Meyer Ventures

Meyer Ventures LLC is a New York City-based early-stage venture capital firm and the investment arm of Ocean Road Advisors, Inc., a family office managing more than $750 million in assets. The family office was founded in 2005 to oversee the assets of Edward H. Meyer, the former longstanding Chairman, President, and CEO of Grey Global Group, one of the world's largest advertising and media companies. Anthony E. Meyer serves as CEO of Meyer Ventures, President of Ocean Road Advisors, and Chairman of Meyer and Co. LLC, a merchant banking firm. The firm incubates and sponsors new ventures, invests in early-stage companies, and provides growth capital, strategic management, and financial advisory services, typically writing checks between $500,000 and $3 million at Seed and Series A stages and leading rounds. Focus areas include marketing and media, healthcare, education, and financial services. Across 26 investments with 7 recorded exits, the portfolio includes Volastra Therapeutics (Series A, March 2023 — most recent investment), Graduation Alliance (formerly The American Academy, an online education and corporate training company founded by Anthony Meyer in 2007 and sold to a PE impact fund in early 2020), and Critical Mention (most recent exit, May 2022). Meyer Ventures draws on the family's deep operating heritage in advertising and media — Grey Global Group's legacy — to identify and support founders building companies at the intersection of marketing, health, and education technology. The family office structure enables patient capital deployment without the return-driven timeline pressures of a conventional institutional fund.