#34: Jonathan Ludwig - CEO, Co-Founder Fantium | Investing in athletes’ careers | Opportunities in web3 x sports | Angel invesing in Sorare | Future of tokenization
The Profluence Pod 🌐 - A podcast by Andrew Petcash

Jonathan is a repeat entrepreneur having founded and sold his first company INCENT Corporate Services. He then spent the last few years as a web3 angel investor, including a gem in the NFT fantasy platform Sorare. Jonathan jumped back into the founder seat in 2022 leading a $2M seed round for Fantium and recently announcing 3 big athletes utilizing their platform. Fantium is a unique blockchain-based platform that allows fans to invest in the future careers of athletes. Chapters: (01:25) From founder to angel investor back to founder (03:45) Spotting opportunities as an investor (08:50) Possibilities of web3 x sports (12:40) Origin story of Fantium (15:40) Felix Mischker raising $52,000 on Fantium (18:10) Who’s investing in these athletes? (23:55) Raising $2M seed round at Fantium (29:10) Starting in tennis and moving to other sports (31:05) Trends to watch in sports . Jonathan Ludwig links: Website: https://www.fantium.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FANtiumOfficial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanludwig9b75a71223/ . Andrew Petcash links: 🏠 Website: https://profluence.com ✉️ Newsletter: https://www.petcashpost.com 🎙 Podcast: https://anchor.fm/andrewpetcash 🐣 Twitter: https://twitter.com/andrewpetcash 🕺 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@andrewpetcash 📸 Instagram: https://instagram.com/andrewpetcash 💼 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewpetcash/ 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3q5jhAuCVT2FZCkLW5xBiQ/ . Thanks for listening!