# Techstars Sports Accelerator

> Techstars Sports Accelerator is a VC fund backing Sports and Fitness. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Indianapolis, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Sep 2021
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.techstars.com/programs/sports-program/

Techstars Sports Accelerator is a VC fund in Indianapolis focused on Sports and Fitness. The Techstars Sports Accelerator will have a key focus on innovation with goals to foster early identification of key trends for future technology in sport; meaningful engagement with early-stage sports tech companies; embrace technologies and business models that will impact the sports industry; and enhance a culture of internal innovation and thespirit of entrepreneurship.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Techstars Sports Accelerator. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Techstars Sports Accelerator. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/techstars-sports-accelerator-powered-by-indy?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Sports | 16 | 50% |
| Fitness | 8 | 25% |
| Health Care | 5 | 16% |
| Media and Entertainment | 5 | 16% |
| Wellness | 4 | 13% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 21 | 66% |
| Seed | 7 | 22% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 6% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 3% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 23 | 72% |
| Ireland | 2 | 6% |
| Brazil | 1 | 3% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Guernsey | 1 | 3% |

6 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jordan Fliegel | Managing director | 78 | — |
| Adam Wexler | Mentor | 2 | — |
| Andrew Hippert | Program manager | 0 | — |
| Debi Kleiman | Mentor | 0 | — |
| Kevin MacCauley | Mentor | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| GRIND | GRIND is a consumer brand developing the world's first smart ecosystem of sports equipment products - & we started with portable basketball rebounding machine. We aim to revolutionize the world of sports equipment, much like Nest has transformed the connected home. By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we create seamless and intuitiveproduct experiences that blur the lines between hardware and software. Our focus is on developing sports equipment that can seamlessly connect to software, enhancing athletic performance, and pushing athletes to achieve their peak potential. At our core, GRIND empowers athletes to become the best version of themselves. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Jan 01, 2022 |  |
| Fitnescity Health | Fitnescity is a consumer health platform that provides easy access to tests and personalized analytics. | $250K | Pre-Seed | Oct 20, 2021 |  |
| Curastory | Curastory is a video enablement tool for creators allowing them to edit, monetize, distribute, and analyze their videos across social media. For monetization, we are the first programmatic media buying solution for creator ad reads. | $2.1M | Seed | Sep 14, 2021 |  |
| Locker | Locker is a platform which is changing the way fans globally consume sports media through personalization. By implementing deep machine-learning and trusted content aggregation, Locker provides users with a single app to find and consume the topics they love, from the media brands they trust.Fans can choose from hundreds of available media brandsand thousands of topics to follow, and Locker conveniently finds the stories best suited to them. | $698.9K | Pre-Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Freeplay | Freeplay is a mobile fitness app for groups and studios all on one app. It is a social platform that makes it easy to team up with friends and play at those venues.They've teamed up with the Quarry, 3B Yoga, Wasatch Combat Sports, Lowes Xtreme Air Sports, CrossFit, Corepower Yoga, Momentum Climbing, Bernales Institute of Martial Arts, andtons of others.It was launched in 2016 and is based in Lehi, Utah. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| PWRFWD | PWRFWD is an online marketplace that drives the Athlete to Consumer industry. PWRFWD is pioneering the Athlete-to-Consumer industry by empowering athletes to connect with fans on a deeper level through their own custom-made products. It’s an end-to-end solution for all the tricky parts of e-commerce — development, design, marketing,manufacturing, fulfillment, and customer service. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Flexia | Flexia is a connected fitness company that brings the Pilates studio experience into living room with their professional-grade Pilates machine called Reformer and online studio of classes for all levels. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| LegitFit | LegitFit is the operating system empowering gym/studio owners to succeed by automating their workflows, reducing cancellations and maximising their customers’ experience. We believe that those who help people achieve their health goals deserve to be empowered to manage less and earn more. | $750K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| Own the Moment NFT | Own the Moment (OTM)provides the content, tools, analytics and insights needed to build a community around collecting and investing in NFTs. | $120K | Pre-Seed | Jun 07, 2021 |  |
| PlayerData | Our mission is to transform the way Athletes train, giving everyone from amateur to professional access to the latest in wearable technology. We pride ourselves on our PlayerData community, bringing athletes together to make the most of their data. We value openness, progress and accessibility, which are at the foundation of everything we do.Whether we are bettering ourselves, our service, or helping our customers enhance themselves in their sports, we strive to progress together and make all of our technology accessible to athletes at every level. | $120K |  | Jun 07, 2021 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Techstars](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/techstars) — VC Fund, 39 deals together
- [Audible](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/audible) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Beyond The Game Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/beyond-the-game-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evolution VC Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolution-corporate-advisors-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kube VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kube-vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Techstars Sports Accelerator invest in?

Techstars Sports Accelerator invests primarily in Sports, Fitness and Health Care startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Techstars Sports Accelerator?

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### Who are the partners at Techstars Sports Accelerator?

The team at Techstars Sports Accelerator includes Jordan Fliegel (Managing director), Adam Wexler (Mentor) and Andrew Hippert (Program manager). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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