Edward Zimmerman
Angel Investor
New York, United States
Edward Zimmerman is a seed investor in New York focused on Mobile and FinTech. Ed is a venture lawyer and co-founded and Chairs the Tech Group at Lowenstein Sandler LLP, a leading law firm. During his more than 20 years at Lowenstein Sander, he has represented hundreds of start-ups, growth companies and venture funds. He has angel invested in roughly 50 companies and invested as an LP in more than a dozen families of venturefunds. Ed has taught VC to MBA students at Columbia Business School for 8 years, has published more than 60 columns on venture/tech (and sometimes wine or music) on the ACCELERATORS page of the WSJ and founded and runs www.VentureCrush.com which includes FIRSTGROWTHVC and AngelVineVC.
- Total investments:
- 12
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Edward Zimmerman invests in
Stages Edward Zimmerman invests in
Countries Edward Zimmerman invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$7M
- Pre-Seed
- $93k–$2.4M
- Series A
- $5.5M–$9.3M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Mobile 3 (25%)
- FinTech 2 (17%)
- E-Commerce 2 (17%)
- Financial Services 2 (17%)
- Apps 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (50%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (25%)
- Series A 3 (25%)
Country
- United States 7 (58%)
- France 1 (8%)
- United Kingdom 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Guava is a digital bank designed for and by black small business owners. It is to help close the racial wealth gap by providing equitable financial products to black entrepreneurs. | $2.4M / Pre-Seed / Jul 26, 2022 | ||
| SPOKE is an app that provides an audio experience for well-being. It uses a unique blend of lo-fi music, hip hop, and mindfulness to help users re-tune their minds, sleep better, and strengthen their mindset. Each soothing episode includes music and spoken word by some of the UK's best producers and emerging artists, all of whom have beentrained by neuroscientists, psychologists, and therapists. | $1.4M / Pre-Seed / Feb 16, 2022 | ||
| SPOKE is an app that provides an audio experience for well-being. It uses a unique blend of lo-fi music, hip hop, and mindfulness to help users re-tune their minds, sleep better, and strengthen their mindset. Each soothing episode includes music and spoken word by some of the UK's best producers and emerging artists, all of whom have beentrained by neuroscientists, psychologists, and therapists. | $1.5M / Seed / Feb 16, 2022 | ||
| WellCapped allows customers to discover emerging long-tail brands. Its first focus is on hyper-consumers who purchase and rent high-quality, lace-front wigs. They make data-driven decisions to select inventory, and provide a netflix-esque suggestion list of emerging long-tail brands to their users. | $93K / Pre-Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| The Vendry is a digital marketplace and professional community for the events industry. By joining The Vendry, event professionals get free access to RFP tools that help them source venues and vendors for their events, an exclusive jobs board, discussion forums and networking opportunities, and other resources to keep up with industry news and seekinspiration for their own events. As of September 2021, The Vendry has over 17,500 members and has helped plan thousands of live and virtual events. | $6.5M / Seed / Sep 23, 2021 | ||
| Shine is a mobile bank that provides an administrative and financial management platform for freelance workers. It offers freelancers a multitasking solution platform that combines online banking with contract and invoice management, streamlining administrative and financial tasks for those who work independently.The company was established inyear 2017 in Paris, France. | $9.3M / Series A / Sep 04, 2018 | ||
| Cover offers a mobile payments app for restaurants, that automatically splits the bill and leaves a tip. | $5.5M / Series A / Jul 10, 2014 | ||
| Delectable is a team of technologists, designers, winemakers and artists building technology to reinvent wine. As both wine consumers and wine professionals they know firsthand that understanding wine is hard. They believe it should be easy. Using groundbreaking technology, and with a keen understanding of wine's inherent complexity,they've built a platform and tools that help consumers share, discover and drink awesome wine. | $7M / Seed / May 07, 2014 | ||
| Cover offers a mobile payments app for restaurants, that automatically splits the bill and leaves a tip. | $1.5M / Seed / May 08, 2013 | ||
| Flatiron Health is a healthcare technology and services company focused on accelerating cancer research and improving patient care. The company's platform enables cancer researchers and care providers to learn from the experience of every patient. Its database platform aggregates and transforms clinical and financial data from electronicmedical records (EMRs) and billing systems that provide comprehensive support to the cancer care providers and life science companies.Currently, Flatiron partners with over 280 community cancer practices, seven major academic research centers, and over 15 of the top therapeutic oncology companies. | $8M / Series A / Jan 15, 2013 | ||
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FAQ
What does Edward Zimmerman invest in?
Edward Zimmerman invests primarily in Mobile, FinTech and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Edward Zimmerman's check size?
Edward Zimmerman typically joins rounds of $800k–$7M at Seed, $93k–$2.4M at Pre-Seed and $5.5M–$9.3M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Edward Zimmerman participates in.
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When did Edward Zimmerman last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Edward Zimmerman closed in Jul 2022. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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