Entrepreneur; VeeFriends founder; Topps Chrome VeeFriends licensee
Gary Vaynerchuk
Public hobby figure who licenses VeeFriends character IP to Topps, appears at the National Sports Collectors Convention and New York Comic Con, and regularly points collectors to local card shops. Research current as of 2026-10-22.
Sources
- Sports Collectors Digest: Topps VeeFriends partnership at NYCC (2024-10-17)
- X @garyvee: Topps Chrome partnership (2024-10-19)
- Tradercracks / Beckett: 2025 Topps Chrome VeeFriends checklist (2025-04-20)
- GaryVee Substack: 2026 Topps Chrome VeeFriends launch notes (2026-06-09)
- SI Collectibles: National panel with Logan Paul (2026-07-31)
- X @garyvee: video for people opening or expanding a card shop (2026-08-01)
- VeeFriends blog: NYCC 2026 booth (2026-10-05)
- Business Wire: zerocool / first physical VeeFriends set (2022-03-08)
- Sportico: Candy Digital equity / board (2021)
- CoinDesk: Sorare Series A investor (2021-02-25)
- PR Newswire: VaynerFund in Courtyard seed (2022-11-02)
- GaryVee YouTube / DailyVee 572: 2019 National as a dealer (2019-08-27)
- Right About Now transcript: hobby after the COVID bubble (2025-06-10)
- X @garyvee: cards and alt collectibles “are red hot” (2026-08-22)
- Paley Center: shopping talk with eBay CEO (2026-12-01) — not a card show