Brooklyn, New York, United States
Matthew Brimer is a serial entrepreneur, designer, venture investor, real estate developer, and community builder. 🚀 Need startup advice? 👉🏼 https://intro.co/brimer Brimer is Co-Founder & Chairman at ZZ Driggs (https://zzdriggs.com), a fast-growing & award-winning Certified B Corp reimagining how we furnish our lives for a new economy and a more sustainable future. ZZ offers exceptional & sustainable furniture as a service through a proprietary tech platform, supporting independent craftsmanship and serving discerning clients across the country. He co-founded General Assembly (http://ga.co — acquired by Adecco in 2018 for $413 million), a 21st century educational institution with campuses around the world, where he led global efforts for social impact, enterprise partnerships, and community outreach. At GA he cultivated the company’s early community of entrepreneurs, established key global partnerships, and started GA’s corporate training business. Brimer also launched GA's philanthropic & impact arm to increase diversity, inclusion, and opportunity in the tech industry at large. Brimer also co-founded Daybreaker (http://daybreaker.com), a global community and lifestyle brand producing conscious morning experiences around the world. What began as a social experiment & art project, Daybreaker is now an entirely new genre of experience, fueling a worldwide movement to increase mindfulness, camaraderie, wellness, self-expression, and mischief. Daybreaker has been on national tour with Oprah, alongside celebrity guests like Michelle Obama, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Tina Fey, and more. Through his work as an investor, Brimer co-founded The Fund (http://thefund.vc), a first-of-its-kind early stage venture fund fueled by a community of successful founders around the globe to support the next generation of mission-driven entrepreneurs. Brimer also serves as a hands-on advisor & angel investor, helping to incubate startups focused on sustainability, education, wellness, and community. At the forefront of his philanthropic efforts, Brimer has served on the Board of Directors at Pioneer Works (http://pioneerworks.org), a Brooklyn-based cultural powerhouse dedicated to experimentation, education, and production across disciplines, including science, art, music, technology, and more. Brimer has been named to Rolling Stone’s “17 Innovators Shaking Up the Music Industry,” Vanity Fair’s "The Next Establishment", Fast Company's "Most Creative People", Forbes “30 Under 30”, Inc. "30 Under 30", and the "Silicon Alley 100”. He holds a BA in Sociology from Yale.
ZZ Driggs (https://zzdriggs.com) is reimagining how we furnish our world for a new economy and a more sustainable future. ZZ is a trusted and award-winning furniture & design solution, offering high quality furnishings (to buy or rent) and bespoke interior design services for discerning clients across the country, all handled with a Michelin-grade client experience. We are the only Certified B Corp in our industry, with rave reviews and impeccable press, delivering & installing exceptional furniture, art, and decor into residential & commercial properties within days.
Special Address (https://specialaddress.co) is a boutique real estate development & hospitality firm that owns & operates a collection of one-of-a-kind homes & villas as high-end short term rentals, professionally designed & renovated for the curious at heart — from upstate New York to the tropics of Jamaica.
Flying Colors (https://flyingcolors.co) is a premium multi-channel brand specializing in sustainable & high quality lifestyle products for anyone who loves birds. Our team works closely with university professors, seed experts, ecologists, and ornithologists to ensure our products are best in class — and loved by birds and humans alike. Our first product offering is our very own premium organic wild bird food — ethically sourced, pesticide-free seeds & nuts of the highest quality to safely nourish wild birds of all types. Flying Colors' suite of original blends are made entirely with 100% USDA Certified Organic ingredients, produced with love & blended by hand in small batches in New York's Hudson Valley.
Everywhere Ventures (https://everywhere.vc), formerly known as The Fund, is a founder collective and early stage venture fund investing in the future of money, health, and work. Lots of people tell us that investing everywhere is crazy, impossible, and way too ambitious for such a small, scrappy team. That doesn't bother us — we embrace the challenge. Because we love being everywhere with founders, all at once.
Building off of his love of dance music, community building, and immersive experience design, Brimer has performed as a DJ to adoring crowds from Brooklyn to Burning Man, Nosara to Sardinia, Yale to CDMX — delivering music that inspires and his own signature brand of love & mischief to dance floors large and small. Follow him on SoundCloud at https://soundcloud.com/brimer