Author

Alex Sen

Founder and CEO

Alex Sen is the Founder and CEO of Meridian, the next-gen CRM and deal management platform transforming how private equity firms source and close deals.

With nearly a decade of experience at top firms like Blackstone, Thoma Bravo, and CVC, Alex knows the challenges that hold dealmakers back.

He’s seen how outdated, clunky CRMs create more problems than they solve - slowing teams down, siloing critical data, and leaving firms scrambling to piece together insights from disconnected tools.

Determined to solve these problems, Alex founded Meridian in 2023.

Meridian gives private equity professionals the edge they need to compete at the highest level: helping them win the best deals, maintain long-term relationships, and make the right investment decisions.

Articles by Alex Sen

Private Markets Insights

CRM Data Enrichment for Private Markets

A guide to CRM data enrichment for PE, VC, and private credit teams — covering enrichment architecture, waterfall logic, platform comparisons, and evaluation criteria.

AI in Private Markets

How AI Agents Are Transforming PE Deal Team Operations in 2026

86% of PE leaders now use GenAI in M&A, but most firms can't tell bolt-on AI from AI-native architecture. Here are the seven deal team workflows where the difference actually compounds.

Private Markets Insights

Maximizing Data Enrichment for Private Credit Firms

A comprehensive private credit data stack now runs well into six figures a year, and most firms still have stale records. The fix isn't another vendor, it's a different architecture. Here's the framework.

Private Markets Insights

Best VC Deal Tracking and Portfolio Management Tools for 2026

Manual data entry is the biggest reason VC teams abandon their CRMs. Within months, the data goes stale and the system becomes an incomplete record that nobody fully trusts. The platforms built for 2026 fix that at the architecture layer, not the UI.

Private Markets Insights

Why This May Be the Biggest M&A Year in History

Recent increased M&A volume isn't just pent-up deal flow. AI, public market pressure, and shifting capital allocation are driving a structural change in why companies acquire and which firms win.

Deal Sourcing

Deal Flow Software: Key Features and Top Tools for 2026

A complete guide to deal flow software for private equity. Learn how top firms manage sourcing, tracking, and evaluation in one integrated system.