Meet Our Team

Jordan Fliegel

Co-founder & CEO

2X VC-backed (General Catalyst, Upfront Ventures, Founder Collective, etc) CEO/founder, raised $14M for first company, CoachUp.com, and sold 2nd biz (Draft.com) for ~$48M to Paddy Power Betfair PLC (now Flutter Entertainment). GP of Founders First VC fund/syndicate ($30M+ capital deployed), and Managing Director of 2 top performing Techstars Accelerators (NYC & Sports). 300+ portfolio companies over last decade between Founders First & Techstars including unicorns like Carta & Ramp. Fliegel and his co-founders have been named Sports Business Journal “Power Player,” Inc “30 under 30,” Forbes “30 under 30,”  BBJ “40 under 40” and a finalist for Ernst & Young “New England Entrepreneur of the Year.”

Read about Jordan’s involvement on the Entrepreneur’s Council at the Center for American Entrepreneurship

Tim Ericson

Co-founder & COO

A former VC-backed CEO/founder with strong expertise in the SMB sector. He successfully raised $40M for Zagster and executed a successful exit.  At Zagster, Tim oversaw remarkable years of 300% YoY growth, built a nationwide team of hundreds of employees across 35 states, and earned accolades as a “Best Place to Work.” He leveraged an SBA 7a loan, to acquire Short Term Copier, a business generating over $1 million in EBITDA in May 2023. Additionally, he has a track record of mentoring and developing high-potential employees and entrepreneurs who have gone on to lead their own successful companies. Tim’s achievements include recognition as one of Boston’s “40 Under 40.”

 Listen to Tim’s podcast on the process of buying a company with a SBA 7A loan.

Andrew Hippert

Principal

Esteban Beleno

Finance Controller

Oscar Ospina Villa

Senior Accountant

Martha Liliana Martinez

Data Analyst

Rebecca Sherlock

Executive Assistant

Pablo Esparza Jiménez

IT Administrator

Dunky (the dog)

Security Intern

Voray Events Team

John Berger

Director of Partnerships

Zach Chodor

General Manager

Camilla Petronio

Director of Operations & Strategy

About Our Team

Our remote-first team is primarily based in the United States and Colombia.

Oh, and we like to have fun, too!

SHV has a Venture Partner program.

Venture Partners refer deals to us, in exchange for 10% carry share if we end up investing in that deal (or in any future transaction that searcher completes and which we fund). In order to be eligible, and to create alignment, you must also invest in the deal alongside us.

If you'd like to learn more about SHV, or share a deal, please get in touch!

The best jobs are neither decreed nor degreed: they are creative expressions of continuous learners in free markets.” 

— Naval Ravikant