Jeremy Bedford

Jeremy Bedford is a founding partner of Merivel Capital Partners LLP, a London-area advisory firm he established in 2018 (originally as Merivel Ltd) after retiring from the partnership at Fulcrum Asset Management. He graduated from the University of North Carolina as a Morehead Scholar in 1991 and began his career at Salomon Brothers in London, working in mergers & acquisitions and equity capital markets before becoming an equity specialist.

In 1997 he joined the European Equities team at Morgan Stanley, and from 2003 he managed the UK, South African and US equity teams at Investec. He moved to Fulcrum Asset Management in 2006, where over a 12-year tenure he rose to partner and led the firm's UK wealth-management team, helping grow Fulcrum into an investment manager overseeing roughly £5 billion in assets.

Since founding Merivel, Bedford has focused on originating and introducing investments in innovative companies and niche fund strategies to a network of family offices, high-net-worth individuals and private banks. Merivel was authorised by the FCA in March 2024, and its partners (including Bedford) are FINRA-regulated in the US via BA Securities, LLC (Member FINRA/SIPC). Beyond Merivel, he sits on several boards and serves as a charity trustee and chairman.

• Model: Merivel is a capital-introduction / private-placement partner, not a traditional fund — it raises growth capital for companies with breakthrough technologies and places specialist funds with sophisticated investors.
• Stages: Early-stage companies, direct private investments, venture capital funds, and specialist funds (including hedge funds and special-situations funds).
• Sectors: Technology innovation, climate-change mitigation, agritech, energy efficiency, breakthrough healthcare solutions, and the digitisation of commerce.
• What makes them say yes: Bedford combines an investment-banking and asset-management lens — assessing both a company/fund's standalone merit and its fit within an investor's portfolio, with emphasis on fundamental soundness and long-term opportunity.
• Stated ethos: "Longevity is our watchword" — the firm favours long-term, inter-generational ideas with strong fundamentals, run by experienced teams, and frequently co-invests its own capital alongside its investors.