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Julie Meyer

Julie Marie Meyer is a businesswoman based in the United Kingdom.

Early life and education

Meyer was born in Dearborn, Michigan.[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] which has since been dissolved.[7]

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.[8]

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.[9] In 2015, Ariadne Capital was ordered to pay £50,000 after a contract dispute related to StartUp Loans was heard in court.[10] In 2016, Ariadne paid a £64,500.90 judgment as ordered after a contract dispute with a former employee.[11]

In 2014, Ariadne Capital hired the public relations firm Lansons Communications.[12] A Lansons employee contacted Wikipedia and the communication was posted on the Talk page of the Julie Meyer article.[12][13] Ariadne filed a lawsuit against Lansons for more than £100,000 in damages, and Lansons counterclaimed for about £76,000 in unpaid fees.[12] The litigation settled with an undisclosed sum paid to Lansons.[14]

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.[15] 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.[16]

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".[17][18]

Since 2018, Meyer is sole director of Viva investment Partners AG, a company registered in Switzerland.[19], managing a UK-registered investment vehicle with negative shareholder equity.[20]

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.[21] Meyer unsuccessfully appealed the suspended sentence.[22]

Awards and honours

Works and publications

Book

Talks

References

  1. ^ Lynch, Russell (24 February 2016). "Julie Meyer - 'entrepreneur's champion' who delayed paying up for three years". Evening Standard. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Distinguished Alumni". Valparaiso University. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c d "Dragon's Den: Online Dragon - Julie Meyer". BBC. 2014.
  4. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (16 July 2000). "Red Dot, Meet Green: If It's Tuesday, Network!". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  5. ^ Gruner, Stephanie (2001-01-24). "City Leaders Bid to Acquire First Tuesday from Yazam". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  6. ^ a b McMahan, Ty (2009-09-11). ""Dragons' Den" Judge Julie Meyer Makes Her Pitch". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  7. ^ "ACE PARTNERS I LLP". UK Companies House. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  8. ^ 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.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  9. ^ 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.
  10. ^ Scott, Brendan (28 March 2015). "Former Dragon's Den stars square up in court spat". The Telegraph. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
  11. ^ Lynch, Russell. "Julie Meyer - 'entrepreneur's champion' who delayed paying up for three years".
  12. ^ a b c Chellel, Kit (14 March 2016). "How a Venture Capitalist's Bid to Edit Wikipedia Page Backfired". Bloomberg News. Retrieved 24 March 2016.
  13. ^ 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.
  14. ^ Harrington, John (20 January 2017). "Ariadne Capital pays undisclosed sum to Lansons after withdrawing 'joke' £100k lawsuit". PRWeek. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  15. ^ Macdonald, Vanessa (25 April 2018). "Julie Meyer fails to show up for unpaid salary cases". Times of Malta. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  16. ^ Agius, Matthew (9 May 2018). "Magistrate displeased at being emailed by Julie Meyer about her case". Malta Today. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  17. ^ "MFSA suspends Ariadne Capital Malta licence with immediate effect - The Malta Independent". www.independent.com.mt. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  18. ^ "Ariadne Capital has investment license withdrawn by MFSA". Times of Malta. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2018.
  19. ^ "Swiss Company Registry Entry for Viva Investment Partners AG". Swiss Company Registry. Retrieved 19 June 2023.
  20. ^ "VIP OPPORTUNITY I LLP". UK Companies House. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  21. ^ Hurley, James (February 24, 2022). "Arrest warrant issued for Julie Meyer". Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  22. ^ Goss, Louis (2022-05-28). "Venture capitalist Julie Meyer fails to overturn six-month suspended sentence". CityAM. Retrieved 2023-01-20.
  23. ^ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year: 2000 Award recipients" (PDF). ey.com. Ernst & Young. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2016.
  24. ^ World Economic Forum (2002). "Class of 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  25. ^ "50 Alumni Who Changed the World". INSEAD. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 19 November 2009. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  26. ^ "UKtech50: Meet the 50 most influential people in UK IT". ComputerWeekly. December 2011.
  27. ^ "2nd annual Wired 100: Positions 79-50. 69: Julie Meyer. Founder and CEO, Ariadne Capital". Wired. 6 May 2011. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
  28. ^ "The Stevie Awards". The Stevie Awards. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  29. ^ "Winners | CEO Awards". Globee® Business Awards. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
  30. ^ 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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