuring local participation in our reforestation efforts, we are building sustainable livelihoods for the most vulnerable communities. MORFO is proudly backed by world-renowned scientific institutions such as the University of Sao Carlos UFScar, Brazilian agronomy company EMBRAPA, and the French lab trio INRAE, IRD, and CIRAD. We believe that the key to combating climate change rapidly and at scale is by harnessing science, innovation, and local participation. To join us in our efforts against climate change, please visit our website: https://www.morfo.rest Our unique technology allows us to restore deteriorated natural areas around the world in just a few weeks! Analysis, species selection, planting and monitoring, MORFO offers you the most complete, ecological and innovative solution.
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Dec 2023
FOOTBAR est un capteur basé sur l’Intelligence Artificielle, qui collecte les données techniques et physiques des joueurs de football et les rend accessible via une application mobile associée. Notre mission ? Construire un pont entre la pratique du football et lunivers digital
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Sep 2023
APEX is a specialist investment firm focused on the global Sports industry. Backed by world-class athletes and institutional partners, combining capital, operational expertise, and market-leading ecosystem access to unlock unique opportunities and drive long-term value. For more information, please visit www.apex-cp.com.
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Jul 2023
For Sports. By Sports. ScorePlay builds the media backbone for sports organizations, from leagues and federations to clubs, broadcasters, and rights holders. Our suite of AI-driven products automates, structures, and scales every part of the sports media lifecycle, from live capture to global distribution and consumption. ScorePlay Creator: A Digital Asset Manager (DAM), automating media ingestion, tagging, and distribution, empowering teams and athletes to instantly access and share their best moments across photos and short video clips.  ScorePlay Studio: A Media Asset Manager (MAM), centralizing creative operations and simplifying collaboration for video teams and live content producers. ScorePlay Pulse: Providing scalable, end-to-end media infrastructure that connects live production, archive, and on-prem content to scale and future-proof sports organizations. #ai #artificialintelligence #innovation #technology #dam #mam #pam
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Jan 2023
Kobi est une application pensée pour améliorer le pouvoir d’achat sport des salariés et favoriser leur bien-être.💰 Ainsi ils pourront l’utiliser pour se faire rembourser une licence sportive, un abonnement sport, ou acheter des équipements destinés à la pratique sportive. 🏀 💯 Cerise sur le gâteau : le salarié récupère un pourcentage de ses dépenses pour booster son budget sport en consommant dans plus de 8 000 enseignes partenaires 🎯 Decathlon, Airbnb, Carrefour et bien d’autres marques utilisent déjà Kobi pour offrir du sport à leurs clients 🎾
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Jan 2021
📈 KINVENT is actively involved in the fields of physical rehabilitation and sports biomechanics producing innovative measuring and training devices for the facilitation of every day and athletic movements. ⚒️ Our strengths at KINVENT is that we can think and produce solutions to any challenge of sports biomechanics and physical rehabilitation. Triangular force plates for visual feedback balance training, sensors for continuous 3D kinematic analysis in the water, force sensors for kite surf, accelerometers for rowing and sailing, are some of our on demand products. If you are looking for excellence in hardware and software solutions for your work, then youre at the right place ✅
Experience · 13 entries
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2024
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Jun 2024
VOGO develops, markets and distributes live & replay, audio and video solutions for spectators and professionals in sports venues. The company also provides professional audio communication systems for the industry and services sectors.
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Jun 2024
Intuition is a venture capital fund investing in early-stage companies moving culture.
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Jun 2024
Founded in 2014 by Xavier Marin, former Co-Head of Investments at Eurazeo, TRAIL is a European private equity platform managing €1.0bn in assets. The firm supports high-performing mid-sized European companies in their international expansion, with the ambition to turn them into global leaders. TRAIL’s investment approach and company culture are deeply international. The firm operates through teams based in Paris, Luxembourg, and Shanghai, complemented by a network of strategic partners in key global markets. This international footprint is reflected both in the nature of its deals and in the day-to-day functioning of the platform.
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Feb 2024
We invest in changemakers. Mission-driven startups. Ready to make an impact.
Investor
Feb 2024
🌱 MORFO has developed a solution for large-scale ecological restoration of forest ecosystems. 💌 Subscribe to our newsletter : https://morfo.substack.com/ At MORFO, we know that fighting climate change is a race against time, and we are ready to deliver on this challenge. Our drone-based reforestation solution allows us to restore deteriorated natural areas at scale around the world in just a few weeks. Our aim is to replenish and enhance the biodiversity of depopulated forests, enabling precise reforestation with indigenous plant species. We do this through science-backed innovation, in-depth R&D, and local community involvement. With a single drone, we can process up to 50 hectares of forest imagery per day and plant 180 seed pods every minute, even across steep and difficult-to-access lands. By ensuring local participation in our reforestation efforts, we are building sustainable livelihoods for the most vulnerable communities. MORFO is proudly backed by world-renowned scientific institutions such as the University of Sao Carlos UFScar, Brazilian agronomy company EMBRAPA, and the French lab trio INRAE, IRD, and CIRAD. We believe that the key to combating climate change rapidly and at scale is by harnessing science, innovation, and local participation. To join us in our efforts against climate change, please visit our website: https://www.morfo.rest Our unique technology allows us to restore deteriorated natural areas around the world in just a few weeks! Analysis, species selection, planting and monitoring, MORFO offers you the most complete, ecological and innovative solution.
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