Jack A. Donenfeld is a co-founder and the General Counsel of Boomtown Innovation and oversees all legal matters relating to its global operations and partner relationships. He is a corporate and securities lawyer and has co-founded, invested in and advised dozens of startups and growth-stage companies in the U.S. and other countries, including France, the U.K., Canada, Australia, the Bahamas, Russia, Ukraine and Nicaragua. Jack also has served as a general partner for several investment funds and as a director for both private and public companies. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Boomtown Innovation offers customized, turnkey innovation programs for companies, foundations, family offices, and other organizations that want to connect with, and co-invest with Boomtown in, emerging technologies and businesses. Boomtown’s platforms seek to complement its clients’ internal innovation initiatives, address their specific challenges, and help them achieve their goals and objectives. Boomtown has been recognized as the most active investor in ColoradoFor example, Boomtown developed and operates Comcast NBCUniversal SportsTech, which finds, funds and fast-tracks innovative sports industry-related startups from around the world and provides them with access to decision-makers and leaders across SportsTech’s partner consortium, which includes four Comcast NBCUniversal sports brands: NBC Sports, Sky Sports, Comcast Spectacor, and Golf Channel – alongside NASCAR, WWE, PGA TOUR, the English Premier League, Notre Dame University and three US Olympic sports organizations: U.S. Ski & Snowboard, USA Swimming, and USA Cycling.In addition to Comcast NBCUniversal, Boomtown has worked with Cable Television Laboratories (CableLabs), Upramp, T3Sixty Real Estate Consultants, Colorado Permanente Medical Group, and COPIC Medical Foundation, among others.

A veteran of large and small law firms, Jack Donenfeld has broad experience in business and corporate law, including provide counsel regarding capital raising, investment terms, and securities law matters. He has advised companies and audit committees in internal investigations and has testified nationally as an expert witness and advisor in litigation involving investments and securities, in addition to malpractice and ethics claims against large law firms.Donenfeld Law, A Legal Professional Association, offers clients recognized expertise in the specialized areas of the law where it has experience. Combining legal knowledge and business acumen with some “out of the box” thinking”, the firm provides insights to clients and empowers them to balance risks, make informed decisions and take advantage of opportunities. The firm's work includes corporate finance and capital raising, securities, corporate law, real estate and wealth preservation planning, both in the U.S. and in a growing number of countries outside of the U.S. where Jack Donenfeld has strategic business and professional relationships.

The Fédération Internationale de Sports d’Obstacles (FISO), World OCR, is the sole competent authority for obstacle sports and related disciplines worldwide. We are an independent association composed of national member federations worldwide. World OCR facilitates safety, fairness and opportunities for athletes to compete at every level. This includes international results and rankings, officials, training, rule enforcement, insurance services, coaching, training camps, event information, event services, news, education, adjudication and more. The responsibility of the Ethics Committee is to enforce the World OCR Code of Ethics, investigate violations and recommend appropriate sanctions to the FISO Executive Board. The Committee is advisory and submits Resolutions to the Executive Board.

MergeLane is a mentorship-driven investment program that focuses on women-run startups, targeting early-stage business issues and, in particular, topics that specifically affect women leaders. Participants receive advice in Boulder, CO, which is supplemented with virtual mentoring and mentor connections wherever the companies are based. MergeLane invests in companies when they enter the program and, when appropriate, can invest additional capital upon their graduation. Going beyond helping companies raise money from investors on “demo day”, MergeLane helps build leaders who can take their businesses to the next level.

Launched in 2012 in collaboration with the Telluride Foundation, the Telluride Venture Accelerator (“TVA”) was the first investment accelerator focused on outdoor recreation, tourism, natural products, health, energy, water and education. Businesses selected to participate in the program receive seed capital, office space in one of the most beautiful mountain towns in America, assistance with finding follow-up investment capital and guidance from a select group of Mentors, including billion dollar company founders, public company board members, experts in TVA’s investment sectors, world-class entrepreneurs and selected professionals.As a Mentor, Jack Donenfeld counsels new and emerging companies regarding business models, organization and financial structure, raising capital, business networking, strategic partnerships and leadership.