Jordan Fliegel
Co-Chair at One
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Chief Executive Officer
2025 - Current
Shareholder Ventures (SHV) is a holding company — backed by 85 experienced founders and operators — that helps Acquisition Entrepreneurs acquire SMBs from retiring owners by providing capital, back office support, resources and community to enable the successful Silver Tsunami transition of 500k+ profitable SMBs ($3M-12M enterprise values, leveraging SBA7a loans) by 2045. Co-founded by CEO Jordan Fliegel (2X venture backed CEO of CoachUp and Draft and investor in 300+ startups) and COO Tim Ericson (founder/CEO of Zagster, backed by $40M in VC), SHV is the investor of choice for self-funded searchers seeking a strategic capital partner for their SMB acquisition. Jordan and Tim founded SHV out of their own frustration with searching for, and buying small businesses and came together to create the solution for searchers across the country looking to change the trajectory of their lives and achieve financial freedom through owning a profitable small business, while enabling sellers to retire knowing their company and legacy are in safe hands.
Investor
2014
Over 10+ years worked with partners to acquire, develop and manage a 20+ single family residential real estate portfolio. Started by house hacking, moved to BRRRR with a focus on STRs, and optimized for long term holds and tax efficiency via Opportunity Zones. Chairman of CoachUp, and serve on Advisory Boards of venture backed startups including Maven AGI, Fight Camp, Botkeeper, BallerTV. LP backing venture funds led by friends including Nick Tomaino (1Confirmation), Chamillionaire (Supreme Partners), Ethan Austin (Outside VC), Arie Abecassis (Deftly.VC) and Semyon Dukach (Techstars Boston). 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.
Managing Director
2019 - 2025
Managing Director of two of the world’s top performing startup accelerators: Techstars NYC (2 classes) and Techstars Sports (6 classes). 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: https://www.techstars.com/the-line/innovation-in-action/how-indy-is-shaping-the-future-of-sports
Techstars is an accelerator that provides pre-seed investment and mentoring for various early stage startups.
Raised $108,919,999.00 from SVB Financial Group and Foundry Group.
Managing Partner
2012 - 2025
Founded and manage an Angel Fund and Syndicate. Our investment range via the fund is $25,000-$100,000, with SPVs up to $500k, and we have backed 300+ 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, Ramp, Mparticle, Gametime, Botkeeper, Fight Camp, Merit, Ergatta, Ovia, 10% Happier, Brand Yourself, Digits, Braavo, HqO, Atoms, Tracksmith, StandardBots, Lemon Perfect, Fractional, WelcomeHomes, MMHMM, Dapper Labs, Alt, Draft & many more...
Early stage venture capital fund and syndicate
co-CEO
2016 - 2019
Draft.com (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 is the first truly mobile fantasy game. Like Words with Friends for fantasy with real money.
Raised $5,600,000.00 from TCG, QueensBridge Venture Partners, Right Side Capital Management, BoxGroup, Upfront Ventures and Advancit Capital.
President
2015 - 2016
Led acquisition of Athletes of Valor, whose Founder & CEO Alex Stone, later became CEO of CoachUp.
CEO & Founder
2012 - 2015
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.
Professional Basketball Player
2008 - 2010
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.
Education
MBA
2009 - 2011
Bachelor's Degree
2004 - 2008