# Sorare.com Was Registered in 2006. Sorare Didn't Exist Until 2018. > sorare.com is 12 years older than the company that uses it, and the Internet Archive has the site on record from 2003. - **Source:** https://www.robbiesblog.com/sorare-com-domain-history-sorare/ - **Author:** Maggi Ferguson - **Published:** 2026-11-12 - **Topics:** Company Domains, Domain History - **Site:** Robbie's Blog (https://www.robbiesblog.com) ## Key takeaways - sorare.com was first registered on 31 August 2006 and its registration runs until 31 August 2028. - Sorare was founded in 2018, 12 years after the domain was registered. - The Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of the site is from 20 July 2003. - Crunchbase lists about $739M of total equity funding, which is money raised, not valuation. --- sorare.com was first registered on 31 August 2006. Sorare did not exist until 2018. Its founders are Nicolas Julia and Adrien Montfort. The domain is 12 years older than the company that now uses it. Sorare has raised about $739M in equity, according to Crunchbase. That is not a valuation, and the figure is rounded. That puts Sorare at number 430 of the 1,856 companies in the list used for this series. ## The company at a glance | | | |---|---| | Founded | 2018 | | Founders | Nicolas Julia, Adrien Montfort | | Headquarters | France | | Total equity funding | $739M raised, not valuation (Crunchbase, rounded) | ## What Sorare does Wikipedia describes Sorare this way: “Sorare is a fantasy sport digital trading card game centered around real-world sports data. The game allows players to build virtual teams using digital player cards representing real professional athletes and to compete in tournaments whose outcomes are based on real-world match performances.” Sorare's own website describes it as: “Collect, play and win officially licensed digital cards featuring the world” ## Funding and milestones ### Funding and valuation | When | What Wikipedia reports | |---|---| | May 2019 | In May 2019, the company announced a pre-seed round of €550,000, including the technology entrepreneur Xavier Niel. | | July 2020 | In July 2020, the company raised $4 million with German football World Cup champion André Schürrle, among others. | | December 2020 | In December 2020, the company raised another €3.5 million with World Cup champion Gerard Piqué, among others. | | September 2021 | In September 2021, the company raised $680 million Series B round, which valued the company at $4.3 billion. | ### Other milestones | When | What Wikipedia reports | |---|---| | 12 May 2022 | On May 12, 2022, Sorare signed a partnership with Major League Baseball to continue to develop sports on its platform. | | 30 January 2023 | On January 30, 2023, Sorare signed a partnership with the English Premier League for the purchase and use of official Premier League-licensed NFTs. | *Text from the Wikipedia article [Sorare](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorare), available under [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Sentences are quoted unchanged; reported figures are Wikipedia's, not checked against company filings. Revenue is shown only where the article states a figure that has been reported, not a forecast.* ## The domain at a glance | | | |---|---| | Extension | .com | | Name length | six letters | | First registered | 31 August 2006 | | Age | 20 years | | Registered until | 31 August 2028 | | First archived | 20 July 2003 (Internet Archive) | | Registrar | OVH sas | | Locked | Yes, against transfer | | DNS | Cloudflare | | Email | Google Workspace | | Other extensions | sorare.co.uk does not respond; sorare.io loads its own site; sorare.ai loads its own site; sorare.net loads its own site; sorare.org does not respond | ## What the registry records The registry gives sorare.com a creation date of 31 August 2006 and a registration that runs until 31 August 2028. The registrar is OVH sas, and the domain carries registry locks against transfer. The current registration of sorare.com is 20 years old. 1,395 of the 1,912 companies in the Crunchbase list use a .com address. A registry creation date is the start of the current registration, not a sale date, and the record does not name earlier holders. ## The site before the company The Internet Archive's earliest saved copy of sorare.com is from 20 July 2003 and is titled “sorare.com”. It holds copies from 8 separate months before Sorare was founded. It has no copy for 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015 or 2017. In total it holds copies from 97 separate months. An archived page title shows what a site called itself, not who ran it. ## How the name is used now sorare.io, sorare.ai and sorare.net each load their own sites, and who runs them has not been checked. sorare.co.uk and sorare.org resolve but returned no page. The DNS is hosted on Cloudflare and email runs on Google Workspace. ## What was paid No verified public record was found of what Sorare paid for sorare.com, so no price is given. ## Sources - [.com registry record (RDAP)](https://rdap.verisign.com/com/v1/domain/sorare.com) - [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q98097285) - [Crunchbase Unicorn Board](https://news.crunchbase.com/unicorn-company-list/) - [Internet Archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20030720063949/http://sorare.com/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sorare) - [Sorare website](https://sorare.com/) Browse by: [.com companies](https://www.robbiesblog.com/company-domains-extension-com/) · [France companies](https://www.robbiesblog.com/company-domains-country-france/) *Registry data checked 12 November 2026. Funding is from the Crunchbase Unicorn Board, which rounds its figures.* [More company domains](https://www.robbiesblog.com/company-domains/) *Domain links go via an affiliate network and Amazon links carry our Associates tag, so we may earn a commission at no cost to you. As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases. Bids and prices change quickly; check the listing for the current figure.* ## Frequently asked questions ### When was sorare.com registered? sorare.com was first registered on 31 August 2006, according to the .com registry record. The registration runs until 31 August 2028. ### How much did Sorare pay for sorare.com? No verified public record was found of what Sorare paid for sorare.com, so no price is given. ### Who founded Sorare? Sorare was founded in 2018 by Nicolas Julia and Adrien Montfort. --- Canonical URL: https://www.robbiesblog.com/sorare-com-domain-history-sorare/ Licence: © 2026 Robbie's Blog. 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