Omeed Malik
Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board
Omeed Malik is our Chief Executive Officer and has served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors since inception. Omeed is the Founder and President of 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. Since 2018, Omeed has also served as the Founder and CEO of Farvahar Partners, a boutique investment bank and broker/dealer which acts as an advisor and liquidity provider to high growth venture backed companies and institutional investors. From 2023 to July 2025, he served as an officer and director of Colombier II; from 2021 to July 2023, he served as an officer and director of Colombier I; and from July 2023 to December 2024 served as a non-executive director of PublicSquare following the consummation of Colombier I’s business combination. Prior to starting his own firm, Omeed was a Managing Director and the Global Head of the Hedge Fund Advisory Business at Bank of America Merrill Lynch from 2012 to 2018. Omeed was also the founder and head of the Emerging Manager Program within the Global Equities business. In this capacity, Omeed was charged with selecting both established and new hedge funds for the firm to partner with and oversaw the allocation of financing/prime brokerage, capital strategy, business consulting and talent introduction resources. Before joining Bank of America Merrill Lynch, Omeed was a Senior Vice President at MF Global where he helped reorganize the firm’s distribution platform globally and developed execution and clearing relationships with institutional clients.
An experienced financial services professional and securities attorney, Omeed was a corporate lawyer at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP working on transactional matters in the capital markets, corporate governance, private equity and bankruptcy fields. Omeed has also worked in the United States Senate and House of Representatives. Omeed received a JD, with Honors, from Emory Law School (where he serves on the Advisory Board) and a BA in Philosophy and Political Science, Cum Laude, from Colgate University. He holds FINRA Series 7, 63, 3, 79 and 24 registrations.
Omeed serves on the board of directors of Fannie Mae and was selected to serve on our Board due to his significant leadership and financial experience.
Paul T. Abrahimzadeh
President
Paul T. Abrahimzadeh our President. Mr. Abrahimzadeh is a Partner at 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. Mr. Abrahimzadeh joined 1789 Capital and Farvahar Partners as a partner following a 24 year career in investment banking. He is a recognized leader in finance with a track record of transformative deals, bringing deep expertise in global capital markets. At 1789 Capital, he is focused on new investment origination, deal structuring, capital raising and strategic initiatives. Mr. Abrahimzadeh also oversees the investment banking practice at Farvahar Partners. This includes capital markets and M&A advisory assignments for public and private companies. The entirety of his investment banking career was spent at Citigroup advising corporate clients, financial sponsors and institutional investors on some of the most complex and high-profile transactions in the industry. Most recently, he served as the bank’s Co-Head of Equity Capital Markets in North America. Prior to that he served as the firm’s Head of Equity Capital Markets Syndicate in the Americas, overseeing new issue execution — covering all sectors, regions and products — including the firm’s multi-billion dollar risk trade business. His career has spanned every sector and product across the public and private equity capital markets. Over the past eight years, Mr. Abrahimzadeh spent considerable time covering tech companies across all key verticals including AI, software, internet, fintech, semiconductors, digital infrastructure and tech services. He also led over 100 SPAC IPOs and mergers over his career. Mr. Abrahimzadeh graduated from Colgate University with a B.A. in International Relations, Cum Laude, and a minor in Japanese. He holds Series 7, 63, 79 & 24 registrations.
Joe Voboril
Chief Financial Officer
Joe Voboril is our Chief Financial Officer. Since January 2023, Joe has served as a Partner and Head of Research at 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. Since 2018, Joe has also served as the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Farvahar Partners, a boutique investment bank and broker/dealer which acts as an advisor and liquidity provider to high growth venture backed companies and institutional investors. From 2023 to July 2025, he served as an officer of Colombier II; from 2021 to July 2023, he served as an officer and director of Colombier I.
Joe was a public market investor at different hedge funds from 2002 to 2015 where he constructed and risk managed public equity portfolios, in roles ranging from analyst to portfolio manager, and CIO. Despite being a generalist, his areas of focus were in Consumer, Tech/Media/Telecom (TMT), and Financial Institutions. During that period Joe invested into public equity businesses, with a core focus of identifying companies that have surpassed an inflection point.
At Bank of America from 2015 to 2018, Joe co-created the Hedge Fund Advisory group and managed the internal vetting effort of investment managers for Bank of America’s Emerging Manager Program. He also led the bank’s Separately Managed Account (SMA) Initiative, which assisted Pensions, Endowments, and Fund of Funds in optimizing the financing of their multi-manager portfolios.
Joe is a graduate of Colgate University with a double major in Philosophy (honors) and Political Science. He was a member of the Track and Field team. He holds Series 7, 63 and 79 licenses.
Andrew Nasser
Chief Investment Officer
Andrew Nasser is a Partner at 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. Since 2023, Andrew has been a Partner at Farvahar Partners, a boutique investment bank and broker/dealer which acts as an advisor and liquidity provider to high growth venture backed companies and institutional investors. Over his career, Mr. Nasser has reviewed hundreds of investment opportunities for blank check companies in a variety of technology-enabled sectors, including software, mobility, industrial technology, energy storage, data analytics, education technology, social networking, digital marketplaces, and payment processing. From 2023 to July 2025, he served as an officer of Colombier II; he was a special advisor to Colombier I. Previously, from 2018 to 2021, Andrew led business development for the Churchill Capital public listing investment vehicles as an investment banker with its Sponsor, M. Klein and Company, a boutique merchant bank and strategic advisory firm. Mr. Nasser led or facilitated target sourcing, transaction execution, investment decisions, private capital fundraising, due diligence assessments and investor engagement for five blank check companies, including four Churchill Capital-affiliated entities and for Colombier I. These included, among others, automotive manufacturer Lucid Motors, data analytics firm Clarivate Analytics, and values-aligned digital marketplace PublicSquare He has also advised companies publicly listed by Churchill Capital and Colombier I subsequent to their mergers on capital markets, financing, strategic investments, partnerships, and acquisitions. Prior to joining M. Klein and Company in 2018, Andrew worked for Citigroup Global Markets in their technology, media, and telecommunications investment banking group. Andrew has previously worked as a consultant for Deloitte and PwC. Mr. Nasser is a CFA charterholder, and he holds a bachelor’s degree from Boston College and a master’s degree in business administration from New York University’s Stern School of Business.
Jordan Cohen
Chief Operating Officer
Jordan Cohen is a Partner and the Chief Operating Officer of 1789 Capital, a leading technology-focused investment firm funding the next era of American exceptionalism. Since 2020, he has been a Partner at Farvahar Partners, a boutique investment bank and broker/dealer which acts as an advisor and liquidity provider to high growth venture backed companies and institutional investors. Jordan is also the Chief Operating Officer of 1789 Capital, an investment firm that provides financing to companies in the budding EIG economy, since January 2023. From 2023 to July 2025, Jordan served as an officer of Colombier II; Jordan was a strategic advisor to Colombier I from 2021 to July 2023; and he also served as the President, Chief Financial Officer and a Board Member of Ceres Acquisition Corp (“Ceres”), a Canadian special purpose acquisition company from 2020 to 2022. Ceres announced a $1.844 billion merger with Parallel, however the transaction was mutually terminated by the parties and Ceres ultimately wound up its affairs. Prior to joining Farvahar, from 2009 to 2020, Jordan was the Managing Director of Sierra Bonita Holdings, a family office where he was responsible for evaluating, structuring and managing a multi-strategy portfolio in the consumer and TMT verticals. Jordan was also the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of PLAYLIST, a lifestyle fitness brand, from 2015 to 2020. Jordan has over twenty years of experience investing in, and working with, companies in the consumer, technology and wellness industries. Jordan began his career as a corporate attorney at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LP, working on a broad range of transactions, including but not limited to complex M&A, capital markets, restructurings and other private equity transactions. Jordan received a Bachelor of Science & Management in Finance from Tulane University where he graduated magna cum laude and a Juris Doctor with Honors from Emory University School of Law, where he was an Editor of the Emory Law Journal.