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"The co-founder of First Tuesday is bringing the spirit of American venture capitalism to Europe's new breed of Internet start-ups." Forbes Magazine
"Take any stodgy old industry that is defying the internet to change it, like the telecoms industry, set the Kazaa founders on it and rip it to shreds. Doesn't matter if nobody thought it possible; all the better if everyone totally underestimates you." CNBC European Business
“You have the power to transform” Christina Domecq, SpinVox
An American by birth and a European in spirit, Julie Meyer came to Europe in September 1988, and has set as her mission to build a growth story for the UK and European continent since the days of the opening up of Eastern Europe, and the coming together of the European marketplace with the Masstricht treaty and the early discussions of a common currency. She was fortunate to hear Ronald Cohen speak of the building of a European technology marketplace early in her career, and Croissance Plus in Paris in the late 80’s along with Cohen, Ayn Rand, Martin Luther, Geoffrey Moore, Andy Cunningham, who built Cunningham Communication, and Tom Teichman of Spark Ventures have all been huge influences on Julie.
She has 20 years of investment and advisory experience, helping start-up businesses and industry standards to emerge and establish themselves. As Chief Executive of Ariadne Capital, she owns the vision and strategy for Ariadne Capital and the Entrepreneur Country platform. Ariadne is an investment and advisory firm focusing on internet and media deals.
Julie is well-known for founding First Tuesday, the largest global network of entrepreneurs, which many credit for igniting the Internet generation in Europe. It was sold for $50 million in cash and shares in July 2000. She has since raised hundreds of millions of pounds in capital for start-ups, in addition to overseeing another $150 million of seed capital found for UK start-ups through First Tuesday. From 1998 to 1999, Julie was part of the team at NewMedia Investors (which in October 1999 became NewMedia Spark, an early stage investment firm) where she helped several companies, including lastminute.com, WGSN and Arc Cores build their teams, raise significant venture capital financing and internationalise. Each of these businesses has had successful exits for their investors.
Ariadne Capital is backed by 50 entrepreneurs who founded the firm in 2000 in order to build the market leading companies of the new millennium.
Ariadne Capital was an early advisor to Skype and Espotting, two of Europe's biggest VC-backed successes in the early 21st century. She has advised leading companies such as British Telecom, CarPhone Warehouse, EMAP, Morse and Sage, as well as a portfolio of start-ups including Digital Stores, IndependentIP, LogicServe, Monitise, SpinVox and Zopa.
She also consulted to Hewlett Packard, Motorola and 3Com early in her career.
Named a "Global Leader of Tomorrow" by the World Economic Forum and one of the top 30 most powerful women in Europe according to the Wall Street Journal, Julie's mission is to back the best entrepreneurs in Europe with global ambitions. She was awarded "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst & Young UK in 2000.
Julie is setting up an organisation which will help young girls learn what their unique contribution is, and will work with fathers and daughters to create a virtuous circle of investment into women. For information or to participate, particularly if you are a father, please contact her directly.
She writes a weekly Tuesday (of course) column for CityAM, contributes to other publications regularly and speaks globally on entrepreneurship, leadership and innovation.
She can be reached on Julie@ariadnecapital.com or through SKYPE - juliemeyer.
For all scheduling, please keep her assistant Amy Logan copied –
amy.logan@ariadnecapital.com
If you are seeking Ariadne Capital’s investment or advisory services, please keep newopportunity@ariadnecapital.com copied.
If you are interested in contributing to or participating in Entrepreneur Country, please keep entrepreneurcountry@ariadnecapital.com copied.
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May 2009
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Nacue Leaders Training Weekend Canterbury
May 2009
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Create Your Future Conference - Women Unlimited
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Social Networking World Forum
London
March 2009
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Somesso Social Media
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Zurich
31 October 2008
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Future of Web Apps
London
10 October 2008
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Emerce Day
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
18 September 2008
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Emerging Technology Trends
UT Starcom
Shanghai, China
20 February 2008
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Your Unique Contribution
Prince's Trust Charity Auction
16 February 2008
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Venturefest
Yorkshire
6 February 2008
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Financing of Entrepreneurship
Nominet .UK Registrar
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21 October 2007
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Loughborough University
Enterprise Evening
26 October 2007
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Technologies and Behaviours for Business 2.0
Horizon Scotland
24 October 2007
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Challenges of the Venture
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15 October 2007
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Dean Close
The Francis Bacon Society - Thoughts on Life and Entrepreneurship
12 October 2007
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Live Free or Die
Microsoft at the British Library
7 June 2007
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"The Higher the Mountain, The Better the View when you arrive"
Nokia Executive Development - Panorama
6 June 2007
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"Putting Europe's Money to Work"
IMF Bruegel Conference
21-22 February 2007
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Said Business School
Oxford University
23 November 2006
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Enterprise Tuesday
Judge Institute, Cambridge University
7 November 2006
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"The Higher the Mountain, The Better the View when you arrive"
HCT-MIT Global Entrepreneurship Conference, Dubai
19-20 September 2006
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Internet World
10 May 2006
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Connect Midlands
The Higher The Mountain
March 2006
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Achieving Your Potential
University of Hull
February 2006
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Overseas Growth
Growth Strategies 2005
April 2005
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Competia, Barcelona, Spain
April 2005
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Growth Strategies, London, England
April 2005
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International MBA Reception
February 2005
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INSEAD, Fontainebleau Cedex, France
December 2004
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The Digital Home Conference, Chicago, US
May 2004
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3GMobileForum, Tokyo, Japan
January 2004
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GEIF Change Agent Speech, Cambridge, England
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