Devon Gethers

About Devon Gethers

Devon is a highly motivated, energetic, and results-driven leader, who intends to serve his community and have a positive impact on society. He brings to the table a differentiated leadership style, a positive attitude, years of experience in management, strategic thinking, negotiation, entrepreneurship, and private market investing.Devon is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Meridian Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in B2B SaaS technologies. In this role, he leads fundraising efforts, company vision and strategy, deal sourcing, diligence, term negotiation, and deal execution.Prior to Meridian, Devon worked as an investment professional at Mercato Partners. Devon supported the senior investment team with asset valuation, portfolio construction, fundraising, deal sourcing, and diligence. Additionally, Devon was the Founder and CEO of EarlyAdmit, an EdTech marketplace focused on improving access to affordable educational and professional opportunities to college students. Devon built and grew EarlyAdmit to be the world\'s largest Deferred MBA Consulting firm. In 2023, EarlyAdmit was acquired by TEQUIRE.Devon earned a B.S. from the University of Utah and is an M.B.A. Candidate at the Harvard Business School Class of 2025.

Experience

1. Investor

   Local Locker

   Aug 2025 — Present · New York, NY, US

   Co-Investors: Peterson Partners, Run Ventures

Education

• Utah Valley University

  Associate's degree, Behavioral Science

  2015 — 2017

• Harvard Business School

  Master of Business Administration

  2023 — 2025

• University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business

  Bachelor's of Science, Finance

  2017 — 2020