"One of the best venture capital lawyers in the country - period," is how clients describe Edward Zimmerman; with a practice covering the East and the West Coast, Zimmerman enjoys a superb reputation across America, and has also worked on deals abroad. "A great businessperson's lawyer," Zimmerman "takes a genuine interest in our business," say satisfied clients. "He knows how to get deals done in a way that best serves the interests of his clients while at the same time fostering good working relationships with the other side."

Ed was listed in the Investment Dealers' Digest (2007) "40 Under 40" -- as being "among the brightest, hardest-working people in the financial arena" in the United States for his work in venture/private equity and M&A. This was the fourth (and final) "40 Under 40" listing for Ed. Ed is also listed among The Best Lawyers in America in both the M&A and buyouts/private equity categories. Ed represented a NY-based tech company in a venture round which Dow Jones' VentureWire Alert described as "one of the largest single venture capital investments of [2005]." 

Ed co-founded and chairs First Growth Venture Network (www.firstgrowthvn.com), a consortium of 8 venture funds and a few dozen angels and senior tech executives providing a mentoring program for high potential seed and early stage start-up tech companies in and around New York City.  Ed is an Adjunct Professor of Finance and Economics at Columbia University Business School where he teaches Venture Capital to MBA candidates. Ed is an active angel investor and he co-founded and co-leads Grape Arbor LLC, an angel vehicle investing in tech and financial services companies. He has angel-backed more than a dozen companies in the last 3 years. In addition to his personal investing, Ed founded and co-chairs AngelVineVC, a network of angels and more than 30 venture funds dedicated to assisting early stage ventures. Ed serves on the National Venture Capital Association's Working Group on Model Legal Documents, where he is part of a select team of venture lawyers responsible for revising the industry standard venture capital transaction documents.

Ed is also very involved in community and professional organizations and currently chairs several charity and professional boards, including Hoop-A-Paluza, Inc., a charity for children which has raised nearly $2MM since Ed and his wife founded it in 2002. Ed was a board member of (and has, continuously since 1994 served as pro bono counsel to) the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company, the Dance Company founded and run by Bill T. Jones who won a 2007 Tony Award (Spring Awakening), a MacArthur "Genius" Award and who has been featured on the cover of Time Magazine.

And anyone who has spent any time at all with Ed knows that he really likes to talk about and drink wine -- so much so that Ed was the host of Radio Uncorked, a radio show about wine produced by Infinity Broadcasting (available as podcasts at KYOU Radio). In June 2007 at the Chateau du Clos de Vougeot in France, Ed was inducted as a Chevalier in the Confrerie des Chevaliers du Tastevin, where he is a member of (but can't necessarily pronounce) the Chapitre de la Vigne en Fleur.

	Targeting Real-Time Targeting: Privacy Groups File Overreaching Suit with the FTC Against Real-Time Behavioral Advertising AdExchanger.com, April 16, 2010 Edward Zimmerman, Mark Kesslen, Matthew Savare
	40 under 40 - Edward M. Zimmerman Investment Dealer's Digest, December 10, 2007 Edward Zimmerman
	Securing Venture Capital Requires Preparation NJBIZ Finance & Growth Guide 2007, August 2007 Edward Zimmerman

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	In a San Francisco Chronicle article, First Growth Venture Network, founded by Edward M. Zimmerman, Kathi Rawnsley and Raymond P. Thek, is highlighted for giving the New York venture capital community access to talent, fellow entrepreneurs, venture capitalists and angel investors., San Francisco Chronicle, Business Insider, July 7, 2010
	Edward M. Zimmerman advises entrepreneurs on venture capital., The New York Times
	Edward M. Zimmerman discusses the year-to-date boost in venture capital activity and the sectors that are driving recent activity., New Jersey Law Journal, August 7, 2006

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