Conviction at the edge
We write first cheques where consensus hasn't formed yet. Decisive terms, founder-aligned structures, and follow-on reserves that mean your next round starts inside the fund.
Early-stage venture capital
The next epoch of venture capital
Meridian backs founders building the intelligent economy — AI-native infrastructure, autonomous systems, and the protocols that connect them. Pre-seed to Series A.
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Manifesto
Capital alone is a commodity. Conviction, infrastructure and network are a permanent advantage.
More than a fund
Portfolio companies get day-one access to compute credits, security audits, and our validator and data infrastructure — so your runway buys product, not plumbing.
Operators, not observers
Our partners have founded, scaled, and exited. The network behind every deal includes the engineers, researchers and GTM leaders who shipped the last platform shift.
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Portfolio
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Series A
Synthex AI
Foundation models for industrial automation — vision systems that learn a factory floor in hours, not quarters.
Applied AI · Robotics
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Seed
LatticeDB
The vector-native database built for agentic workloads. Sub-millisecond retrieval at planetary scale.
Data Infrastructure
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Pre-seed
Helion Protocol
Decentralized settlement rails for machine-to-machine payments — the financial layer for autonomous agents.
Web3 · Payments
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Series A
Veristate
Zero-knowledge identity proofs for regulated industries. Compliance without surveillance.
ZK · Identity
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Seed
Quantor Labs
Post-quantum cryptography toolchains, hardened for the networks that can't afford to wait for the threat.
Security · Cryptography
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Seed
NodeMesh
Decentralized physical infrastructure for edge compute — idle GPUs worldwide, one orchestration layer.
DePIN · Compute
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Team
Adrian Vale
Managing Partner
Lena Okafor
General Partner
Marcus Reyes
Partner · Infrastructure
Sofia Lindqvist
Partner · Research
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Contact
Capital with conviction.
If you're building at the frontier — before the market has a name for it — we want to hear from you. We respond to every deck within five working days.