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Julie Meyer
Julie Meyer, Ariadne Capital
Meyer in 2015
Born28 Aug 1966
Dearborn, Michigan U.S.
NationalityAmerican
EducationValparaiso University
INSEAD
Occupation(s)CEO
Author
Years active1998–present
Websitejuliemariemeyer.com

Julie Marie Meyer is an American businesswoman.

Early life and education

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Meyer was born in Dearborn, Michigan.[1]

Career

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Meyer moved to London in 1998 and worked at NewMedia Investors (later Spark Ventures) for one year.[2] In the same year, Meyer co-founded First Tuesday, a forum to connect entrepreneurs with investors, which was sold in 2000[2][3][4] before being dissolved in 2001.[5]

In August 2000, Meyer founded the investment advisory firm Ariadne Capital.[2] In 2010, Ariadne Capital launched 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, 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]

On 2 August 2025, the UK Cabinet Office made her forfeit her Member of the Order of the British Empire, for "bringing the honours system into disrepute".[23][24]

Awards and honours

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  • 2000: EY Entrepreneur of the Year - UK winners[25]
  • 2002: WEF/Global Leaders for Tomorrow[26]
  • 2011: Member of the Order of the British Empire for Services to Entrepreneurship, forfeited in 2025 for "Bringing the Honours System into Disrepute".[24]
  • 2014: Honorary Degree from Warwick University, revoked in 2022[27].
  • 2020: Bronze Stevie Award from the Stevie Award For Women in Business[28]
  • 2020: Globee CEO World Awards[29]

Works and publications

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Book

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  • Meyer, Julie (2012). Welcome to Entrepreneur Country. New York: Constable & Robinson. ISBN 978-1-780-33896-5. OCLC 795120035.<ref>Reviews for Welcome to Entrepreneur Country

Talks

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References

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  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. ^ a b c "Dragon's Den: Online Dragon - Julie Meyer". BBC. 2014.
  3. ^ Sorkin, Andrew Ross (16 July 2000). "Red Dot, Meet Green: If It's Tuesday, Network!". The New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2016.
  4. ^ Gruner, Stephanie (2001-01-24). "City Leaders Bid to Acquire First Tuesday from Yazam". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2022-02-23.
  5. ^ "First Tuesday Limited Companies House Data". 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-08.
  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 8 August 2025.
  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. ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/individuals-whose-honours-have-been-revoked-by-the-sovereign/list-of-individuals-who-have-forfeited-their-honour-since-august-2023
  24. ^ a b Jaeger, Oscar (2025-08-02). "Former Dragons' Den star stripped of MBE over string of unpaid bills". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-08-17.
  25. ^ "EY Entrepreneur Of The Year: 2000 Award recipients" (PDF). ey.com. Ernst & Young. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 4, 2016.
  26. ^ World Economic Forum (2002). "Class of 2002" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-07-23. Retrieved 2022-02-13.
  27. ^ https://warwick.ac.uk/services/gov/committees/senate/minutes/senate public minutes 2 november 2022 final for web.pdf
  28. ^ "The Stevie Awards". The Stevie Awards. Retrieved 9 July 2023.
  29. ^ "Winners | CEO Awards". Globee® Business Awards. Retrieved 2022-03-06.
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