55. Maxime Hagenbourger, Founder @ SorareData - Building the future of play-to-earn companion apps [a web3 episode]

In this 55th episode of "Runway Series Originals", I am thrilled
to welcome Maxime Hagenbourger, Founder at
SorareData.


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Fast-growing companies raising several hundreds of millions of
dollars in venture capital, sometimes attract in their wake
independent players who have identified unmet needs and thus
develop products in this large ecosystem born from the success of
these scaleups. From this context there are two facts: the
certain initial dependence of these emerging actors on these
ecosystems but also the opportunity for them to create new
categories, by emancipating themselves as they meet success
themselves and get traction.And other very insightful takes.


This is the case with Soraredata, the go-to platform for every
Sorare player. Founded in June 2020 by Maxime Hagenbourger,
SorareData provides data and tools to enhance the experience of
every Sorare manager: aggregated market data, football players
stats, decision-making tools & side games are amongst the key
features of the platform. From its inception, SorareData has
become the key companion app for every Sorare player to make sure
they thrive and succeed in the game: more than 80% of 10+ Sorare
card owners are registered on SorareData.


Maxime recently declared With the emergence of play-to-earn
games, players will look for companion apps to help them in their
gaming experiences. Starting with Sorare managers, we look
forward to taking part in the changes brought by this new gaming
model, making players successful wherever they play.


In this 55th episode of "Runway Series Originals", Maxime talks
about his technical skills in blockchain that he acquired during
the crypto winter of 2018/2019, how he started Soraredata as a
side project to help himself to be a better player on Sorare and
why he decided to devote himself to it and raise funds (a seed of
$ 700k with Seedcamp but also Kima Ventures, Cigny Labs and
Sorare-itself). Maxime also explains how to overcome the
challenges of a solo-founder even technical, the importance of
thinking long-term and utility function for a web3 / crypto /
play-to-earn project, why listen to users and the importance he
places on recruiting passionate people, how Soraredata serves the
Sorare ecosystem and how Maxime intends to deploy the Soraredata
experience in other ecosystems and other play-to-earn games...
and many other exciting topics.


I am sure you will love this episode, we have a lot to cover so
enjoy it right now.


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