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Julie Meyer

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For similarly named people, see Julie Mayer. For the Norwegian cyclist, see Julie Meyer Solvang.
Julie Meyer
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Meyer in 2015
Born (1966-08-28) August 28, 1966 (age 58)
Dearborn, Michigan U.S.
🏳️ NationalityAmerican
🏫 EducationValparaiso University
INSEAD
💼 Occupation
Entrepreneur
Backer of Entrepreneurs
Author
📆 Years active  1998–present
Known forFirst Tuesday (1998–2000)
Ariadne Capital (2000–2017)
Viva investment Partners (2017–)
Dragons' Den: Online
🌐 Websitejuliemariemeyer.com

Julie Marie Meyer MBE[subject to verification] (born August 28, 1966) is an American businesswoman and the author of Welcome to Entrepreneur Country.[1] She is the CEO and member of the board of Viva Investment Partners (formerly Pelion Pension Advisors SA). She founded Ariadne Capital Limited (in liquidation), Ariadne Capital Malta Limited, and Lattun Limited. Meyer was co-founder of the networking club First Tuesday (1998–2000).[2] In 2009, Meyer became a guest on the short-lived online edition of the Dragons' Den TV series, although controversially it later arose that Meyer had failed to pay some of the investments she'd pledged during the show.[3]

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.[4] In 2011 Meyer appeared on ComputerWeekly's "50 most influential people in UK IT" list[5] and was given Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (MBE) status for her contributions to entrepreneurship in England [subject to verification].

Articles by Meyer have appeared in The Daily Telegraph,[6][7] Forbes,[8] New Business,[9] and The Independent.[10]

Early life and education[edit]

Meyer was born in Dearborn, Michigan. She grew up in the Sacramento, California area to father, Delbert "Del" Meyer, a pulmonologist who had a practice in Carmichael, California,[11] and mother Lorna Starck. Meyer's father also founded Pulmonary Medicine, Infectious Disease and Critical Care Consultants Medical Group Inc. in 1973 and served as Managing Director of the group for ten years, growing it to eight pulmonologists in total.[12]

In 1988, Meyer graduated from Valparaiso University with a B.A. degree in English Literature.[13] In 1997, she received an M.B.A. from INSEAD (Institut Européen d'Administration des Affaires).

Career[edit]

In 1988 Meyer moved to Paris. Initially, she taught English to French executives in the tech industry. From 1993 to 1996, she worked at Cunningham Communication in marketing.

After completing her M.B.A. Meyer joined NewMedia Investors (later known as NewMedia Spark/Spark Ventures) from 1998 to 1999.

First Tuesday[edit]

In 1998, Meyer co-founded First Tuesday,[14] a networking forum in an effort to build an online tech community that connected entrepreneurs and investors. Meyer invested £35,000 and held a 22.5% shareholding stake when First Tuesday incorporated in February 2000. Five months later, in July 2000, along with co-founders investment banker Adam Gold, Mark Davies, journalists John Browning and Nick Denton who sold the networking forum First Tuesday to an Israeli company called Yazam for approximately £33 million, including £2 million in cash and remainder in shares. Yazam sold the company one year later for a large loss.[15][16][17]

Board Memberships[edit]

According to filings with the commercial register of the Canton of Vaud, Meyer served on the board of directors of the for-profit humanitarian development firm Vestergaard Frandsen until November 2016.[18]

In February 2022, Meyer resigned from the boards of Drive Software Solutions and Lattun Limited (formerly Entrepreneur Country Global Limited).

Meyer also had a series of board appointments in companies which the Ace Partners I LP had invested in, including Taggstar UK Limited (dissolved) for 16 months, resigning in March 2016, Clickslide Limited (dissolved) for 8 months, resigning in Sep 2013, Nettworx plc (dissolved) for 13 months, resigning in January 2007.[19]

Ariadne Capital - including Ariadne Capital Limited (In Administration)[edit]

In August 2000, Meyer founded the investment advisory firm Ariadne Capital, after the Greek princess Ariadne who was known for helping Theseus make his way through a labyrinth.

In 2002, Meyer announced the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund[20][21] which launched in 2012 as a £5.3 million fund, now named ACE Partners I LP.

In 2008, Meyer founded the business networking company EntrepreneurCountry Global (now Lattun Limited) as a subsidiary of Ariadne Capital: "a community of entrepreneurs, investors, corporate partners and media" which provides methodology and a marketplace where large, traditional enterprise businesses connect to exchange information for innovation in Europe and the UK. According to Companies House Filings, in 2016 Ariadne Capital sold EntrepreneurCountry Global Limited, with almost £3 million accumulated losses, for a reported £4.5 million, to the ACE Partners I LP (then Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund) which, however, has been dissolved in December 2021.

On 29 January 2018, the Administrator, Leonard Curtis, reported that Ariadne Capital Limited:[22]

  1. As at 31 December 2016 is set to report a deficiency of £6,762,604
  2. At the time of writing, there was not sufficient money available to pay for the administration
  3. That the administrator had received a large number of complaints against the director (Julie Meyer)

In total there were ten other Ariadne legal entities, in which Meyer remained the controlling person, six of which (in the UK) are now dissolved, and a further three in Malta have not filed documents in years.[23] One was struck off by the registry,[24] and the other one is prevented from being struck off due to outstanding warrants of seizure.[25]

Viva Investment Partners[edit]

Since 2018 Meyer is the CEO of Viva investment Partners AG (formerly Pelion Pension Advisors SA) in Switzerland. The place of business for ACE Partners I LP has also moved to the seat of Viva Investment Partners AG, while remaining registered with the UK Companies House. The "Follow the Entrepreneur" brand[26] now appears to be owned by Viva Investment Partners AG, and the Entrepreneurcountry brand,[27] owned by Lattun Limited now too is controlled by Viva Investment Partners AG as the controlling entity of Ariadne Capital Partners GP Limited, which in turn is the general partner of ACE Partners I LP.

VIP has direct investments in DRIVE Software Solutions Ltd,[28][29] VASHI,[30] a luxury jewelry company and Autonomous Data Collection (ADC) Limited.

VIP has also invested in SPiCE VC,[31] an Israeli fund investing in blockchain companies. Other funds include AnD Ventures,[32] which supports Israeli technology startups, and GEM Funds, an American company supporting private investment in Opportunity Zones and real estate.[33]

EntrepreneurCountry Global and ECTV[edit]

By 2018, YouTube had closed the ECTV (aka Julie Meyer) account, stating: "This account has been terminated because we received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding material the user posted."[34]

Legal Issues[edit]

James Caan's Startup Loans[edit]

In 2012, Meyer was part of an advisory committee led by entrepreneur James Caan called StartUp Loans that was funded with £82.5 million,[35] aimed at reaching young people interested in creating UK startups.[36] In 2015 two Dragons squared up in court after Caan successfully claimed that Meyer had misappropriated £50,000 in funds that should have been directed to helping startups.[37]

Strings of Unpaid Bills[edit]

In 2015 and 2016 Meyer lost a string of high profile Court cases brought by former employees, lawyers, accountants and suppliers which led one High Court Judge to describe Ms Meyer as "not credible."[38] In 2017, Meyer was pursued by former suppliers and advisors over unpaid bills.[39]

Loss of Investment Management License[edit]

On 11 May 2018 the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) suspended the investment services license of Ariadne Capital Malta Limited with immediate effect, highlighting multiple "serious breaches of license conditions".[40] These breaches included the absence of a Compliance Officer at all times, lack of cooperation with the MFSA, not having established an independent risk management function, and having inadequate resources to manage Alternative Investment Funds.[41]

Failures to Appear In Court[edit]

In April 2018, Meyer failed to show up for the first of three hearings in Malta over these alleged unpaid bills, causing the magistrate in charge of the case to ask the Commissioner of Police to locate Meyer within 48 hours.[42] The police failed to do so, and on 9 May and 24 May 2018 Julie Meyer failed to appear for the second and third hearings.[43]

Prison Sentence[edit]

In February 2022, Meyer was sentenced to six month imprisonment by the High Court in the UK, following a judgment that she was in contempt of court in a case brought by another one of her former lawyers, Farrer & Co, again in relation to unpaid fees.[44] During the case Meyer claimed to be impecunious.[45]

Wikipedia[edit]

In March 2016, Meyer's Wikipedia page became the subject of news articles focused on paid editing when a publicity firm named Lansons Communications that Meyer's company had hired in 2014 allowed an intern to post on their behalf to the entry's Talk page. The intern had written to request advice on how to update her page. Ariadne filed a £100,000 lawsuit over the issue and later settled and withdrew the suit, paying an undisclosed sum to Lansons.[46][47][48]

Personal life[edit]

Meyer is a resident of Switzerland, and has lived in the Zurich since October 2018, and is a permanent resident.

Awards and honours[edit]

Works and publications[edit]

Book[edit]

  • Meyer, Julie (2012). Welcome to Entrepreneur Country. New York: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-780-33896-5. OCLC 795120035. Search this book on [56]

Taking on the Goliaths of the business world[edit]

Financial Times; London (UK) [London (UK)]. 14 June 2012: 14.

Talks[edit]

Selected articles[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Meyer, Julie (2012). "Chapter 5". Welcome to Entrepreneur Country. New York: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-780-33896-5. OCLC 795120035. Search this book on [page needed]
  2. ↑ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (16 July 2000). "Red Dot, Meet Green: If It's Tuesday, Network!". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  3. ↑ "Dragon's Den: Online Dragon - Julie Meyer". BBC. 2014.
  4. ↑ Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street (4 May 2011). "Second meeting of Cable's Entrepreneurs' Forum". UK Government Digital Service. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "UKtech50: Meet the 50 most influential people in UK IT". ComputerWeekly. December 2011.
  6. ↑ Meyer, Julie (1 Jun 2015). "Dot com entrepreneur Julie Meyer: 'Business is becoming more feminine'". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  7. ↑ Meyer, Julie (7 August 2010). "Individual capitalism is the way of the new world". The Daily Telegraph.
  8. ↑ "Julie Meyer - Julie Meyer Blog". Forbes. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  9. ↑ "Julie Meyer: 'Why the IT sector is vital for small firms'". www.newbusiness.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  10. ↑ Meyer, Julie (23 November 2009). "Julie Meyer: what the UK can learn from the US attitude towards entrepreneurialism". The Independent. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 15 March 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  11. ↑ "About Dr. Meyer - Profile". Del Meyer, M.D. Archived from the original on 17 March 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  12. ↑ "DelMeyer, MD Profile". Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  13. ↑ "Distinguished Alumni". Valparaiso University. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "CEO Profiles | Executive Global Magazine". executive-global. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  15. ↑ Nisenholtz, Martin (14 March 2013). "Interview Subjects: Nick Denton". Riptide. Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  16. ↑ Byrne, Dominic (23 March 2009). "Dragons' Den Online - Dominic Byrne Interviews Julie Meyer - BBC Two". BBC. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 23 March 2016. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  17. ↑ Gruner, Stephanie (2001-01-24). "City Leaders Bid to Acquire First Tuesday from Yazam". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  18. ↑ "ZefixWebApp". www.zefix.ch. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  19. ↑ "Julie Marie MEYER". Companies House. GOV UK. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  20. ↑ "Julie Meyer launches £20m fund: Ariadne founder raises debut venture capital fund". Startups. 7 September 2009. Retrieved 18 March 2016.
  21. ↑ McMahan, Ty (2009-09-11). ""Dragons' Den" Judge Julie Meyer Makes Her Pitch". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  22. ↑ https://www.shareprophets.com/file_download/912/Joint+Administrators%27+Report+and+Proposals.pdf[dead link]
  23. ↑ "Malta Business Registry". registry.mbr.mt. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  24. ↑ "Malta Business Registry". registry.mbr.mt. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  25. ↑ "Malta Business Registry". registry.mbr.mt. Retrieved 2022-02-24.
  26. ↑ "FTE | VIP - Viva Investment Partners AG". vivapartners.net. Archived from the original on 2020-06-29. Unknown parameter |url-status= ignored (help)
  27. ↑ "Home". entrepreneurcountryglobal.com.
  28. ↑ "Drive Software Solutions to advance growth under new funding". International Fleet World. 2021-09-29. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  29. ↑ Solutions, DRIVE Software. "Leading UK Fleet Management Software Company DRIVE Secures Funding From Swiss Private Equity Investor for Global Expansion". www.prnewswire.co.uk. Retrieved 2022-02-22.
  30. ↑ "Vashi | Jewellery Made With You | Official Website". www.vashi.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  31. ↑ "VIVA Investment Partners invests in SPiCE VC". www.spglobal.com. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  32. ↑ Cohen, Ariel (2021-08-24). "AnD Ventures & VIVA Investment Partners team up, bringing new approach to early-stage VC investments". AnD Ventures. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  33. ↑ "Home". GEM Funds. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  34. ↑ "- YouTube". YouTube.
  35. ↑ Jones, Paul (2012-05-28). "James Caan to chair new Board to distribute £82.5m of start-up business loans to young entrepreneurs". Business Matters. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  36. ↑ Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street (28 May 2012). "£80 million start-up loans for new businesses". UK Government Digital Service. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  37. ↑ Scott, Brendan (28 March 2015). "Former Dragon's Den stars square up in court spat". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  38. ↑ Lynch, Russell. "Julie Meyer - 'entrepreneur's champion' who delayed paying up for three years".
  39. ↑ Armstrong, Ashley (2 December 2017). "Ex-Dragon Julie Meyer pursued for string of alleged unpaid bills". The Telegraph.
  40. ↑ "MFSA suspends Ariadne Capital Malta licence with immediate effect - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  41. ↑ "Ariadne Capital has investment license withdrawn by MFSA". Times of Malta. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  42. ↑ Macdonald, Vanessa (25 April 2018). "Julie Meyer fails to show up for unpaid salary cases". Times of Malta. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  43. ↑ Agius, Matthew (9 May 2018). "Magistrate displeased at being emailed by Julie Meyer about her case". Malta Today. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  44. ↑ Hurley, James. "Arrest warrant issued for Julie Meyer". Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  45. ↑ "Farrer & Co LLP v Meyer [2022] EWHC 362 (QB) (26 January 2022)". www.bailii.org. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  46. ↑ Smith, Matthew Nitch (15 March 2016). "A PR firm is being sued for 'botching up' an investment fund's Wikipedia page". Business Insider. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  47. ↑ Chellel, Kit (14 March 2016). "How a Venture Capitalist's Bid to Edit Wikipedia Page Backfired". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  48. ↑ Harrington, John (20 January 2017). "Ariadne Capital pays undisclosed sum to Lansons after withdrawing 'joke' £100k lawsuit". PRWeek. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  49. ↑ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year: 2000 Award recipients. UK winners - Julie Meyer, First Tuesday" (PDF). Ernst & Young. 2000. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  50. ↑ "Wayback Machine" (PDF). web.archive.org. Archived from [http:/www3.weforum.org/docs/WEF_GLT_ClassOf2002.pdf the original] Check |url= value (help) (PDF) on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  51. ↑ "50 Alumni Who Changed the World". INSEAD. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  52. ↑ "2nd annual Wired 100: Positions 79-50. 69: Julie Meyer. Founder and CEO, Ariadne Capital". Wired. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  53. ↑ "Warwick honorary degrees for leading environmental lawyer, UN adviser and award winning US playwright, and Monash University's Vice-Chancellor: ulie Meyer MBE Hon LLD (Honorary Doctor of Laws)". University of Warwick. 14 July 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  54. ↑ "Julie M. Meyer, CEO of VIVA Investment Partners, Wins Lifetime Achievement Awards From The 2020 Stevie® Award For Women in Business & CEO World Awards®". www.businesswire.com. 2020-10-07. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  55. ↑ "Winners | CEO Awards". Globee® Business Awards. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  56. ↑ Reviews for Welcome to Entrepreneur Country
    • Cave, Andrew (1 July 2012). "'Entrepreneurs can lead Britain out of recession': In her new book, Julie Meyer hails a new era of individual capitalism, writes Andrew Cave". The Sunday Telegraph; London (UK) [London (UK)]. p. 8 – via ProQuest.
    • Moules, Jonathan (14 June 2012). "Taking on the Goliaths of the business world". Financial Times; London (UK) [London (UK)]. p. 14.
    • Morrissey, Helena (5 May 2013). "Why embracing change means we all can thrive". The Sunday Telegraph; London (UK) [London (UK)]. p. 4.

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