Jordan Fliegel

Jordan Fliegel (born 1986) is an American/Israeli entrepreneur and investor.

Fliegel is currently CEO & co-founder at Shareholder Ventures, a holding company headquartered in NYC that helps Acquisition Entrepreneurs acquire SMBs from retiring owners. He serves on several Board of Directors including Oyster Enterprises II Acquisition Corp (Nasdaq: OYSEU), a $253M SPAC, and is a member of the Entrepreneurs Council at the Center for American Entrepreneurship.

Fliegel was previously Managing Director of the Techstars Sports Accelerator in Indianapolis, which he launched in 2019, and the Techstars NYC Accelerator. Through the two accelerators Fliegel invested in 93 startups from 2019-2024, including Ergatta, which raised $30M at a $200M valuation in 2021. Fliegel is an investor in over 250 startups as co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders First, and is on the Advisory Board of several high-growth startups, including Fight Camp and Botkeeper.

Before Techstars, Fliegel was co-CEO of Draft.com ("DRAFT"), a venture-backed fantasy sports company headquartered in NYC. In 2017, he sold DRAFT for $48M to Paddy Power Betfair. Before Draft, Fliegel was Founder and CEO of sports coaching company CoachUp.com, backed by $14M in venture-capital and headquartered in Boston. NBA MVP Stephen Curry is Fliegel's partner. Fliegel is currently Chairman of CoachUp, and led the company's last internal $1.5M round of funding.

Fliegel and his companies were named to Inc 5000, and awarded Inc “30 under 30”, Forbes "30 under 30", BBJ “40 under 40”, Finalist for Ernst & Young “New England Entrepreneur of the Year” and Sports Business Journal SportsTech Power Player.

Fliegel is a former professional basketball player for Hapoel Jerusalem, and former professional basketball team co-owner of the ANBL 4X Champion New Zealand Breakers. Fliegel writes and lecturers on entrepreneurship, investing, and leadership , and is the author of "Coaching Up!" (Wiley & Sons, 2016) with a Foreword by NBA & NCAA champion Shane Battier."