PE/VC investors

Private Equity (PE) and Venture Capital (VC) investors are the catalysts of innovation and growth in the business world. PE firms primarily target established companies, seeking to optimize operations and unlock value through strategic investments and management expertise. They focus on long-term growth and profitability, often preparing businesses for a future sale or IPO. VC investors, by contrast, are the adventurers of finance, injecting capital into high-potential startups and early-stage companies. They embrace risk for the possibility of outsized returns, often becoming invaluable advisors. Both investor types not only bring capital but also strategic guidance, industry connections, and market insights, propelling their portfolio companies towards success.

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Merida Capital Partners Merida Capital Partners
Merida Capital Holdings is a private equity fund targeting fundamental growth drivers underpinning the rapid development of the cannabis industry. Our investment emphasis focuses on cultivation technologies, products and services associated with the evolution of cannabis as an agricultural product, a natural plant-based medicine, a constituent in pharmaceutical formulations, and a recreational consumer product.
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Meridian Ventures Meridian Ventures
At Meridian, we invest in audacious founders building the next generation of durable technologies and culture that positively transform humanity. When we partner with visionary founders, we apply our value-add strategies to help early-stage companies accelerate their growth. We are vertical agnostic, investing $350k to $500k in B2B software startups.
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Mérieux Développement SAS Mérieux Développement SAS
Mérieux Développement is specialized in Growth and Venture capital transactions in the healthcare and nutrition sectors. We support companies with products or services offering true differentiation and capacity to create substantial value over the long term. Our investment team, based in Europe and North America, brings its expertise and international network to help entrepreneurs disrupt and grasp substantial market opportunities. Mérieux Développement is an affiliate of Institut Mérieux, which employs approximately 17,000 employees worldwide, with consolidated revenues exceeding 2.5 billion Euros in 2017.
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Merino Private Equity Merino Private Equity
Merino invest up to £10m of equity per transaction, acquiring and supporting UK business. We have a passion for helping businesses grow and develop.
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Meritech Capital Meritech Capital
Meritech isn't a venture supermarket. We don’t do seed deals one day and dabble in pre-IPO rounds the next. We do one thing, period: invest in the best late stage tech companies in the universe. We have no aspirations of raising billion dollar mega funds (been there, done that) — that’s a whole ‘nother layer of people and process. And it just doesn’t scale.<br /> <br /> What you see is what you get. There are no armies of junior people ready to disrupt your business with invasive diligence requests and lengthy committee approvals. If you’re looking for a proctology exam, you’ve come to the wrong place. At Meritech, it’s just six partners – that’s it. Partners do all the work; partners make all the decisions. And we are prompt, transparent, and quick.
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Meritech Capital Partners Meritech Capital Partners
Meritech has operated since 1999 on a few simple beliefs: our companies should be center stage, enduring brands are the endgame, and the best tech companies don't just win – they win big. We exist to help teams build market-leading companies in the technology markets that matter. We know this is ambitious and difficult, which informs our role of providing assistance without ego or ulterior agendas. Our product and strategy are purpose-built. This enables focus, and focus is our advantage. We are not a venture supermarket. We do one thing, period: invest in the best late-stage tech companies in the universe. We’re comfortable not being part of every great company, knowing that it enables us to do whatever is needed to help make every one of our companies great. Like you, we’re a group of builders and owners. Our small team of equal partners are on the frontlines throughout every step of the journey. We’re not just another fringe investor – we integrate as team members, contributing however we can to the shared mission. Everything we do, we do ourselves. We believe this increases the probability of a company’s success, and also results in deeper trust and more meaningful connections. Every investment we make begins with us believing, “this could become the next Salesforce, Facebook, Coupa, NetSuite, Tableau, Datadog, Roblox, Snowflake or UiPath.” If you share our motivation to transform a market, we’d love to find a way to do it together.
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Meruelo Group Meruelo Group
The Meruelo Group is a proud Minority Business Enterprise (MBE) founded in 1986 by Alex Meruelo, a dedicated entrepreneur, business leader and philanthropist to the community. The Meruelo Group is a privately-held company providing strategic consulting and business support services to a diversified group of client companies across a wide range of industries including: Construction and Engineering, Hospitality and Gaming, Television, Radio, Real Estate, Food Services, Financial Services, and Private Equity.
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Merus Capital Merus Capital
Merus Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm with a focus on software and Internet companies. Our focus is real software solving real problems - we believe that solving problems is of value irrespective of fad or trend and that solving such problems in a scalable manner will lead to the creation of valuable businesses. We appreciate that turning today’s idea into tomorrow’s breakthrough company is a highly collaborative exercise. It’s our job to assist wherever and however we can, but ensure that we never get in the way. <br />
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MESH MESH
We invest in companies that develop enabling technologies and meaningful applications. By working closely with entrepreneurs to develop a deep understanding of their business and technology, we identify ways to help them overcome challenges and capture new opportunities through the Mesh Network – our global ecosystem of cross-industry partners.
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Mesirow Financial Mesirow Financial
Mesirow is an independent, employee-owned financial services firm founded in 1937. Headquartered in Chicago with offices around the world, we serve clients through a personal, custom approach to reaching financial goals and acting as a force for social good. With capabilities spanning Global Investment Management, Capital Markets & Investment Banking, and Advisory Services, we invest in what matters: our clients, our communities and our culture. To learn more, visit www.mesirow.com and follow us on LinkedIn. Mesirow was also recently named one of the Best Places to Work in Chicago by the Chicago Tribune and one of the Top Places to Work by Crain’s Chicago Business.
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