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Equity and debt for Europe's mid-market. One partner, whichever part of the structure you need.

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About Meridian

A pan-european alternative investment firm built for the middle of the market

Meridian was founded in 2014 on a simple observation: profitable European companies making €3m to €35m of EBITDA are large enough to be complicated and small enough to be overlooked. We invest across the whole capital structure — majority equity, significant minorities, senior and unitranche debt — so that the instrument fits the company rather than the other way round.

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2014Founded, in Madrid
+€3.5bnCapital committed
+€2.0bnCapital invested
€4–75mTicket per company
+100Companies backed
+60People, eight offices
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Four strategies, one committee, and the freedom to sit anywhere in the structure

Most investors decide what they can offer before they meet you. We decide afterwards. A single investment committee approves equity, debt, fund commitments and fund-level facilities — which means one conversation, one diligence process, and one answer, usually within four weeks of a first meeting.

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01/04 Private Equity

Private
Equity

Majority and significant minority stakes in profitable, founder- and family-owned companies. We buy into businesses that already work, then fund the acquisitions, hires and systems that make them bigger.

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AUMS€2.3bn+
EBITDA€3m ⟷ €20m
TICKET€15m ⟷ €75m
EMPLOYEES+24
02/04 Direct Lending

Direct
Lending

Senior secured and unitranche debt for acquisitions, build-ups and refinancings. We underwrite the whole facility ourselves and hold it to maturity, so you always know who is on the other side of the table.

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€1.8bn+Assets under management
€5–35mEBITDA
€10–60mTicket
+18Employees
03/04 Fund of Funds

Fund of Funds

Diversified commitments to Europe's mid-market managers, plus selective LP- and GP-led secondaries. Ten years of co-investing is what gets our name onto a closing list.

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€1.1bn+AUM
2016–25Vintages
€5–30mTicket
~40Managers
04/04 Fund Financing

Fund
Financing

NAV-based and subscription facilities for mid-market funds. Liquidity at the fund level, sized conservatively and documented in weeks rather than quarters.

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AUMS€0.9bn+
LTV10% ⟷ 25%
TICKET€20m ⟷ €120m
EMPLOYEES+7
Our footprint

Five investment offices in Europe. Three investor desks beyond it.

Deals are sourced and underwritten locally — in the language and the legal system of the company we are backing. Capital is raised globally, from institutions in North America, Latin America and Asia that want European mid-market exposure without building a team for it.

MadridHeadquarters · Investment
Paseo de la Castellana 141
28046 Madrid, Spain
LisbonInvestment
Avenida da Liberdade 110
1269-046 Lisbon, Portugal
ParisInvestment
21 Rue La Boétie
75008 Paris, France
LondonInvestment
18 Finsbury Circus
London EC2M 7EB, UK
FrankfurtInvestment
Neue Mainzer Straße 52
60311 Frankfurt, Germany
New YorkInvestor relations
280 Park Avenue, 38th Floor
New York, NY 10017
São PauloInvestor relations
Av. Brigadeiro Faria Lima 3477
São Paulo, SP 04538
SingaporeInvestor relations
8 Marina Boulevard, Level 31
Singapore 018981
The team

More than sixty investors, operators and specialists across eight offices

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