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Meyer Ventures
Meyer Ventures LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on marketing and media, healthcare, education, and financial services.
Meyer Ventures
Meyer Ventures LLC is a venture capital and private equity firm focused on marketing and media, healthcare, education, and financial services. The firm incubates new ventures, invests in early-stage companies, and provides strategic management and financial advisory services. Meyer Ventures has made 24 investments, including a Series A investment in Volastra Therapeutics on March 07, 2023, and has facilitated 7 portfolio exits, including the sale of Critical Mention on May 26, 2022.
General information
Firm type
Venture Capital
Year founded
2018
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
New York
Corporate office
New York, NY, United States
Principals
Anthony Meyer
Principal
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Meyer Ventures?
Anthony Meyer is the named principal across the Meyer and Co. platform and the founder of its two major incubated operating companies, Extend Health and Graduation Alliance. Investment decisions for the venture and real estate affiliates flow through him. No additional named investment committee or CIO is publicly listed.
Is Meyer Ventures a single-family office or a venture firm?
It operates as a hybrid. The parent company, Meyer and Co. LLC, describes itself as a merchant bank managing a family-office portfolio. Meyer Ventures LLC is the venture and growth-equity affiliate, while Ocean Road Advisors functions as the formal family office. This structure allows the firm to incubate companies, invest at multiple stages, and hold real assets through Admiralty Realty Management.
Where does the underlying wealth come from?
The firm's website states that Ocean Road Advisors directs the investment activities of a multi-generational New York City-based family. The original source of wealth is not publicly detailed beyond that generational descriptor.
How does Meyer Ventures source its venture deals?
The firm's sourcing relies on its multi-family network and its direct-incubation model. Meyer Ventures has founded and scaled operating businesses internally — Extend Health and Graduation Alliance — and also invests in seed and growth rounds of external companies, often alongside other family offices, as seen in its co-investment in Code Ocean and its real estate preferred-equity placements.
Does Meyer Ventures participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Both. The portfolio includes direct venture investments such as Chime and Code Ocean, direct incubations like Graduation Alliance, and fund commitments: affiliates of Ocean Road Advisors are identified as strategic seed investors in the Sandton Capital fund complex and have engaged Brown Advisory for investment management services.
What is Meyer Ventures' posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Co-investing is core to the model, particularly in real estate. Admiralty Realty Management explicitly invests preferred equity alongside commercial real estate sponsors and funds with which it has strategic relationships. In venture, the firm co-invested alongside another New York family office to serve as lead investors in a Storyliving by Disney community.
How are the philanthropic activities separated from the investment entities?
Ocean Road Advisors oversees several large and active philanthropic foundations, including the Meyer Family Philanthropies, which supports organizations such as the National Museum of Mathematics and the American Jewish Committee. The firm's architecture places the foundations under the family-office affiliate, distinct from the venture and real estate investment arms.
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