# Alexander Meyer

> Alexander Meyer is a seed investor at Origin Ventures (Chicago) backing Leasing and Automotive. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Origin Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/origin-ventures)
- Location: Chicago, United States
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Dec 2015
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/meyerchicago/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/Ameyer_chicago

Alexander Meyer is a seed investor at Origin Ventures in Chicago focused on Leasing and Automotive. Alex Meyer is Vice President, Global Business Development at SAP. A seasoned international executive, he has traveled and done business globally including some of the world's most challenging developing markets and has addressed international gatherings of the United Nations, World Bank, World Investment Forum, and others. Previously, Mr.Meyer served clients with multinational management consulting firm Deloitte. He was also previously Director of Operations for Hollywood based House of Blues, Inc.Alex is the founder and chairman of the Harvard Business School Alumni Entrepreneurship Council of Chicago managing the HBS Angels, recognized as one of Chicago’s most active early stage investors, the HBS Global Alumni New Venture Competition for the U.S. Central Region, and the Distinguished Speaker in Entrepreneurship & Venture Capital series. Mr. Meyer is a member of the Harvard Business School Alumni Board of Directors where he serves on the Executive Committee. He is President Emeritus of the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago and has served on the board of the HBSCC Charitable Fund. Mr. Meyer has contributed to a variety of entrepreneurship and innovation programs at Harvard University, University of Chicago, University of Illinois, Northwestern, IIT, and Endeavor as a judge, lecturer, advisor, and international selection panelist and co-authored the Harvard Business School case: Rising from the Ashes - The Emergence of Chicago’s Entrepreneurial Ecosystem (HBS Press). He served on Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s tech and economic development delegations to Boston, London and Israel. Alex is the founder and past-president of the Society for Business & Management in Engineering, now the National Organization for Business & Engineering (NOBE), and a recipient of the NOBE Lifetime Dedication Award.Alex is a founder and officer of the board of Chicago’s Stage773 Theater operating the Stage773 performing arts center and incubator, producing the Chicago Sketch Comedy Festival, and the Cupid Players Theatre Company. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Illinois, an MBA from the Harvard Business School, and theatrical education from the Second City Conservatory. He was named one of Chicago's 40 Under 40 and is a member of the Economic Club of Chicago.​

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leasing | 1 | 100% |
| Automotive | 1 | 100% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Montes8615 GmbH | Montes8615 GmbH operates a car trading platform for the purchase and sale of used vehicles. |  | Seed | Dec 16, 2015 |  |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## About Origin Ventures

VC Fund · Chicago, United States

Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in high-growth software, marketplace, and consumer businesses shaping the 'Digital Native Economy'. Founded in 1999, the firm has the unique distinction of having multiple funds in the top 5% on realized performance. Typical check size is $500K to $8M. Select exitsinclude Grubhub (NYSE: GRUB), BacklotCars, Tock, Ahalogy, and Teem.To learn more, visit www.originventures.com.

5 contacts available at Origin Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angela Smith | Senior Associate and Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-smith-d555 |
| Bruce N. Barron | Co-Founder and Founding Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bruce-n-barron |
| Jacquie Marshall Siegmund | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jacquie-marshall-siegmund |
| Jason Heltzer | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jason-heltzer |
| Prashant Shukla | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/prashant-shukla-79ad |

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## FAQ

### What does Alexander Meyer invest in?

Alexander Meyer invests primarily in Leasing, Automotive and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alexander Meyer last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alexander Meyer closed in Dec 2015. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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