Alex Rodriguez and 24 Hour Fitness founder Mark Mastrov started Energy in Mexico in 2011. Today, Energy is one of the largest luxury fitness chains in Mexico, with more than a dozen locations open and multiple new locations planned. Energy’s facilities include over 40,000 square feet of space for personal training and fitness classes.

Acorns was founded in 2014 by a father-and-son team who wanted to make investing easier and more accessible. Via an app, Acorns connects to a credit or debit card, and each time an Acorns user makes a purchase, the amount of the transaction rounds up to the next whole dollar; Acorns then invests the remainder into one of several pre-established investment portfolios. Renowned economist Harry Markowitz, who won a 1990 Nobel Prize for his pioneering work in financial economics, helped build the investment portfolios. Acorns has more than 3.5 million users and over $1.2 billion in assets under management.

Alma Mater Footwear founder Eric Sarin met Alex Rodriguez during the early days of developing his startup. Alex loved the hand-crafted sneakers, so Eric sent him a pair. After Alex wore his Alma Maters when he proposed to Jennifer Lopez on the beach in the Bahamas in 2019, that proposal picture went viral, and Alma Mater took off bigtime. Today, Alex has a line of Alma Mater sneakers called 696—the number of home runs he hit in his MLB career—and more lines to come.

Founded in 2012, Apeel Sciences continues to develop products for dozens of USDA Organic Certified and conventional produce categories. Apeel is on a mission to combat food waste by using its plant-derived solution to add a little extra "peel" to the surface of fruits and vegetables, doubling to tripling the shelf life of many produce types without the need for refrigeration.

Archer is a Silicon Valley startup leading the future of urban air mobility, a market that Morgan Stanley estimates will be $1.5 trillion by 2040. A vertically integrated company, Archer is designing, manufacturing, and operating fully electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft that can carry passengers for 60 miles at speeds of up to 150 mph while producing minimal noise. Archer has partnered with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles to significantly decrease costs of production and accelerate its timeline to bring volume manufacturing of eVTOL aircraft starting in 2023.

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Artsy is an online marketplace that connects art lovers and professionals with the world’s leading galleries, museum collections, foundations, artist estates, art fairs, and benefit auctions. Artsy has a growing database of 1,000,000 works of art, architecture, and design by 100,000 artists—spanning historical, modern, and contemporary periods. Artsy is used by art lovers, museum-goers, patrons, collectors, students, and educators to discover, learn about, and collect art. The work ranges in price from $100 to more than $1,000,000. A-Rod Corp is an early investor in Artsy.

Bandit is a community-centered athletic apparel company founded by members of the NYC running community in October 2020. Together with the growing support of runners from different clubs around the city and beyond, Bandit grew into the brand it is today with socks as its first physical product. Bandit’s community is inclusive, welcoming all runners regardless of pace or experience. Bandit is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

Blue Crow is a Sports Holding Group founded, funded, and staffed by sports, finance, and technology experts. The parent office in Houston oversees the strategy and operations of the various soccer teams and sports assets in its portfolio including:  Club Deportivo Leganés (La Liga Smartbank, Spain),  Cancun FC (Liga Expansion, Mexico), and Rainbow Sports, which also owns few soccer teams and development youth academies across the globe.

In a work-from-anywhere world, building strong company culture is more important than it’s ever been. BoomPop is tackling the challenge by making it easy to have fun and connect on a human level with the people you work with, no matter where you are. Happy customers include Apple, Netflix, Nike, Google, and more than 5,000 other companies who rely on BoomPop to keep their teams engaged. The BoomPop team is made up of industry leaders coming from Google, Apple, Square, Opendoor, and more.

Bungalow’s co-living solutions include apartments and houses, primarily for young professionals, in cities where real estate in desirable locations is otherwise unaffordable. The company lists available residences then vets and matches renters and roommates in New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, Chicago, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, San Diego, Seattle, Portland (Oregon), and Washington, D.C. Bungalow has served more than 3,200 clients and provided more than 700 homes in cities across the U.S.

Combining health, wellness, beauty, and cosmetics, Candid provides orthodontic services without ongoing office visits—and at significantly lower cost than traditional services. After signing up for a teeth-straightening package online, a customer takes photos and impressions of their teeth at home or at one of many Candid Studios across the U.S., and then receives a plastic aligner and retainer to complete treatment. Nick Greenfield, a Stanford grad who worked in operations at Lyft, and Lilla Cosgrove, on the founding team of concierge service Hello Alfred, launched Candid in 2017.

Carta is an ownership and equity management platform trusted by thousands of founders, investors, and employees. Alex teamed up with Carta on a course to help: Equity 101. This curriculum covers all the basics of equity—from help for that first stock option grant (and the taxes that come with it) to becoming an investor yourself. Everyone needs to know the basics of equity, so it is free and open to everyone. Knowledge is power, and this course also helps promote financial literacy, empowering individuals to make informed decisions about their financial futures. Watch here.

Community is a messaging platform that enables celebrities and brands to communicate directly and instantly with fans and followers via text. While social media platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat control the messaging on their sites, “Community leaders” own their data and can restrict access as they wish. Celebrities and brand marketers can text Community members and target specific groups by age, geography, and other metrics to share content of interest. 

Alex teamed up with DirecTV for a campaign starring other Major League Baseball (MLB) greats, David Ortiz, Ken Griffey Jr and Randy Johnson. The “GOATBusters” promoted the company’s video streaming platform in a high-energy, Ghostbusters-inspired ad. The campaign rolled out across linear TV, digital, multimedia and out-of-home. The first National Game GOATBusters spot aired nationally during the April 23 broadcast of the Dodgers-Padres game on MLB Network in 2022. (logo attached)

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Density counts people, anonymously. Its client list is a who’s who of Fortune 500 companies and owners of large real estate portfolios including office buildings, fulfillment centers, universities, banks, and state governments. Once implemented, Density measures and monitors in real time how (and when) their space gets used in order to drive smarter decisions to support greater efficiency and productivity. This enables Density’s clients to reimagine their spaces, reduce waste, save millions of dollars, and keep people at safe distances—now more critical than ever in a world transformed by Covid-19. 

Alex Rodriguez hit the runway, modeling Nike and Timberland apparel in the giant retailer’s first-ever fashion show in 2019.

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Didi started in 2012 as a smartphone app for people who wanted to hail taxis. The Beijing-based company quickly grew to become the dominant transportation app in China. Didi acquired Uber’s operations in China, has made investments in Lyft and other ride-hailing companies, and has expanded its own operations to provide a broad variety of services for travelers. Didi now offers car rentals and sales, buses, chauffeurs, food delivery, bike-sharing, financial services (car insurance and loans), and traffic management systems (smart traffic lights and reversible lanes) for cities to enable a smarter future for transportation. A-Rod Corp is an early investor in Didi.

eMerge Americas is an innovative Miami-based tech event that convenes and connects entrepreneurs, investors, and leading executives and decision-makers. Driving diversity and drawing entrepreneurs from around the world, eMerge Americas has helped transform Miami into the tech hub of the Americas. The annual event has also become one of the most popular tech gatherings in the U.S. In 2019, eMerge Americas attracted more than 16,000 attendees from 400 companies and more than 40 countries around the world.  

Eight Sleep sells high-tech mattresses layered with sensors and temperature controls. The company was founded in 2014 by Matteo Franceschetti, the sleep-deprived co-founder of a clean tech company called Global Investment Renewable, his wife, Alexandra Zatarain, and a tech expert, Massimo Adreasi Bassi. The trio started by selling tech-enabled “smart” mattress covers called Sleep Trackers. Today, the team is focused on end-to-end “sleep fitness.”

A-Rod Corp was an investor in Empathy, a fast-growing startup that works with sustainable grape growers to bottle and sell its own line of wines directly to consumers. Founder Gary Vaynerchuk and his partners sold 15,000 cases and amassed more than 2,000 subscribers before they sold Empathy to drinks giant Constellation Brands in July 2020.

Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez did a series of funny commercials for Facebook’s Portal in 2019.

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Fairchild Coconut Grove is a 26-unit waterfront luxury condominium development in Miami’s lush, eclectic Coconut Grove neighborhood.

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Focused Energy is developing fusion as a means of generating clean alternative energy for the growing needs of society. By combining high energy pulsed lasers and ultrafast petawatt lasers, Focused Energy advances a novel method in which some lasers compress the fusion fuel and then the short pulse, intense petawatt lasers spark the compressed fusion to ignite it. When successfully implemented, this process will yield a large surplus of clean, climate-friendly energy for commercial use. Focused Energy is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

Goli Nutrition, founded by Michael Bitensky and Dee A,  is an inventive, people-focused nutrition company that is committed to providing the world with a key to sustainable wellness through proven and innovative products that are suitable for any lifestyle. Goli strives to make health simple by helping consumers reach their nutrition goals with a product that makes taking daily supplements enjoyable. As a result, Goli has developed a gummy that includes the age-old traditional benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar (ACV). The Goli Gummy is organic, non-GMO, vegan, Kosher and gluten-free, containing no preservatives, chemicals, or artificial ingredients. The Goli Gummy is made in the USA at a state-of-the-art CGMP facility that is certified organic, allergen-free and Kosher. Learn more about how Goli makes wellness achievable at www.goli.com.

Gopuff is an on-demand convenience store that delivers over 3,000 items ranging from snacks, toiletries and even alcohol in some markets.  Gopuff was created in 2013 by Drexel University students Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, who set up an app service to deliver college students beer, condoms, junk food and other guilty pleasures. Described as a "digital convenience retailer," the company has since expanded to more than 40 markets in 21 states and Washington, D.C. Check it out here: gopuff-4kdt.app.link/fzXVDnsMWeb

Grand Station is a 30-story apartment building with 300 units in downtown Miami. A-Rod Corp is an owner, and the building is managed by Monument.

HH ‐ 133 Avenue D is a Manhattan apartment building that A-Rod Corp invested in with Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group and well-known Shark on ABC’s Shark Tank.  

hai is on a mission to turn on the self-care revolution for a new generation. The smart in-home spa system transforms any shower into a self-care ritual experience while also empowering consumers to own and understand their environmental impact. Learn more at gethai.com.

Alex Rodriguez and other stars appear with Jennifer Lopez in a Super Bowl commercial for the new Guitar Hotel at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Hollywood.

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Hims & hers is an online platform (ForHims.com and ForHers.com) that provides direct access to medical professionals, products, treatments, and support groups, enabling users to practice self-care whenever and wherever they need it. Hims started in 2017 as a men’s wellness company, added women’s wellness (Hers) in 2018, and is now called hims & hers. Alex Rodriguez and Jennifer Lopez partnered with hims & hers in late 2019 because they believed in the mission and vision to bring affordable, accessible healthcare to everyone.

On a 2017 episode of ABC’s Shark Tank, Alex Rodriguez and Mark Cuban loved former NFL player Chris Gronkowski’s pitch for Ice Shaker, and together they acquired 15% of the company for $150,000. Ice Shaker’s growth exploded after the show aired.

Alex Rodriguez is a partner and spokesperson for JBL, a leading brand of high-quality speakers, headphones, and gaming headsets.

Jump is the end to end fan experience platform. The company's white label technology provides unprecedented flexibility, access and personalization for fans, and on the back-end it offers a modern, ai-powered and easy to use enterprise solution that opens up significant new revenue opportunities for sports teams.  The vision for Jump is to bring more fans in, get them closer to the action and deliver more personalized, memorable experiences. Jump is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

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Jumpcut democratizes access to TV & film opportunities for a global pool of creators. We use technology to identify under-represented creators, empower them with new tools and audience insights, and match them with a global pool of content buyers. By doing so, we create a new supply of creators and creative projects and help make the industry more inclusive and global. With the demand for global content at an all-time high, and Hollywood losing over $10 billion a year due to lack of diversity, there has never been a more opportune time to bring much-needed change to the industry.

LG Electronics of USA manufactures and distributes consumer electronic products. In 2020, LG Electronics USA launched a new campaign featuring Alex Rodriguez aimed at celebrating the connections made possible at mealtime.

Alex joined forces with Lysol in a marketing campaign in support of Lysol Laundry Sanitizer.

In a playful video, "The Lost Bet," Rodriguez is back in the locker room, but this time as an equipment manager. As part of his new role, he discovered the secret to beating the post-game stink: Lysol® Laundry Sanitizer, a laundry additive which kills 99.9% of odor-causing bacteria when added to your laundry routine. Produced by creative agency Hunter, this minute-long ad highlights Lysol's commitment as an official sponsor of the Athletic Equipment Managers Association (AEMA).

Mason Media is a TV, film, and audio production company co-founded by Marc Lore, Alex Rodriguez, and CEO Nora Ali. Mason Media produces powerful stories that foster innovation and forward-thinking, while elevating historically overlooked voices. Specializing in compelling content at the intersection of the founding team's areas of expertise – entrepreneurship, business & tech, sports & entertainment, food, and more – Mason Media focuses on premium formats, docuseries, documentary features, and IP-driven scripted content, produced for broadcast, streaming, and digital buyers. In addition to premium long-form content, Mason Media's Branded Content Studio serves as a bespoke production hub for startups, venture firms, and other brand clients.

Alex Rodriguez and fellow baseball legend David Ortiz starred in the digital/social campaign, the “Keep Moving Challenge,” to promote MasterCard’s speedy tap and pay functionality.

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In 2004, Alex Rodriguez was awarded one of the first minority-owned Mercedes-Benz franchises in Texas. A-Rod Corp brought the project to life from the ground up, from site selection, land purchase, and building design to the complete construction of the dealership. Following nearly a decade of success with the Houston-area venture, A-Rod Corp sold the dealership to a large publicly traded company in 2014.

Alex joined the NBA’s Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx ownership group. As a co-owner with Marc Lore, the two hope to continue to build a world-class organization for many years to come. This investment also includes the Iowa Wolves, it’s G-League affiliate in Des Moines and T-Wolves Gaming, the official NBA 2K League affiliate.

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Mojo is a sports stock market that lets fans bet on an athlete's performance like a stock. Mojo makes the initial market and sets the opening price for players but from there, price moves are driven by career-end projected statistics. The app aims to supercharge fandom by enabling fans to leverage their passion, use their sports knowledge like never before, and create deeper connections with the athletes they care most about. Mojo is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

In 2012, nine years after Alex Rodriguez began investing in real estate as a way to preserve and build his own wealth, Alex and Ramon Corona founded Monument Capital Management. The company has acquired more than $800 million in real estate assets, through four Opportunity Funds and various joint ventures. Targeting secondary markets with strong demand for workforce housing, Monument has invested in apartment communities in more than a dozen states throughout the Southeast and in the Southwest, Midwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.

NFL Fit facilities carry NFL team branding and offer customized fitness services for people who take working out and wellness seriously—and love connecting with their favorite NFL team. At Dallas Cowboys World Headquarters in Frisco, Texas, Cowboys Fit—the first NFL Fit in the expanding chain—has more than 60,000 square feet of luxury gym amenities including state-of-the-art equipment used by the Cowboys, a 40-yard Sports Turf, a heated Rooftop Pool, and a Recovery Lounge with cryotherapy machines, and other cutting-edge treatments. NFL Fit trainers include former NFL players, cheerleaders, and fitness specialists. NFL Fit also has team-branded gyms in Chicago, Cleveland, and San Francisco, with plans to expand to more cities and professional sports teams. 

Founded in 2015 by Andy Miller and Mark Mastrov, NRG eSports represents the world’s most popular online game leagues—Apex Legends, Call of Duty, Fortnite, Overnite, Rocket, and Valorant. The professional eSports organization convenes players for tournaments that attract worldwide audiences, draw major sponsors, and offer big prize money. NRG has been recognized as the No. 1 most watched organization worldwide on the popular live-streaming platform Twitch. A-Rod Corp is an early investor in NRG and the eSports industry.

Founded by Alex Rodriguez and Jose Moré and Jose Gomez in 2009, Newport has managed the renovation and construction of more than $1.5 billion of residential, commercial, and mixed-use assets. In addition, the company has supervised and managed the development of over 15 million square feet of real estate assets since inception and repositioned over 16,000 multifamily housing units throughout the U.S., adding more than $300 million of property value to client assets. Among Newport’s projects: multiple renovations for Florida International University, the construction of Miami College of Design, and luxury residences for several prominent athletes—including Alex Rodriguez’s Miami home, which has been featured in Architectural Digest. 

Nines is a household management platform, built with security and ease-of-use in mind. Discerning families and family offices use Nines as a centralized household manual and operating system to simplify managing properties, assets, vendors, staff, projects, and more. Plus, we offer in-house estate management support, workshops and consulting, and are the hosts of Easemakers, the industry leading community and podcast for household and estate managers. Nines is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

North Bay Owner Holdings is a Miami Beach office complex that A-Rod Corp invested in with Starwood Capital Group.  

Nova Credit is a fintech company that helps immigrants access financial services by translating their international credit data into U.S. credit scores. Founded by three immigrant Stanford grads—from Russia, England, and the Netherlands—Nova Credit works with credit card companies, lenders, and other financial services providers to facilitate their evaluation of applications from immigrants, who otherwise would have to build their U.S. credit history from scratch over many years. Nova Credit enables newcomers to the U.S. to do the things essential as building blocks of the American Dream such as to lease an apartment, buy a cell phone plan, get a credit card, or secure a student loan.

OpenStore's mission is to provide life-changing liquidity to ecommerce entrepreneurs. Longer-term, we aim to bring the experience of spontaneous discovery back online – ultimately connecting merchants and customers into a single unified shopping experience through access to data, information, and capital.

OraPharma’s Cover Your Bases campaign, featuring Alex Rodriguez, focused on bringing awareness to oral healthcare, especially to the Hispanic community where more than 51% of adults have gum disease. The collaboration between OraPharma and Alex Rodriguez significantly elevated the brand's visibility and recognition. By leveraging Alex's widespread appeal and influence, the Cover Your Bases campaign has captured the attention of media outlets nationwide, ensuring OraPharma's name reaching a vast and diverse audience.

By offering content and communication in both English and Spanish, Alex ensured that Orapharma's message resonated with a wider spectrum of potential customers. Through this bilingual approach, Alex was able to tap into a previously untapped market, capturing the attention and trust of individuals who may have otherwise been overlooked, opening new avenues for growth and engagement for OraPharma.

The campaign garnered over 1,500 media placements and nearly 7 billion impressions.

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CEO Mario Schlosser came up with the idea for Oscar in 2012 when he and his wife were going through their first pregnancy in New York City. They had trouble finding the best obstetrician, navigating baby care, and dealing with the health insurance maze. Mario and his team developed a simpler and more affordable health insurance experience and called their company Oscar. Founded in 2014, Oscar now provides its services to more than 420,000 members. in dozens of U.S. cities. 

With a ring worn on the finger, Oura tracks key signals—pulse, temperature, movement—during sleep, then delivers a detailed report each morning through the app. The Oura ring also functions as a general fitness tracking device—measuring “readiness” or whether a user may be showing early signs of infection or illness. This proved particularly valuable when the Covid-19 pandemic changed the sports world. In June 2020, the NBA struck a deal with the Finnish company to buy more than 2,000 Oura rings for its players and staff to use, on a voluntary basis, to live, practice, and compete more safely.

Professional Fighters League (PFL) is the fastest growing and most innovative sports league.  PFL is global platform company, providing live MMA fight events year-round.  The PFL League has top world-ranked fighters compete in a 10 event schedule in the sports-season format, all live primetime on ESPN and ESPN+.  The PFL Challenger Series is an 8 event schedule, where emerging pro fighters compete to earn a contract in the PFL League Season, and is featured live on FUBO TV.  All PFL fight events are broadcast and streamed worldwide to 160 countries via dozens of leading media distribution partners. Alex is an investor and board member.

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Petros PACE Finance is the national leader in the fast-growing C-PACE marketplace, which provides alternative low-cost financing for projects based on energy and water efficiency, renewable energy, and resiliency measures. Petros offers long-term non-recourse C-PACE financing to commercial property owners that seek to upgrade their properties, lower their energy costs, reduce their carbon footprint, and increase their property values. Founded by Mansoor Ghori and Jim Stanislaus in Austin, Texas, in 2010, Petros PACE Finance has funded successful projects nationwide and continues to rapidly expand its portfolio. Petros continues to focus on making an impact for investors, property owners, and the environment.

Alex teamed up with Pizza Hut for a campaign starring Von Miller, Erin Andrews, and Howie Long. The spot aired during the Super Bowl LVII pre-game to promote Pizza Hut's new BIG NEW YORKER PIZZA.

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Alex Rodriguez co-starred with Mister Peanut in a 2019 Super Bowl ad for Planters.

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Alex Rodriguez was Chairman of Presidente USA in from 2020-2023 via a partnership with beer giant Anheuser-Busch InBev. Having a leadership role in building Presidente—founded in 1935 by Cerveceria Nacional Dominicana in the Dominican Republic—is particularly meaningful to Alex because he is the son of Dominican immigrants to the U.S. Alex and Anheuser-Busch InBev, which acquired Presidente in 2012, are working to make Presidente a top seller in major markets across the U.S. and showcase its quality and craftsmanship.

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Alex Rodriguez developed a line of affordable and fashionably understated sunglasses with the Australian company that’s disrupting the eyewear business.

QuickBooks is an accounting software package developed and marketed by Intuit. In 2020, QuickBooks unveiled a campaign called “Journey to Success,” featuring Alex Rodriguez, showing the ups and downs that business owners experience on their path to success.

Rainbow Sports Global is a leading sports enterprise that strategically connects the African football ecosystem to the world. The company provides holistic management, marketing, and media solutions for talented African football players, football sports agencies, and clubs. Rainbow Sports is building a unique business model which integrates multi-continent club ownership alongside talent development utilizing technology, content creation, and data. It produces sports and entertainment content which it distributes across all forms of media platforms.

The sports enterprise serves as a linchpin for many global sports brands who aspire to enter the African marketplace.  It is building a unique business model which integrates multi-continent club ownership alongside talent development and anchored by technology, content creation, and data.

The group is headquartered in Douala Cameron. Rainbow holds offices in the Czech Republic, Kenya, UAE and the United States.

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In 2019, Alex Rodriguez partnered with Ralph Lauren for the launch of the company’s new cologne, Polo Blue Gold Blend.

Based in New York, Rowing Blazers is an American clothing brand and design lab for the classics founded by Jack Carlson. They are dedicated to authenticity, quality, and craftsmanship; and simultaneously to irreverence, inclusivity, sustainability, empowerment, and fun. There's a sense of humor, often a hint of irony, in everything they do; and it's as central to the brand as their sense of community, timeless aesthetic, dedication to historical research, and commitment to making pieces that will last a lifetime.

In 2023, the brand launched major collaborations with Gucci and Target. In 2024, Rowing Blazers sold a majority stake in the business to Burch Creative Capital ("BCC"), the investment firm founded by Chris Burch; and to Tom Vellios, co-founder of Five Below, and Jason Epstein, partner at Stonecourt Capital, who are co-investing with BCC.

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Slam Corp is a SPAC jointly sponsored by A-Rod Corp and Antara Capital that raised $500 million in its IPO and is seeking to acquire an established, technology-enabled, category leader in either the sports, media, entertainment, or health and wellness sector.

A-Rod Corp was an early investor in Snap, buying shares in 2016, when Snapchat’s parent was a private company. Snap began selling its stock on the New York Stock Exchange in March 2017, and A-Rod Corp sold its shares at a profit in November 2017.

Sound Ventures is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in AI. It was co-founded by actor and venture capitalist Ashton Kutcher and talent manager and investor Guy Oseary. The firm channels its capital into AI and other innovative technologies.

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In 2024, Alex celebrated his sixth year as a guest teacher at Stanford Business School. The course is titled Strategic Pivoting for your Next Chapter and is specifically developed for any student who already plans to pivot in their career and wants to figure out how to successfully build and create their next chapter. Teaching Strategic Pivoting to a room full of talented professionals is a profound honor for Alex. Under the guidance of Professor Allison Kluger, Alex imparts his knowledge and experiences, enriching the minds of future leaders. The demand for the course exceeds expectations, with enrollment overflowing and feedback consistently ranking it among the top courses at GSB.

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Step, founded by financial industry veterans CJ MacDonald and Alexey Kalinichenko, provides teens and their families with financial tools for today’s modern-day banking needs and helps people achieve financial independence and knowledge at an earlier age. The founding team has 50+ years in combined financial technology experience from companies like Gyft, First Data, Square, and Google. Step is backed by Coatue, Stripe, Crosslink Capital, and Collaborative Fund. Step’s financial products are powered by its bank partner Evolve Bank & Trust, Member FDIC and insured up to $250,000.

Stonehenge 51 is a 114-unit apartment building in the heart of midtown Manhattan. 

With its investment partners, Stonehenge owns and manages 2,800 apartments in New York City, representing 2.9 million square feet. The company provides investment management, property management, development, design, construction, leasing, and financing.

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Super Coffee’s breakout moment came on Shark Tank when the DeCicco brothers failed to secure an investment, but created such buzz with their appearance that brand sales exploded. Today you can find Super Coffee at Target, Wegmans, Whole Foods, and Walmart, and the company also recently signed a master distribution license with ABInbev. Each brother plays a key role: Jordan is President, oldest brother Jim is CEO, and middle brother Jake is COO.

Alex teamed up with T-Mobile during the 2023 MLB All-Star Week in Seattle where he participated in their “Derby After Dark” event. Alex showcased the event through his social media platforms and a personal interview with T-Mobile.

Thoughtful is a startup led by Elizabeth Shaffer and co-founded with Marc Lore with a mission to cultivate a world full of rich relationships and genuine connection.   The 80-year Harvard Study of Adult Development established that strong relationships are the biggest factor impacting our health and well-being.  We are currently living in a loneliness epidemic, with 1 in 2 Americans feeling lonely at any given time. Thoughtful is an app that helps you recenter and reach out to the people you love in just a few minutes every day.  Our mission is to cultivate a world full of rich relationships and genuine connection. Thoughtful is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

Tornado is a platform that empowers the next generation of investors with educational resources on a mobile brokerage platform. Founded with the mission to help everyone become a better investor, Tornado is an educational and community-based platform that makes smart investing an engaging experience. Learn and Earn provides investors access to professionally vetted educational content, tailored by experience level. Tornado is a platform that empowers the next generation of investors with educational resources on a mobile brokerage platform. Founded with the mission to help everyone become a better investor, Tornado is an educational and community-based platform that makes smart investing an engaging experience. Learn and Earn provides investors access to professionally vetted educational content, tailored by experience level. Tornado is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

Tracer is a data intelligence platform for marketers. Tracer provides a single source of truth across all your data, giving the power to make better decisions. They work with leading global brands, partners, and agencies to provide a single source of truth across their data. Their goal is to empower their clients to make better decisions by aggregating cross-platform data and adding business context, to provide transparency into business performance and answer questions unique to their business. They are currently solving data challenges for some of the world's biggest brands, agencies, and publishers. Tracer is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

TruFusion offers a state-of-the-art facility—five studios under one roof—and a variety of classes: 240 per week in 65 different styles. A-Rod Corp acquired the TruFusion franchise development rights for 20 locations across Florida. Alex Rodriguez is a TruFusion board member and brand ambassador. Since the partnership began, A-Rod Corp has helped TruFusion significantly increase its membership and franchising activity.

In 2017, A-Rod Corp acquired the rights to develop UFC-branded fitness centers throughout Miami-Dade County. The UFC GYM brand represents the qualities that athletes strive for: strength, endurance, confidence, discipline, and respect. Started in 2009 via a partnership with UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), UFC GYM now has more than 150 fitness centers around the world, from Australia to India to the United Arab Emirates. The facilities offer a broad range of group fitness classes, private MMA training, personal and group dynamic training, and MMA-style youth programming.

VideoShops is a next generation shoppable content destination to watch, discover and seamlessly shop LIVE and on-demand lifestyle experiences with today’s most influential tastemakers. Engaging audiences across digital, linear and on-demand shopping-enabled platforms, VideoShops curated talent-driven content experiences combined with an advanced flywheel of proprietary shoppable technology powers automated AI matching for brands, influencers and targeted shopping audiences. VideoShop is part of the VCP Ventures portfolio.

Weee! is a California-based online grocery delivery platform that offers Hispanic and Asian foods specialty products and everyday staples. The company specializes in the fields of eCommerce, grocery delivery, social commerce, retail, and Asian grocery. Weee! was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Fremont, California.

Founded in 2013, Wheels Up has quickly grown to become the second-largest private aircraft operator in the U.S. behind NetJets. While NetJets members own shares of specific aircraft, Wheels Up operates like on-demand rental systems a la Zipcar. More than 9,000 members access over 1,500 aircraft plus high-end travel experiences via Wheels Up partnerships with Delta and various premium lifestyle brands. In 2020, Wheels Up added whole aircraft sales to its services.

Wizard AI, developed by Wizard Commerce, is the first AI-native shoppingagent designed to deliver the smartest and fastest shopping experience.Leveraging the power of generative AI and rich messaging technologies, Wizardtransforms how consumers interact with brands, providing seamless, personalizedshopping journeys. With its innovative approach, Wizard is shaping the futureof retail, enabling smarter, faster, and more intuitive shopping experiences.

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Wonder Group was founded in 2018 by Marc Lore. At the core of Wonder's innovative approach is the concept of offering a diverse array of culinary experiences within a single location, with over ten restaurants available to choose from. Customers have the flexibility to order from any combination of these restaurants, with the assurance that their meal will arrive piping hot in just 26 minutes—a feat made possible by Wonder's commitment to "fast fine" food delivery. Additionally, pick-up options are available for those who prefer to collect their orders in person.

What sets Wonder apart is its groundbreaking approach to food preparation, which leverages central production facilities and local hub kitchens to ensure both efficiency and freshness in every dish.

In 2023, Wonder Group acquired Blue Apron, a leading service that delivers personalized meal kits and recipes to customers' doorsteps. Through the Wonder app, customers can now conveniently order Blue Apron meal kits alongside their favorite dishes from Wonder's diverse culinary offerings.

In 2024, Wonder Group acquired GrubHub, a leading food ordering and delivery platform. Integrating Grubhub with Wonder is the next step in Wonder’s mission to make great food more accessible, bringing together the convenience, speed and selection of first-party and third-party restaurants, groceries and meal kits in a single app order. Additionally, all Wonder locations will be available on Grubhub for third-party delivery.

Notably, Alex Rodriguez serves as an Advisor.

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