Julie Meyer

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Julie Meyer
Julie Meyer, CEO, Ariadne Capital (17157525681).jpg
Meyer in 2015
Born
Dearborn, Michigan U.S.
Nationality American
Education Valparaiso University
INSEAD
Occupation(s)CEO
Author
Years active1998–present
Website juliemariemeyer.com

Julie Marie Meyer MBE is an American businesswoman and the author of Welcome to Entrepreneur Country. She is the sole director of Viva Investment Partners. She founded Ariadne Capital Limited and Ariadne Capital Malta Limited, and was a co-founder of the networking forum First Tuesday. In 2009, Meyer was a guest on the online edition of the Dragons' Den TV series.

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Early life and education

Meyer was born in Dearborn, Michigan. She grew up in the Sacramento, California. [1]

In 1988, Meyer graduated from Valparaiso University with a B.A. degree in English Literature [2] and moved to Paris. [3] In 1997, she received an M.B.A. from INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires).[ citation needed ]

Career

Meyer moved to London in 1998 and worked at NewMedia Investors (later known as Spark Ventures) from 1998 to 1999. [3] In 1998, Meyer co-founded First Tuesday, a networking forum designed to build an online community to connect entrepreneurs and investors, which was sold in 2000. [3] [4] [5]

In August 2000, Meyer founded the investment advisory firm Ariadne Capital. [3] In 2009, Meyer announced the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund. [6]

In 2009, she was a panelist in the online version of Dragon's Den . [6] In 2010, Meyer was selected as one of 26 business people tasked with advising the British government on its business policies to encourage entrepreneurship in the United Kingdom. [7]

In 2012, as CEO of Ariadne Capital, Meyer was part of an advisory committee led by entrepreneur James Caan called StartUp Loans that was funded with £82.5 million. [8] In 2015, Ariadne Capital was ordered to pay £50,000 after a contract dispute related to StartUp Loans was heard in court. [9] In 2016, Ariadne paid a £64,500.90 judgment as ordered after a contract dispute with a former employee. [10]

In 2014, Ariadne Capital hired the public relations firm Lansons Communications. [11] A Lansons employee contacted Wikipedia and the communication was posted on the Talk page of the Julie Meyer article. [11] [12] Ariadne filed a lawsuit against Lansons for more than £100,000 in damages, and Lansons counterclaimed for about £76,000 in unpaid fees. [11] The litigation settled with an undisclosed sum paid to Lansons. [13]

In April 2018, a summons was not successfully served on Meyer in a case in Malta where Meyer claimed to be attempting to pay employees, and her attorney confirmed the money was available and would be paid. [14] By May 2018, the summons continued to not be successfully served on Meyer, and the Malta court indicated the case would continue until Meyer or her co-defendant appeared for a criminal case, regardless of whether the payments were made. [15]

On 11 May 2018 the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) suspended the investment services license of Ariadne Capital Malta Limited with immediate effect, alleging multiple "serious breaches of license conditions". [16] [17]

Since 2018, Meyer is sole director of Viva investment Partners AG, a company registered in Switzerland. [18] In February 2022, Meyer was sentenced to a six month suspended sentence by the High Court in the UK, following a judgment of contempt of court for failure to appear in court hearings and follow court orders in a case brought by attorneys Farrer & Co, based on allegations of unpaid fees. [19] Meyer unsuccessfully appealed the suspended sentence. [20] [21]

Awards and honours

Works and publications

Book

Talks

Personal life

Meyer is a resident of Switzerland, and has lived in Zurich since October 2018, and is a permanent resident.[ citation needed ]

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