Jordan Mendell

Jordan Mendell is a product and technology executive best known as a longtime product leader at DraftKings, the daily-fantasy-sports and sports-betting company, where he has held the titles of Head of Mobile Product, SVP of Product, and Chief Product Officer. In that role he has overseen mobile and consumer product development, including newer initiatives such as DraftKings' social features.

Before DraftKings, Mendell founded and served as CTO of Ando Media, a company that built audience-measurement and monetization software for internet radio and streaming audio (products included Webcast Metrics, Ad Injector, and PodLoc), positioning it as a competitor to legacy measurement firms like Arbitron. Ando Media was acquired by Triton Digital, where Mendell went on to lead research and development. This audio/streaming-measurement background gave him deep experience in mobile delivery, metrics, and monetization that he later applied to consumer products at DraftKings.

Mendell studied organic chemistry at the University of Colorado at Denver before moving into technology and product roles. He is based in the Greater Denver area and describes himself as a "thinker, gamer, solver, angel, terrible chef."

Alongside his operating career, Mendell is an active early-stage angel investor and serves as an advisor at Angel Street Capital. His most widely documented investment is a personal stake in DraftKings itself, made during the company's Series B round.

• Invests as an individual angel at the seed / early stage, typically taking minority positions and open to syndicating alongside other investors.
• Focus areas align with his operating expertise: software, mobile and consumer product, digital media, and sports/fantasy technology.
• Brings a product- and metrics-driven lens — his career in audience measurement, monetization, and mobile product suggests he gravitates to teams with clear product thinking and paths to monetize engagement.
• Listed on angel platforms (VentureBANC, Najafi Capital) as "actively seeking new investments," indicating continued openness to new deals.
• Note: a specific published thesis statement, check-size range, and full portfolio list are not publicly available; the above is inferred from platform profiles and his operating background.