Julie Meyer - Ariadne Capital

Julie Meyer
Speaker Biography
Founder & CEO, Ariadne Capital
Founder, Entrepreneur Country
Managing Partner - Ariadne Capital Entrepreneurs Fund [ACE]
BBC Online Dragon
Co-Founder, First Tuesday

Biography
Founder and CEO of Ariadne Capital, Founder - Entrepreneur Country, Managing Partner - Ariadne
Capital Entrepreneurs Fund [ACE]
Julie Meyer believes that Individual Capitalism aligns and releases people's ingenuity for the solving of the
world's problems at the macro and micro levels as well as accelerating the future.
She is one of the leading champions for entrepreneurship in Europe and the UK as a force for growth and
inclusiveness. Since she arrived in Paris, France in September 1988, she has advised technology firms and
backed Europe's entrepreneurs in both Paris and London.
Julie founded Ariadne Capital in August 2000 to create a new model for the financing of entrepreneurship
in Europe and the UK - "Entrepreneurs Backing Entrepreneurs". She created the founding Investor
Partnership of 60 leading entrepreneurs and business builders who are Ariadne's core shareholders.
She has led the investments and/or transactions with BeatThatQuote, Espotting, Global Dawn, Monitise,
SpinVox, and Zopa.
Julie was part of the early team at NewMedia Investors in 1998, which became early stage investment firm
Spark Ventures in October 1999. At NewMedia Investors, she managed deals in key technology
companies including ArcCores, lastminute.com and WGSN. Also, in 1998, she founded First Tuesday, the
network of entrepreneurs, which many credit for igniting the Internet generation in Europe. It was sold in
July 2000 for $50 million in cash and shares.
She has been named one of INSEAD's Top 50 Alumni, Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, World
Economic Forum Global Leader of Tomorrow, TIME Magazine Digital 50, one of WIRED's 100, one of
London's 1000 Most Influential People 2010 & 2011 (Evening Standard) and one of the Top 30 Most
Influential Women in Europe "WSJ Europe".
In 2009 and 2010, Julie was also one of the BBC's Online Dragons in the award-winning Dragon's Den
Online, and is also currently setting up a "Dads and Daughters" foundation to support and extend her thesis
that women's identities are shaped - for good or bad - by the messages they receive from their father's as
children and young adults.
She is on the Board of Directors of Jellybook PLC, Vestergaard Frandsen, a for profit humanitarian
development firm, and INSEAD, her business school, in addition to Medikidz. She graduated with a
Bachelor of Arts degree in Humanities and English Literature from Valparaiso University, near Chicago, US
in 1988, having spent her junior year in Cambridge, UK in 1986.
In 2011, she was asked to be on the Secretary of State's Entrepreneurs Panel and the Secretary of Health's
Innovation Panel. In 2012, Julie was honoured to receive an honorary MBE, for her ‘services to
entrepreneurship’.

Recent Speaking Engagements 2011/2012
mWomen Programme at GSMA Mobile World Congress 2011, Barcelona
Monaco Private Equity & Venture Capital Association event, Monaco
Financial Times Intermediary Forum 2011, London
The Economist's The Big Rethink, London
Internet Retailing Insights Conference, Birmingham
Siemens Enterprise Communications Partner Conference- GoForwardLive!
Comment Conference: Enterprise, London
Cambridge Union Society, House debate, Cambridge
NOIA Annual Conference 2011, Canada
INSEAD MBA Opening Ceremony 2011
Spears Insight Forum, London
Mindtrek 2011, Finland
Legatum Convergence 2011 , Massachusetts Institute of Technology
CompTIA, London
Goldman Sachs, Leadership Academy
Green Strategy, London
TEDx Brussels 2011
Marketing Group of Great Britain Dinner, London
LSE, Sparks Conference, London
WIE Symposium London 2012
Digital London, Excel London
DWEN Dinner, London
Economist Conference: Technology Frontiers, London
Forum for the Future, London
IT Business Forum 2012, Normandy
BIBA Conference 2012, Manchester
Evening Standard Business Connections Event, London
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 & 2011
One of WIRED’s 100 2011

Broadcast and Print Coverage, Speaking Engagements
Video
TEDx Brussels, ‘A Day in the Deep Future’ – Entrepreneurs 2061
http://www.tedxbrussels.eu/2011/speakers/julie_meyer.html
INSEAD Knowledge Interview
http://knowledge.insead.edu/INSEAD-knowledge-julie-meyer-on-individual-capitalism-
111024.cfm
Daily Telegraph – Julie Meyer: An entrepreneur’s will to succeed
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financevideo/8432556/Julie-Meyer-An-entrepreneurs-willto-succeed.html
Financial Times – Why entrepreneurship is so important
http://video.ft.com/v/791636608001/Why-entrepreneurship-is-so-important
The Apprentice You are Fired - Episode 4
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00vn2cw/The_Apprentice_Youre_Fired_Series_6_Episod
e_4/
Dragon's Den Online
http://www.bbc.co.uk/dragonsden/dragons/juliemeyer.shtml
Cambridge Phenomenon
http://vimeo.com/16392729
Live CNBC market commentary
http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232video=1189890099&play=1
Dragons Den Dinner 2009 Speech
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=YPeCG8NgmPo
CNBC: The Good Entrepreneur Ideas Masterclass
http://www.goodentrepreneur.com/Knowledge/Ideas-Masterclass/Julie-Meyer
Technology Strategy Board - Digital Horizons: Commercialising Innovation webcast
http://www.innovateuk.org/liveqasession/livewebcast.ashx
The Future of Entrepreneurship
http://www.youtube.com/watchv=3uuzC5MEAHY

Cover Stories
Work Life magazine – Julie Meyer, The Interview
http://content.yudu.com/A1nenm/WL9/resources/index.htmreferrerUrl
Recent media coverage
The Times - Let’s get together to solve this crisis
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/public/ceo-summit/article3442352.ece
City AM - Get out the way: Small firms must be allowed to return UK to growth
http://www.cityam.com/forum/get-out-the-way-small-firms-must-be-allowed-return-uk-growth
BBC News, Business – Is this a new tech bubble
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-14087394
BBC Radio 4 - Today programme
http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9490000/9490862.stm
Real Business – Vince Cable’s Entrepreneurs’ Forum meets again
http://realbusiness.co.uk/news/vince-cables-entrepreneurs-forum-meets-again
INSEAD 50 Alumni who changed the world
http://50.insead.edu/alumni/julie-meyer
Financial Times – Funding boost for fast-growth start-ups
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/14f2d36c-59f6-11df-acdc-00144feab49a.htmlnclick_check=1
Growing Business Online – FGBA 2010: The Winners
http://www.growingbusiness.co.uk/fgba-2010-the-winners.html
Wired - Watch out, Silicon Valley: Europe's next billion dollar start-ups
http://www.wired.co.uk/magazine/archive/2010/10/features/watch-out-silicon-valleypage=all
Regular columns and commissioned articles
Market Magazine - http://www.themarketmagazine.co.uk/Business.php
Money Week - http://www.moneyweek.com/news-and-charts/people-in-the-news/profile-ofentrepreneur-julie-meyer-55126
Entrepreneur Country – Why Entrepreneurship is so important -
http://www.entrepreneurcountry.com/news-features/betterbusiness/item/871-whyentrepreneurship-is-so-important
New Labour Didn’t Fail
http://bit.ly/qY8xB3

Testimonials
You have the power to transform.
Christina Domecq, CEO SpinVox
For too long, we British have been a bit sniffy about entrepreneurialism, regarding individual
capitalism as something rather vulgar. Well, personal enterprise and innovation among small
companies is the only dynamic that will propel us into a prosperous future. Whether at First
Tuesday, Ariadne Capital or through Entrepreneur Country, Julie Meyer has long been a
charismatic champion of entrepreneurialism in Britain. She’s shown us the way through her own
endeavours and by broadcasting the achievements of others. Julie knows - Britain’s got
entrepreneurial talent. She’s a superstar.
Matthew Rock, co-founder & communications director, Caspian Publishing
I just wanted to thank you for your time, energy and intellect last night. You pitched perfectly
providing inspirational words without ever patronising. We have received many complimentary
emails today and that’s down to your significant contribution. I thoroughly enjoyed dinner and
enjoyed your company immensely.
Steven Smith, Liverpool Vision
I just wanted to thank you on behalf of TiE President, Charter Members and general members and
guests for speaking on Monday evening. We have had fantastic response to your talk – everyone
found it fascinating to hear the real people behind the ‘VC’ tag which sends shivers down most
people’s backs. I think most people are quite daunted with the thought of approaching one!
Jean Drinkwater, TiE Manchester
On behalf of Crimson, I wanted to thank you so much for your contribution to the Startups Awards -
not only as a judge but as an award presenter on the afternoon. All the winners’ interviews show
you what your judging decisions meant to the winners. Quite touching! We were delighted that
you could take part and hope you enjoyed the afternoon. Looking forward to hopefully involving
you in our events in the future.
Heather Olhausen, Crimson Business
It was refreshing to see someone with so much passion and belief in what they do. Have a great
day and don't forget to relax occasionally, stay positive.
Andrew Britton, W R Evans
The cofounder of FirstTuesday is bringing the spirit of American venture capitalism to Europe's new
breed of Internet startups.
Forbes

Thank you so much for your speech and attendance at our Women in Structured Finance event
yesterday. I have received so many fantastic comments for the people who attended including
“inspirational”, “uplifting”, “simply brilliant” are just a few.
Mia Drennan, MD, SquareMile Connections
We are most grateful for to you for sparing your time to participate in the conference and for
giving such an interesting and thought provoking address.
Mark Gough, Head of Editorial, Financial Times
I found Julie Meyer to be a particularly inspiring speaker and it was a great experience to see
someone obviously [at] the very top levels, yet still being able to find the time to come along and
encourage the rest of us at the workshop.
Delegate, Equalitech: Advancing Women in ITEC
I wanted to thank you for your keynote speech today. While the content was both timely and full of
relevant material I was struck by what an excellent public speaker you are and how you captured
and held the audience’s attention (Including my own). It's not often that a speaker truly causes the
audience to think and reflect. Usually it is a self aggrandizing diatribe or even worse someone
preaching and pontificating to their own goals. You talk was refreshing.
Cam Edgar, Vice President Business Development & Sales, One Power
Just a short note to say how much I enjoyed your presentation at the IRX in Birmingham this week,
I found it very compelling, relevant and a great source of inspiration… Really, Really, Really Good!
Thank you
John Taylor, Global Brand & European Marketing Director, ThinkSmart
Julie, you were sensational – I was absolutely riveted by everything you said. I cannot tell you how
much I appreciate your having given us your time like that.
Julia Hobsbawm, Chief Executive, Editorial Intelligence

Specialist subjects
Entrepreneurship
Individual Capitalism
Technology and Innovation
Leadership
Women in Business
Investment/Funding
Venture Capital
Speaker details
Languages:
English
AV requirements: Data projector for PowerPoint presentations
Speakers Fee: Payment terms
Travel requirements: Flexible business class and hotel accommodation
Contacts
For further enquiries and potential speaking engagements please contact:
Claire Langmead
Executive Assistant to Chief Executive Julie Meyer
claire.langmead@ariadnecapital.com
+44 7908 881603