Eric Shafer
Founder of seven companies.
Host of The Edge.
Florida
Eric James Shafer builds companies where media, technology and capital meet. Seven so far, across seven industries.
Eric's initials are E.J., which led him to develop his personal brand named EDGE for media, social and corporate holdings.
Companies
- 01Avelorn Capital ManagementInvestment managementavelorn.com ↗
- 02ArtifexiaCreative media studioartifexia.com ↗
- 03AdmediusAdvertising technologyadmedius.com ↗
- 04CovenanceFinancial technologycovenance.com ↗
- 05Snackable AgencySocial, PR & reputationsnackableagency.com ↗
- 06Binary HelixHealthcare technologybinaryhelix.com ↗
- 07CargoableTrucking & logisticscargoable.com ↗
Podcast
The Edge
A podcast featuring bold takes with people living and building on the edge, the frontier, and pushing life to the limits.
Season one is in production.
Get notified at launch →Writing
- Why I build companies across seven industriesEric Shafer on founding companies in investment management, media, ad tech, fintech, healthcare and logistics, and how each one borrows from the others.
- Every company is a media company nowWhy founders should own their distribution, treat attention as an asset and build media into the company from day one. An essay by Eric Shafer.
- Why I go by EDGEThe story behind EDGE, Eric Shafer's personal brand for his media, social and corporate holdings, and why a founder's name works like a holding company.
About
A technologist by training and a founder by habit. Eric started in computer technology and artificial intelligence, then built Admedius in advertising technology, Covenance in financial technology and Avelorn in investment management. A creative studio, a reputation agency, a healthcare platform and a freight company followed. Each one borrows from the others.
Read the full bio →- Known as
- EDGE
- Based
- Florida
- Education
- Purdue University; supplemental education at MIT