Hello! I'm a successful serial entrepreneur, community builder, angel investor, and startup advisor. I co-founded General Assembly (http://ga.co), Daybreaker (http://daybreaker.com), and Gesundheit (http://blessyou.co). I'm also an active angel investor (I run The Fund (http://thefund.vc) in NYC and have personally invested in >20 startups over the last several years, including Reserve, The Hustle, THINX, Fluent City, Solugen, and others. I am an investor in a number of cryptocurrency / blockchain projects as well. And last, I am an advisor to a handful of forward-thinking, impact-positive startups, including Common, Tempest, ZZ Driggs, and Wanderfuel. Due to my singular relationships and significant network in the startup ecosystems on both US coasts and in Europe, as well as my track record as an entrepreneur myself, I am constantly sourcing & evaluating investment opportunities that come across my desk. I seek out purpose-oriented companies tackling large problems with domain expertise. I look for strong, technical, passionate teams with the grit and motivation to push through extraordinary challenges. I look for product vision that solves a real need and makes the world a better place. I look for significant growth potential and founders' ability to turn some initial traction into a sustainable business. ====== Full bio below: Matthew Brimer is an creative instigator, social entrepreneur, and community builder. He is Co-Founder of General Assembly (http://ga.co), a 21st century educational institution with campuses around the world, where he supports GA's global efforts around social impact, enterprise partnerships, and community outreach. He has worn many hats at GA, cultivating the organization’s early community of startups and entrepreneurs, establishing critical global partnerships to expand the brand, and starting GA’s enterprise corporate training business. Most recently, Brimer launched GA's philanthropic arm, Opportunity Fund, so that anyone willing to work hard and follow their passions can have a meaningful career pursuing work they love. Brimer is also Co-Founder of Daybreaker (http://daybreaker.com), a global community and lifestyle brand producing conscious morning experiences around the world. What began as a social experiment and art project, Daybreaker now aims to create an entirely new genre of experience, fueling a worldwide movement to increase mindfulness, camaraderie, wellness, self-expression, and mischief. Brimer also serves as an advisor & angel investor in a number of startups, including Truffle, Common, Fluent City, ZZ Driggs, Wanderfuel, The Hustle, and Lightmatter. Prior to all this, Brimer consulted on digital education strategy for Yale University, freelanced in web design, worked for Apple as a campus rep, and served frozen custard. In college he founded two startups, one building team-based games powered by rivalries (PickTeams), and another curating and selling antique furniture (Aloysius Properties), both of which proved to be more educational than profitable. Brimer has been named to Rolling Stone’s “17 Young Innovators Shaking Up the Music Industry,” Vanity Fair’s "The Next Establishment", Forbes “30 Under 30”, Inc. Magazine’s "30 Under 30", and Business Insider’s "Silicon Alley 100”. Brimer holds a BA in Sociology from Yale, loves to travel and explore foreign lands, enjoys long biking adventures with friends, and lives with his beautiful girlfriend Whitney in Brooklyn. More at http://linkedin.com/in/mobrimer

Any investments I make that I can syndicate, I will. I conduct considerably more diligence when syndicating deals.