Jordan Fliegel

Bowdoin College

Tel Aviv University

Entrepreneur & Investor

New York, New York, United States

Managing Director for two of the world’s top performing startup accelerators: Techstars NYC and Techstars Sports.

Techstars NYC was launched in 2010 by David Tisch (BoxGroup) and then run by Alex Iskold (2048 VC) and Jenny Fielding (The Fund), who collectively over the past decade have enabled Techstars NYC to play a leading role in growing the local venture ecosystem, and backed dozens of highly successful startups. Im proud to continue the tradition and give back to NYC, where I did my second startup.

Launched (2019) the Techstars Sports Accelerator, with 50+ active portfolio companies. We have incredible partners, including Pacers Sports & Entertainment, NCAA, Next Level Fund, 50 South Capital, Indiana Sports Corp, the Indianapolis Colts, Indianapolis Motor Speedway and NTT IndyCar Series.

We invest $120k/company (with reserves for follow on) in 25 startups annually across the two accelerators, and provide 3 months of free office space and discounts/perks, and most importantly access to our 200+ mentors and partners across the sports, founder and VC landscapes. If you are a founder of a pre-seed or seed stage startup I strongly encourage you to apply!

More on our Sports Accelerator:
<a href="https://www.techstars.com/the-line/innovation-in-action/how-indy-is-shaping-the-future-of-sports">https://www.techstars.com/the-line/innovation-in-action/how-indy-is-shaping-the-future-of-sports</a>
            

    
    

    
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Techstars

Managing Director (NYC & Sports)

Work with friends to invest, develop and manage a real estate portfolio consisting of 20+ short term and long term rental properties. Started by house hacking, moved to BRRRR and optimized for long term holds and tax efficiency via Opportunity Zones.

Am thrilled to be an LP backing 5 venture funds led by my friends, Nick Tomaino (1Confirmation),  Chamillionaire (Supreme Partners), Ethan Austin (Outside VC), Arie Abecassis (Deftly.VC) and Semyon Dukach (Techstars Boston). Its always more fun talking about startups with your friends when you have a small stake in their success :)

On the non-profit side, establish a Donor Advised Fund called the “Shot Fund” in 2017 through The Boston Foundation, which will focus on inner city youth development in Cambridge and Boston, where I grew up. 
            

    
    

    
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Fliegel Holdings

Investor

CoachUp

Chairman

Founded and manage an Angel Fund and Syndicate (4,000+ LPs). Our investment range via the fund is $25,000-$100,000, with SPVs up to $1M, and we have backed 250+ companies since 2012. We are one of the largest syndicates on AngelList.

We have been fortunate to invest early (Seeds & As) in companies like Carta, Mparticle, Gametime, Ramp, Botkeeper, Fight Camp, Merit, Alt, Ergatta, Ovia, 10% Happier, Brand Yourself, Digits, Braavo, HqO, Atoms, Tracksmith, StandardBots, Lemon Perfect, Haus, Fractional, WelcomeHomes, MMHMM, StarStock, Dibbs & many more...

Having been founders ourselves (CoachUp, Draft, Underdog & Los Dos) we have tremendous empathy for the founder journey and do everything we can to be a true ally to the founders we back - going far beyond investing only money, but more importantly our time and energy, our networks, and our fiercely loyal emotional support.
            

    
    

    
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Founders First

Managing Partner

Led a group that bought a double-digit minority stake in the 4X Australian National Basketball League (NBL) Champion SKYCITY New Zealand Breakers. The NBL is one of the best leagues in the world outside of the NBA. We sold our position after seeing the franchise value rise 3X in a short period.

SKYCITY New Zealand Breakers

Co-Owner

Fight Camp is the leader in the at-home boxing workout space (think of Peloton for boxing) and one of America's fastest growing fitness startups, backed by ~$100M in venture funding.

FightCamp

Advisor

Botkeeper is the world's leading AI-enabled bookkeeping service, backed by ~$50M in venture funding.

Botkeeper

- AoV was acquired by <a href="http://CoachUp.com">CoachUp.com</a> in October, 2018.

AoV’s mission is to help service men and women transition from service to career by leveraging the power of collegiate sports. Our vision is at least one veteran on every college sports team.

Athletes of Valor

<a href="http://Draft.com">Draft.com</a> (DRAFT in the app & play stores) was a real money fantasy sports company. Our mission was to create the best place to play. We sold Draft for ~$48M in 2017 to Paddy Power Betfair PLC.

Loved working with my co-CEO and childhood best friend, Jeremy Levine, and an incredibly talented group that built the best games in the DFS industry.

DRAFT

co-CEO

President

CoachUp is a service that connects athletes with coaches. We believe that 1on1 coaching is the secret to reaching the next level in sports + life. As the nation's leading sports coaching company -- backed by $14M in venture capital and a 3X member of the Inc 5000 fastest growing American company list -- CoachUp has over 15,000 coaches in every sport (including fitness, yoga, and dance), across the country. CoachUp coaches are entrepreneurs who rely on CoachUp to build their web presence, market their services, and manage their business, from lesson to camps and clinics. Its a community inspired by passion, big dreams, hard work, and love of coaching.

Founded and led CoachUp as CEO from concept through 3 rounds of venture capital, building a talented 30 person team and partnering with NBA MVP Stephen Curry as our lead spokesman. I believe that its possible to achieve anything if you dream big, work hard, and receive the right support. My life was altered by a private coach in basketball, who helped me go from being a mediocre high school player to fulfilling my dream of playing at the collegiate & professional level. I later became a private coach in basketball to have a similar impact on kids in my hometown. My experience with individual coaching, both as an athlete and a coach, led me to the idea for CoachUp, and my passion for the athletes and coaches we support motivates me every day.

CoachUp would not have been possible without my amazing technical co-founders Arian Radmand and Gabe Durazo, among so many others, and our incredible investors and advisors. I'm very grateful and proud of what we have built together and the work we continue to do, coaching up thousands of kids across the country every week.
            

    
    

    
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CEO & Founder

Fulfilled my childhood dream of playing professional basketball, playing for 2 years in the Israeli Premier League, EuroCup League, and Israeli National League, with Hapoel Migdal Jerusalem and Hapoel Kfar Saba. Won the Israeli “Winner Cup” national tournament in 2008-2009 and finished the regular season in 2nd place behind Maccabi Tel Aviv.