Jeremy Levine ’05

Alumni Voices

Jeremy Levine ’05

Beaver experience:
I had an amazing experience at Beaver. Peter Hutton, Kader Adjout, Rob MacDonald, and other teachers have had a significant impact on me. I took a programming class with Rob MacDonald in my senior year and it was my favorite class I’ve ever taken. When I started my first company right out of college, he was an advisor to my business.

What is #happeningnow in your life:
After college, I started a company called StarStreet. I’d had a vision for a while to create a sports stock market. Rob MacDonald helped me figure out the market mechanics and how to value each player, and, a few years in, we pivoted towards daily fantasy sports. We used the proceeds from our sale of StarStreet to build Draft which we sold in 2017. I am now the chairman of a company called Underdog Fantasy which I started with some of my colleagues from Draft. Some of our investors include Mark Cuban, Adam Schefter, Kevin Durant, The Chainsmokers, and Matthew Dellavedova. Underdog provides unique opportunities in the fantasy sports space by eliminating some of the complexities of keeping up with a team. We also have pick’em games where you can pick over and under on various statistics. In addition, I started Founders First, a venture capital firm, and we’ve invested in 80 startups so far. I enjoy helping out these startups and meeting their teams. Currently, I am also working on a company called Los Dos Tequila. It is the first tequila ever with no additives approved to be on the label. A lot of the mass market tequila uses chemical additives, and we wanted to change that and bring great-tasting tequila to people at an affordable price.

“Beaver helped form my entrepreneurial mindset and encouraged creativity.”

– Jeremy Levine ’05

Advice to Beaver students:
Do what you want to do and enjoy doing it. Don’t let things hold you back just because of what other people are doing.

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