When fantasy sports entrepreneur Jeremy Levine started his first company back in 2008, he was a little lonely.
“At the time, I was 21, 22, I knew nobody, I didn’t know what to do,” Levine told about trying to find support for his StarStreet venture. “I applied everywhere — Tech Stars, Y Combinator — and then I just went back home [from college] to work on it. I finally went to a meeting with someone from the first Tech Stars class, I did some networking, and then was accepted to the second Tech Stars class and it became the hub of innovation. And look at all of the innovative companies that have come out of that.”
Sports wagering media platform SoBet and the online gaming affiliate FTN Network are among those that have been or are in the Tech Stars program, while the startup sports betting exchange Novig and the delivery companies DoorDash and Instacart are Y Combinator alumni.
Now the founder and co-CEO of his third fantasy sports company (he’s also the founder and chairman of Los Dos Tequila), Levine wants his company to be part of the innovation landscape — and not just in the bubble of his latest venture, Underdog Fantasy.