Matthew Brimer
Founder of Flying Colors
Matthew Brimer
Founder of Flying Colors
Brooklyn, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder & Chairman
2018 - Current
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.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
2020
BGMT is a boutique real estate development firm with a portfolio of unique residential properties domestically and abroad, owned and operated by the company as high-end rentals, with rave reviews from guests. BGMT invests in, acquires, designs, renovates, and furnishes properties, monetizing them as full-service experience-forward boutique hospitality properties. The company has a significant real estate footprint in the Hudson Valley, including properties in Orange County (Newburgh), Dutchess County, and Columbia County. BGMT also operates Industry Standard (https://industrystandard.co), a specialty construction management arm focused on new builds & renovations in the Hudson Valley.
Co-Founder
2020
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.
Co-Founder
2017
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.
DJ
2022
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
Strategic Advisor
2019
The Future Project is an initiative to unlock the unlimited power of every person – starting with the next generation – to build a better future.
Strategic Advisor
2017
Lightmatter partners with exceptional companies and innovators to create software products and digital strategies that catalyze growth. Lightmatter operates on the forefront of digital innovation, building powerful tools that equip businesses and entrepreneurs with the right technologies to succeed. Lightmatter works as a direct extension of our partners’ team, ranging from venture-backed startups to Fortune 500 companies.
Council Member
2015
In a time where positive change is so desperately needed, NationSwell is guiding influential leaders as they meet the moment and address our world’s most pressing issues. Through a robust executive membership community and the leading social impact studio, NationSwell gives companies, foundations, and individuals the trusted expertise, strategic connections, deeply informed research, and curated programming they need to drive inclusive and impactful change.
Strategic Advisor
2015 - 2022
The largest community-driven residential operator in the US. Making city living easier.
Board Of Directors
2018 - 2021
Pioneer Works (http://pioneerworks.org) is a Brooklyn-based cultural powerhouse dedicated to experimentation, education, and production across disciplines, including science, art, music, technology, policy, and more. Through a broad range of educational programs, performances, residencies, and exhibitions, Pioneer Works transcends disciplinary boundaries to foster a community where alternative modes of thought are activated and supported. We strive to make culture accessible to all.
Education
B.A.
2005 - 2009