Julie Meyer
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| Born |
Julie Marie Meyer August 28, 1966 Dearborn, Michigan U.S. |
| Residence | London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | American |
| Education |
Valparaiso University INSEAD |
| Occupation |
Entrepreneur Backer of Entrepreneurs Author |
| Years active | 1998–present |
| Known for |
First Tuesday Ariadne Capital Dragons' Den: Online Online UK EntrepreneurCountry Strong Jules |
| Website | ariadnecapital |
Julie Marie Meyer MBE (born August 28, 1966) is an American businesswoman, entrepreneur and author. She is the founder and CEO of Ariadne Capital, a venture capital firm, is a Managing Partner at the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund, Ariadne Ecosystem Economics™ Fund, and is founder of EntrepreneurCountry. Meyer was the co-founder of the networking club First Tuesday (1998-2000). In 2009, she appeared as a Dragon on the online version of BBC's Dragons' Den.
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, and mother Lorna Starck. Meyer's father was also an entrepreneur who created and served as CEO of the largest organized pulmonary group in the U.S.
In 1988, Meyer graduated from Valparaiso University with a B.A. degree in English Literature and the Humanities. In 1997, she received an M.B.A. from INSEAD ().
In 1988, when she was 21 years old, 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.
In 1998, Meyers co-founded First Tuesday, a networking forum in an effort to build an online tech community that connected entrepreneurs and investors. First Tuesday was initially made up of informal social get-togethers in London but developed into a popular, early-internet networking entity with locations across 17 cities in Europe.
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