Julie Meyer is one of the leading champions for entrepreneurship in Europe. With over 20 years investment and advisory experience helping start-up businesses, she is the well known founder & CEO of Ariadne Capital, co- founder and Managing Partner of the Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs (ACE) Fund, founder of Entrepreneur Country and co-founder of First Tuesday.

American by birth and European in spirit, Julie has added a successful media career to her business commitments, recently joining BBC’s Online Dragon’s Den. In addition to her regular contributions to Business Week, Computing, FT Digital Business, Spectator Business, Julie is also a regular industry commentator for the BBC and CNBC. She is also on the Board of Directors of Vestergaard Frandsen and INSEAD, and is a member of Vince Cable’s Entrepreneurs’ Forum.

Through these intertwining roles of entrepreneur, advisor, investor and industry commentator, Julie has set her mission to build a growth story for the UK and Europe. This passion and entrepreneurial flair is what has earned her awards as one of INSEAD’s Top 50 Alumni, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, World Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow and in the Wall Street Journal’s Top 30 Most Influential Women in Europe.

Julie is Chief Executive of Ariadne Capital, the investment and advisory firm she founded in August 2000. Ariadne backs entrepreneurs in the media (music, broadcast, publishing, advertising, gaming), mobile internet and communications, and internet sectors. Ariadne pioneered the model of ’’Entrepreneurs Backing Entrepreneurs’’ in 2000 in Europe as the new model of the financing of entrepreneurship. Fifty seven leading entrepreneurs have backed Julie and Ariadne Capital as Investor Members in the global partnership.

Most recently Julie founded Entrepreneur Country. Managed by Ariadne Capital, Entrepreneur Country is a dedicated community for leading and emerging entrepreneurs, investors, the media and corporate partners who service the start-up industry across the UK and Europe.

From 1998 to 1999, Julie was part of the team at NewMedia Investors, which became early stage investment firm Spark Ventures in October 1999. At NewMedia Investors, she led deals in key internet success stories like lastminute.com and WGSN. In 1998, she founded First Tuesday, the largest global network of entrepreneurs, which many credit for igniting the Internet generation in Europe. It was sold for $50million in cash in and shares in July 2000.

As a personal project, Julie is also currently setting up an association for dads and daughters.

Julie Meyer was asked to be the Spokesperson in early 2010 for the Barclays ’’Take One Small Step’’ business campaign as well as the Siemens Enterprise Communications ’’British Business Boost’’. She is on the Advisory Board of NACUE, the National Consortium of University Entrepreneurs.

Former Dragon James Caan invited Julie to write a monthly column for The Market magazine, which is published in hard copy as well as online. She is also writing a book, which will be published in the Spring of 2012.

Recent Speaking Engagements in 2011 have included:

...Media Guardian Innovation Awards 2011, London - Judging panel Chairman’s Network event, London - Keynote speaker

...mWomen Programme at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011, Barcelona - Keynote speaker

...Monaco Private Equity & Venture Capital Association event, Monaco - Keynote speaker

...bigfish Business Club event, London - Keynote speaker

...Financial Times Intermediary Forum 2011, London - Keynote speaker

...The Economist’s The Big Rethink, London - Opening keynote address

...Ecobuild Conference, London - Panel

...New Start Scotland Exhibition, Edinburgh - Keynote speaker

...Internet Retailing Insights Conference, Birmingham - Keynote speaker

...Siemens Enterprise Communications Partner Conference-

...GoForwardLive! - Keynote speaker Comment Conference:

...Enterprise, London - Keynote speaker

...Software City International, London - Panellist Entrepreneurs’ Summit, London - Keynote speaker

...Business Boot Camp, London Metropolitan University, London - Keynote speaker

Awards and Honours:

...INSEAD - 50 Alumni who changed the world

...E&Y – Entrepreneur of the Year (October 2000)

...Wall Street Journal - 30 Most Influential Women in Europe World

...Economic Forum – Global Leader of Tomorrow

...Selected to be a member of Vince Cable’s Entrepreneurs’ Forum as part of Global Entrepreneurs’ Week 2010

...Voted one of London’s top 1000 Most Influential Londoners by the London Evening Standard – 2010

...Announced as Board member at Vestergaard Frandsen in 2011

...Announced as non-Executive Director of Jellybook, a company for retail investors in social media, in May 2011

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Julie Meyer speaking in 2007