About Bill Meara

Bill Meara is presently an Operating Partner at Abry. ABRY Partners is a private equity firm specializing in middle market buyouts; the fund prefers to invest in media, communication, business services, education, entertainment, healthcare, information services, and online media industries. The firm typically invests between $25 million and $150 million of equity in the case of the private equity fund or between $15 million and $50 million of mezzanine/senior equity capital in its portfolio companies. It seeks to invest for a period between three to seven years. ABRY Partners, LLC was co-founded in 1989 and is based in Bill Boston, Massachusetts. In addition, Bill Meara is a media entrepreneur and C-Level operator whom previously founded three of the leading alternative media companies in the US. Vector Meara Transit Advertising Group - Vector Media (acquired by Spire Capital) and Fuel Meara Advertising Group (Fuel Outdoor) backed by Och Ziff Capital Management, acquired by Van Wagner. Bill Meara served as the CEO, Director and Owner of Access Sports Media (acquired by ISM Connect / CastIron Media), in partnership with Columbia Capital. ASM grew into one of the leading digital sports media companies in the North America featuring a portfolio of 25,000 digital displays, positioned throughout 100 MLB, NHL, NBA & NFL venues. He previously served as a Board Member of Karmaloop which is a multi-platform web retailer, community style and media company specializing in streetwear ecommerce. As of 2018, Karmaloop.com received 10 million unique visitors a month, and was ranked one of the top 200 most visited fashion retail website in the U.S. Bill Meara is also a Senior Adviser at Triller. Triller is an American video-making and social-networking service owned by Proxima Media. It allows users to automatically edit and synchronize their videos to background tracks using artificial intelligence (AI).The app features celebrity users, including the Weeknd and Justin Bieber. To date, Triller has raised over $100 million from various investment banks, angel investors, and Hollywood studios, and on August 1, 2020, Triller became the #1 downloaded app on the U.S. App In addition, Bill Meara has served on the Executive Board of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mass Bay, Executive Committee at The Canterbury School (New Milford, CT), Advisor to Canvas Group (SAC Capital Partners). He is a major supporter of the game of lacrosse both as a fundraiser and player at Hingham, Canterbury and Trinity College. Bill is also a member of The Nantucket Anglers Club and Black Rock Country Club.