Organization · Venture Capital
Merian Ventures
Merian Ventures is a women-focused venture capital firm based in San Francisco, investing in early-stage companies in the US and UK, particularly in STEM fields like AI, blockchain, and fintech. The firm emphasizes supporting diverse founding teams.
Overview
What Merian Ventures does
What Merian Ventures is
Merian Ventures is a women-focused venture capital firm based in San Francisco, investing in early-stage companies in the US and UK, particularly in STEM fields like AI, blockchain, and fintech. The firm emphasizes supporting diverse founding teams.
How it participates in the startup ecosystem
The current public profile supports funder capabilities. Each capability below is shown separately so organization identity and role-specific information do not get conflated.
Operational profile
Organization status and context
Organization status describes the entity itself. Funding and program availability appear within the relevant capability profile.
- Operational status
- Active
- Organization type
- Venture Capital
- Founded
- Founded in 2015
- Approximate age
- About 11 years
- Structured capabilities
- Funder
- Last reviewed
- April 24, 2026
Official channels
Find Merian Ventures elsewhere
Open the official website or a supported primary organization account.
Capability profile
Merian Ventures as a funder
Investment thesis
Finding, funding and scaling women-founded and co-founded companies, with a focus on deep-tech sectors.
Focus narrative
Merian Ventures focuses on investing in companies co-founded by men and women, particularly in sectors that have been traditionally male-dominated. The firm seeks to back startups in cyber, blockchain, AI/ML, deep tech, and consumer-facing technologies, as well as areas like energy, sustainability, SaaS, IoT, data, marketplaces, manufacturing, engineering, healthcare, and education.
Value beyond capital
Merian Ventures adds value to its portfolio companies by leveraging its diverse team of VCs, entrepreneurs, technologists, and analysts. The firm provides strategic guidance, industry connections, and resources to help women-led startups scale and succeed in competitive markets.
Focus and fit
- Stages
- Seed · Series A · Seed+ · Series B
- Regions
- United StatesUnited Kingdom
Availability
- Currently deploying
- Not published
Portfolio and track record
- Recorded notable exits
- ImpactVision
Portfolio context
Notable portfolio companies include Honeycomb, an observability and devtools platform; Populus, a mobility data platform; Provenance, which focuses on blockchain supply chain transparency; and ImpactVision, which was acquired by Apeel in May 2021.
Common questions
What to know about Merian Ventures
Upseed classifies Merian Ventures under the Venture Capital organization type. Its current public profile includes funder capabilities.
Source and update disclosure
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Source basis
Public organization and program material, official websites, and structured Upseed records.
Last reviewed
April 24, 2026
Known limits
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