About us

Meridian Arc is a commercial strategy and capital advisory firm for deeptech and industrial ventures.

We help founders secure complex contracts and structure the capital required for industrial scale — across energy, waste, and heavy industry.

London-based. Operating globally with deep expertise in APAC and MENA.

Vladimir Chuchkin

"I launched Meridian Arc to solve the bottlenecks I faced as a deeptech founder. Bringing innovation to conservative sectors is hard. Finding capital for industrial scale? Even harder. But lack of structure should never be the reason a great technology fails."

Vladimir Chuchkin, Founder & CEO

Vladimir Chuchkin
Founder & CEO

About Vladimir Chuchkin

Vladimir is a VC-backed entrepreneur with 20+ years of experience building and scaling ventures in energy, infrastructure, and payments.

Co-founded Waste Labs and Black Square

Co-founded Waste Labs and
Black Square

AI platform for waste logistics and recycling, selling to enterprise clients including Coca-Cola, Avery Dennison, Veolia, and Tetra Pak across 5 countries. Funded by Entrepreneur First and other venture capital investors.

Led energy projects in APAC and MENA

Originated and managed $10bn+ portfolio across nuclear, renewables, biofuels, and conventional power.

Built payments businesses at VISA and NCR

Scaled digital payment solutions across Russia and CIS.

UK Global Talent

Recognised by Tech Nation as Global Talent in Digital Technologies.