Helderman founded Buffalo 8 in 2010 as an undergrad and led the company as CEO in premiering projects at Sundance, SXSW, and Berlin, as well as producing the Netflix film Rodney King directed by Spike Lee and the Joe Berlinger directed Netflix global hit The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes.
In 2013, Helderman co-founded BondIt Media Capital and led the company as CEO in the deployment of over $500M of capital into 500+ film, tv, live entertainment, and music projects while raising $30M of equity and debt for a partial sale to Accord Financial and expanding the company’s credit facility to $100M from hedge fund Keystone National Group.
In 2017, Helderman co-managed the acquisition of the entertainment payroll firm, ABS Payroll, and today serves as an Executive Director, partner, and Board Member after having successfully sold a majority of the business to a leading private equity buyer.