Barcelona are looking to raise €100 million (US$112 million) to launch their own investment fund, according to Palco23, reports, www.sportspromedia.com/.

The Spanish business outlet says that the La Liga champions have been exploring the project for two years with the aim of creating a testbed for new technologies.

Barcelona are apparently not willing to contribute capital to the initiative, and would instead provide the knowledge and expertise of their staff to assess which startups have the potential to succeed in the market by testing them at the highest level.

Among the things yet to be decided regarding the new entity are where it will be located and who will be charged with leading the investment vehicle. Palco23 says that Barcelona want it to operate as an independent subsidiary.

The club already have experience trialling new technologies through their Barça Innovation Hub, which was established in 2017 to help incubate innovations that will shape soccer from both a sporting and commercial perspective in the future.