Ryan Ziegler
Investment Manager
Lawrenceville, NJ
rziegler@edisonventure.com
609-873-9225
Ryan Ziegler discovers and evaluates investment opportunities in New Jersey and New York. He
also identifies new investment opportunities in the interactive marketing, financial services and
wireless sectors. His activities include market research, technology assessment and financial
analysis. Ryan also participates in due diligence and structuring investments.
As Investment Manager, he sourced or evaluated new investments in Blue Cod, EdgeTrade,
Games Media, M5 Networks, Operative, PlumChoice, Scivantage, SmartAnalyst and TetraData.
Ryan served as a board observer on TetraData (acquired by Follett Software) and presently for
CyberShift, Games Media and Scivantage.
Background
Region Focus
·New York
·New Jersey
Sector Focus
·Wireless
·Interactive
Marketing
·Financial Services
Director
·CyberShift
·Giant Realm
Ryan joined Edison in 2003 as Manager of Business Development. He managed and expanded
Edison's extensive referral network of service providers, technology executives and capital sources
generating proprietary investment opportunities. Previously, Ryan was a Business Development
Manager with SEI Investments (NASDAQ: SEIC). Ryan worked in the enterprise sales, marketing
and investment strategy teams serving multiple financial market segments. He launched a
multi-billion dollar corporate distribution channel program for SEI’s Enterprise business unit.
Ryan participates in numerous regional organizations including ACG, GPVG, NJTC, NYSIA,
NYPEN, SIIA, Executive Council of NY, TiE Tri-State and VIANY. He served as Co-chair of the
2006 ACG Due Diligence Symposium, Co-chair of the Recruiting & Investor Outreach
Committee for the 2005 Mid-Atlantic Venture Conference and is on the steering committee for
the 2006 SIIA Ed Tech Business Forum. He also is a member of the AngelVine selection
committee for emerging businesses.
Education
Bucknell University
BS, Business Administration & Management
BA, Biology