Jump
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Jump offers a platform for sports teams that combines ticketing, dynamic pricing, resale, loyalty, and fan experience into one connected system. It includes an AI and data layer with a unified fan record and agentic tools to automate pricing, inventory, and fan engagement for direct-to-consumer sports businesses.
Also known as Jump Sports
Founders & leadership
Investors · 13
Also in the syndicate · 2
Funding
SEC filings, press & company announcements$80M disclosed across 1 of 3 rounds · 2025–2026
- $80MSeries BFeb 2026 · 2 sources
Insight Partners (lead)
Source ↗ - Undisclosed amountSeries AFeb 2025 · 2 sources
Alexis Ohanian (lead), Battery Ventures (lead), Seven Seven Six (lead), Citi Ventures, Courtside Ventures, Drive by DraftKings, Forerunner Ventures, Pelion Ventures Partners, Sorenson Capital, Steve Malik, Will Ventures
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Source: company announcements and press reports — follow each round's link for the claim.
Company profile
researched Aug 2026Jump sells a unified fan experience platform to professional sports teams, consolidating ticketing, fan-facing digital products, marketing and revenue operations into a single system that the club owns and controls. Its team operations module covers core ticketing for single-game, season, group and premium inventory, dynamic pricing with real-time upgrades and exchanges, resale and secondary marketplace management, yield management, and fan journey management for offers, segmentation and personalized campaigns.
On the fan side, Jump provides fully team-branded mobile apps and web experiences, a single fan login and unified wallet, loyalty programs with points, credits and tiered rewards, ingress, scanning and in-venue point-of-sale, and behavior-based personalization. Underneath sits an AI and data platform positioned as a single system of record spanning fans, transactions and decisions, plus AI agents that act on pricing, inventory and fan engagement inside the workflow. The company also offers APIs so teams can connect existing tools while retaining their fan data.
Jump was founded in 2021 and is co-founded by Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez, co-owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx, alongside CEO Jordy Leiser. Its leadership team also includes Chief People Officer Julie Li, CTO Edward Khoury, CFO David Blanke, CRO John Ernsberger and Chief Product Officer Joel E. Resnicow.
Founding story
The company was founded in 2021 and is co-founded by entrepreneur Marc Lore, who previously co-founded and sold Quidsi to Amazon and Jet to Walmart, and Alex Rodriguez, CEO of ARod Corp and former MLB player; both are co-owners of the Minnesota Timberwolves and Lynx. Jordy Leiser, a repeat founder and CEO, serves as co-founder and chief executive officer.
Business model
Jump provides an enterprise software platform licensed to sports teams and clubs, replacing legacy ticketing and fan-engagement systems with a single team-owned stack covering ticketing, commerce, apps and marketing.
The company positions its platform as "built for fans, not fees," contrasting itself with providers whose businesses depend on extracting fees from fans; specific pricing terms are not disclosed.
Traction
Client logos include the Minnesota Timberwolves, Minnesota Lynx, Seattle Sounders FC, Seattle Reign FC, Aberdeen FC, the Athletics, NC Courage, Atlético Dallas, Denver Summit and Rip City Remix. The company reports a $5M revenue boost for the Timberwolves in year one, 21% year-over-year attendance growth, a 42% increase in single-game sales, 3.75x growth in multi-game attendance and 50% fewer fan support tickets. 2025 marked its first year in market, beginning with the North Carolina Courage and expanding to the Timberwolves and Lynx.
Latest developments
In August 2025 Jump announced a $23M Series A led by Alexis Ohanian and Seven Seven Six, with participation from Courtside Ventures, Will Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Drive by DraftKings and NC Courage owner Steve Malik, following the company's expansion into the NBA and WNBA with the Timberwolves and Lynx.
▸Full profile — market position, technology, go-to-market, geography, history
Market position
Jump describes itself as an alternative to legacy ticketing and marketplace vendors, offering teams direct ownership of fan relationships and data rather than intermediated third-party marketplaces; its CEO characterized the company as making "the biggest swing in the category right now" during its first year in market.
Jump positions its platform on team ownership of fan data and the direct fan relationship, a single unified fan record across ticketing and commerce, and agentic AI that executes pricing and inventory changes within the platform rather than only surfacing insights; a client cited pricing-model work that previously took weeks completing in minutes.
Technology
A unified data foundation acting as one source of truth for fans, transactions and decisions, combined with agentic AI that automates pricing, inventory and fan-engagement workflows, and open APIs for integration with a team's existing tools.
Go-to-market
Direct enterprise sales via requested demos, with published client case studies and testimonials from ticketing and executive leadership at partner clubs; expansion has come through replacing incumbent ticketing systems at whole franchises.
Professional sports teams and clubs across major leagues, including NBA, WNBA, NWSL, MLS, MLB and European football, as well as minor-league and developmental franchises.
Geography
Remote-first with employees across every U.S. time zone; its published client roster spans U.S. leagues and includes Scotland's Aberdeen FC.
History
Founded in 2021, Jump was named one of Sports Business Journal's Best Places to Work in Sports in 2023 and 2024. It signed the North Carolina Courage as its first client in 2025 and in July 2025 became the exclusive fan experience and ticketing provider for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx. In August 2025 it closed a $23M Series A, bringing total capital raised to roughly $60M.
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Key figures
latest reportedCompany-reported or press-reported figures, each dated to when it was claimed — not independently audited.
Founder mafia
3 people who came through Jump went on to found or lead other companies.
Timeline · 5
launches, deals, and filingsJump closed a $23M Series A led by Alexis Ohanian and Seven Seven Six, with Courtside Ventures, Will Ventures, Forerunner Ventures and Drive by DraftKings participating, plus a personal investment from North Carolina Courage owner Steve Malik. The round brought the company's total raised to approximately $60M since its 2021 founding.
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Jump became the exclusive fan experience and ticketing provider for the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves and the WNBA's Minnesota Lynx, both co-owned by Jump co-founders Marc Lore and Alex Rodriguez.
Jump signed the NWSL's North Carolina Courage as its first client in 2025.
Jump was again recognized by Sports Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work in Sports.
Jump was named by Sports Business Journal as one of the Best Places to Work in Sports in 2023 and 2024.
Dated company events from announcements, filings, and press; legal rows summarize public dockets and regulator releases.
In the news
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Frequently asked questions
- What does Jump do?
- Jump is a unified fan experience and ticketing platform for professional sports teams, built around data and agentic AI.
- Who founded Jump?
- Jump was founded by Jordy Leiser.
- Who are Jump's investors?
- Jump's investors include Boro Capital, BY Venture Partners, Courtside Ventures, Forerunner Ventures, Mastry, Mosaic General Partnership, LLC, Toba Capital, Battery Ventures and 3 more.
- How much funding has Jump raised?
- Jump has disclosed $80M raised across 1 of its 3 known rounds.