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Ed Zimmerman
Other at First Close Partners
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- First Close Partners
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About
Ed Zimmerman co-founded First Close Partners. He co-founded and chairs the Emerging Companies & Venture Capital at Lowenstein Sandler, where he is a growth company, startup, and venture lawyer. Chambers ranked Ed among the 22 best lawyers in Startups & Emerging Companies–USA–Nationwide. Best Lawyers in America named Ed NYC VC Lawyer of the Year (2017). Ed serves as Adjunct Professor of VC at Columbia; on WSJ’s Panel of Experts; founder/Chair of VentureCrush; Vice Chair of the Board of Center for Policing Equity; Board member at Fisk University and at Black Women Talk Tech. He has been an advisor on VC matters to the President of France.
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