Julie Meyer


Julie Marie Meyer is an American businesswoman.

Early life and education

Meyer was born in Dearborn, Michigan.

Career

Meyer moved to London in 1998 and worked at NewMedia Investors for one year. In the same year, Meyer co-founded First Tuesday, a forum to connect entrepreneurs with investors, which was sold in 2000
before being dissolved in 2001.
In August 2000, Meyer founded the investment advisory firm Ariadne Capital. In 2010, Ariadne Capital launched the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs Fund, which has since been dissolved.
In 2009, she was a panelist in the online version of Dragon's Den. 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.
In 2012, Meyer was part of an advisory committee led by entrepreneur James Caan called StartUp Loans that was funded with £82.5 million. In 2015, Ariadne Capital was ordered to pay £50,000 after a contract dispute related to StartUp Loans was heard in court. In 2016, Ariadne paid a £64,500.90 judgment as ordered after a contract dispute with a former employee.
In 2014, Ariadne Capital hired the public relations firm Lansons Communications. A Lansons employee contacted Wikipedia and the communication was posted on the Talk page of the Julie Meyer article. Ariadne filed a lawsuit against Lansons for more than £100,000 in damages, and Lansons counterclaimed for about £76,000 in unpaid fees. The litigation settled with an undisclosed sum paid to Lansons.
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. 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.
On 11 May 2018 the Malta Financial Services Authority suspended the investment services license of Ariadne Capital Malta Limited with immediate effect, alleging multiple "serious breaches of license conditions".
Since 2018, Meyer is sole director of Viva investment Partners AG, a company registered in Switzerland, managing a UK-registered investment vehicle with negative shareholder equity.
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. Meyer unsuccessfully appealed the suspended sentence.
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".

Awards and honours

Works and publications

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