Founders Bridge Advisors is led by senior partners with decades of capital markets, M&A, operating, and credit experience, backed by the broader Sheriff & Co. and Catalyst platform of investors, operators, and credit professionals.
Every Founders Bridge engagement is led day-to-day by a partner. No hand-offs to junior staff, no shifting bench. The same senior team you meet on day one stays through the wire.
Stephen Sheriff is a public-company operator, independent sponsor, and exit advisor with more than a decade of experience building, scaling, and selling businesses. He is Managing Partner of Founders Bridge Advisors and co-leads Sheriff & Co., a founder-led independent sponsor platform.
As a former COO of a Nasdaq-listed company, he helped drive 25%+ net revenue growth and significant margin expansion. He has invested in 40+ companies through Riverhill Ventures and scaled a multi-location Playa Bowls franchise to 350+ employees and eight-figure revenue. Stephen brings the perspective of an owner, not just an advisor, to every Founders Bridge engagement.
Aaron Schleicher is a Managing Partner at Founders Bridge Advisors, where he leads exit and capital markets advisory for founders and owners across the lower middle market. He has advised on more than $3Bn of IPO transactions, including a landmark $1.2Bn MLP IPO that was, at the time, the largest midstream MLP IPO in U.S. history.
Previously a Partner in the capital markets group at Kirkland & Ellis, he guides clients through readiness, disclosure, governance, and execution, often serving as a de facto chief of staff across the full transaction lifecycle.
Charles “Charlie” Rushing is a Senior Associate at Founders Bridge Advisors, where he supports the partner team across exit planning, marketing materials, buyer outreach, diligence, and transaction management. He plays an active role across the firm’s engagements and helps advance day-to-day operations of the broader platform.
He brings an execution-oriented background spanning real estate (where he earned national recognition as a Five Star Professional “Rising Star” in 2023), coaching, and team leadership. A former Division II tennis captain at West Chester University, he was a USTA Team Tennis National Champion in 2014.
Founders Bridge sits inside a broader Sheriff & Co. and Catalyst platform that brings capital markets, M&A, sponsor, and credit expertise under one roof. Engagements draw on senior counsel from across the platform when a transaction calls for it.
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When a transaction calls for it, Founders Bridge draws on senior counsel from across the platform, including public company experience, credit structuring, sponsor capital, and operating leadership.
The broader platform brings deep experience across investment banking, capital markets, private credit, and operating leadership. Selected senior counsel available to Founders Bridge engagements:
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