WatchRecruit

WR is the video-based platform youth athletes use to get seen by college coaches; alleviating pressure placed on athletes and the financial burden on parents.

  • Stage Prototype Ready
  • Industry Internet / Web Services
  • Location San Francisco, CA, USA
  • Currency USD
  • Founded September 2017
  • Employees 5
  • Incorporation Type C-corp
  • Website WatchRecruit.com

Company Summary

MVP developed with beta customers. Over 30% of users are paid members. Higher percentage than Tinder, Spotify, and LinkedIn.

WatchRecruit is an online platform for the 2.5 million yearly high school participants in the sports of football, volleyball, men's and women's basketball to connect with and be seen by college coaches across the US.

College coaches now have a central database of athletes worldwide to recruit and evaluate from.

Team

  • Joshua Delander
    CEO

    Josh has spent 12 years in sports as a college basketball coach, sports agent, and recruiting advisor to youth athletes. His experience working with both coaches and athletes made him realize the athletic recruiting process is currently broken, and that parents are spending money they don't have to generate exposure for their athlete.

  • Alex Vasylyk
    CTO

    Alex is the founder of StartupSoft, a Toronto based startup accelerator developing software for tech startups.

  • Derek Tyson
    Executive Director

    Joins WatchRecruit after being a SEC college football reporter and analyst for ESPN the last 5+ years. His connections across the the nation to high school and college coaches will be a huge asset in growing the database.

  • Danielle Stoimenoff
    Director of Recruiting

    Joins WatchRecruit after spending the last two years as the recruiting coordinator for Florida Atlantic University. She joined the FAU staff in 2012. In her first year as recruiting coordinator she brought in the #1 ranked recruiting class in Conference USA.

Advisors

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