Profile
Meridian Ventures is a venture capital firm based in the United States, co-founded by Devon Gethers and Karlton Haney, both graduates of Harvard Business School. The firm prides itself on its youthful leadership, with founders who are deeply connected and fluent in the creator economy and AI-native products, giving them an advantage in sourcing and judgment over traditional investors. They operate with a team-focused on leveraging community-led growth and consumer and creator economy insights, informed by their own generational experiences.
Meridian Ventures invests primarily in the consumer, creator economy, fintech, community-led, mobile-first brands, and AI-native products. They target pre-seed and seed-stage companies with check sizes of $500,000 and $750,000 respectively. The firm recently raised an oversubscribed $35 million institutional debut fund, backed by publicly traded banks, family offices, and Fortune 500 executives. The firm is particularly noted as a high-signal capital source for early-stage consumer and community-led commerce.
Emphasizing credible track records, Meridian Ventures showcases a unique advantage in cultural and technological fluency within its target sectors.
Industry
Meridian Ventures Funds
| Name | Type |
|
|
|
Size | AUM | Launch date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Meridian Ventures Fund I
|
Venture Capital (VC)
|
Financial Services
Fintech
Healthcare Services
Real Estate
SaaS
Security
Software
LegalTech
HealthTech
|
Pre-seed
Seed
|
North America
Europe
|
$5-10 m
|
$35 M
|
May 2026
|
|
Institutional Debut Fund
|
Venture Capital (VC)
|
Consumer Services (B2C)
Fintech
AI
Creator Economy
|
Pre-seed
Seed
|
North America
|
$0-1 m
|
$35 M
|
July 2026
|
Contacts
Instant access on the web. Plans from $129/month — see pricing.