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Meridian Labs Inc.

A Delaware corporation founded in 2022 with its principal office in San Francisco, 38 employees across the United States, Taiwan and Singapore, two priced financing rounds disclosed through Form D filings, no litigation found in federal or California state court indexes, three granted US patents, and a security posture evidenced by a current SOC 2 Type II report supplied by the company under NDA.

Meridian Labs Inc.

Delaware C corporation; foreign-qualified in California · AI software, enterprise document automation · as of 2026-10-20
Delaware file no.: 7xxxxxxCIK: 0001234567EIN: on file, privateLEI: none
phase 1
78%Completeness
12 daysFreshness
3Open questions
21 Oct 2026Human review · Analyst-reviewed

Identity and official recordsFull

Incorporated in Delaware on 9 February 2022 as a general corporation; status Good Standing
Verified
Source
Delaware Division of Corporations, entity search
Original location
Entity details page
Document date
2026-10-19
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Name and file number match the Form D filer
Verification
Verified. Good-standing certificate not purchased; status read from the public search.
Contradictions
None found
Foreign qualification in California filed 3 May 2022; Statement of Information current
Verified
Source
California Secretary of State, bizfile
Original location
Entity no. and SI filing
Document date
2026-03-11
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Entity number cross-referenced to Delaware file number via SI
Verification
Verified
Contradictions
None found
Principal office: 2 Embarcadero Center, San Francisco (per Statement of Information)
Verified
Source
California Secretary of State
Original location
Statement of Information, page 1
Document date
2026-03-11
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Same entity
Verification
Verified. Registered agent address differs (Wilmington); both recorded.
Contradictions
None found

Ownership and controlPartial

No public beneficial-ownership register applies; FinCEN BOI reporting is not required of domestic companies after the 2025 interim final rule
Verified
Source
FinCEN, beneficial ownership information reporting
Original location
Interim final rule, March 2025
Document date
2025-03-26
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Rule-level fact, not entity-specific
Verification
Verified. Ownership is therefore evidenced from filings and company-supplied documents only.
Contradictions
None found
Form D (October 2025) lists three executive officers and two directors; no 10% owners are named because Form D does not require themForm D names related persons, not shareholders
Verified
Source
SEC EDGAR, Form D
Original location
Items 3 and 4
Document date
2025-10-14
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
CIK matches the Delaware name
Verification
Verified
Contradictions
None found
Company-supplied capitalisation summary (Trust Workspace): founders 58%, Series A investors 27%, employee pool 15%, fully diluted
Company-stated
Source
Company upload, Trust Workspace
Original location
Cap table summary v3, signed by CFO
Document date
2026-09-30
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Uploaded under the company's claimed profile
Verification
Company-stated. Company-stated, not independently verified; the underlying cap table is in the private data room for authorised viewers.
Contradictions
Consistent with Form D related persons

PeopleFull

Chief executive: Lin Mei-Chen (林美辰), listed as executive officer on Form D and as CEO on the Statement of Information
Verified
Source
SEC EDGAR Form D; California SI
Original location
Item 3; SI officer list
Document date
2025-10-14
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Romanised and Chinese forms matched through the company's own filings and TIPO records of the Taiwan subsidiary
Verification
Verified
Contradictions
None found
Two directors; one is a partner of the Series A lead investor
Verified
Source
SEC EDGAR Form D
Original location
Item 3, related persons
Document date
2025-10-14
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Director name matched to the investor's Form ADV brochure
Verification
Verified. Investor relationship disclosed by the company; no conflict for this dossier.
Contradictions
None found

Financial and capitalPartial

Series A: Form D filed 14 October 2025 reports total offering amount US$18,000,000 and total amount sold US$18,000,000Offering amount and amount sold are separate fields
Verified
Source
SEC EDGAR, Form D
Original location
Item 13
Document date
2025-10-14
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
CIK match
Verification
Verified. Amount sold is as at the filing date; Form D does not state a valuation.
Contradictions
None found
Seed: Form D filed 2 March 2023 reports offering amount US$4,000,000, amount sold US$3,250,000
Verified
Source
SEC EDGAR, Form D
Original location
Item 13
Document date
2023-03-02
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
CIK match
Verification
Verified. Remaining US$750,000 may have been sold later without an amendment; treated as unknown.
Contradictions
None found
No audited financial statements are public; the company supplied FY2025 reviewed statements to the private data room
Company-stated
Source
Company upload, Trust Workspace
Original location
Reviewed statements, 2025
Document date
2026-04-30
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Company upload
Verification
Company-stated. Visible to authorised viewers only; summary figures are not reproduced in the public dossier.
Contradictions
None found
Open question: whether the Taiwan subsidiary holds the engineering IP or licenses it from the parent
Open question
Source
Analyst note
Original location
Open questions list
Document date
2026-10-20
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Both entities identified
Verification
Open question. Company asked to supply the intercompany licence; pending.
Contradictions
None found

Legal and regulatoryFull

No federal civil cases found with the company as a party
Verified
Source
PACER via CourtListener/RECAP
Original location
Party search, exact and fuzzy name
Document date
2026-10-19
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Name, state and officer names used to exclude two same-name entities in Texas and Florida
Verification
Verified. Absence of a record is reported as a search result with its date and scope, not as 'no risk'.
Contradictions
None found
No San Francisco or Santa Clara Superior Court cases found
Verified
Source
County court online indexes
Original location
Civil case search
Document date
2026-10-19
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Name search
Verification
Verified. State index coverage varies by county; other counties not searched.
Contradictions
None found
No SEC enforcement actions, OFAC, EU, UK or UN sanctions matches
Verified
Source
SEC litigation releases; OFAC SDN and consolidated lists; EU, UK OFSI, UN lists
Original location
List screening, fuzzy threshold 85%
Document date
2026-10-20
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Two false positives on a similar name cleared by jurisdiction
Verification
Verified
Contradictions
None found

Intellectual propertyFull

Three granted US patents and two pending applications assigned to the company (document extraction and layout analysis)
Verified
Source
USPTO Patent Center; assignment database
Original location
Assignee search
Document date
2026-10-18
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Assignee name and address match
Verification
Verified. Assignment from the two founders recorded in 2022; chain of title complete.
Contradictions
None found
US trademark MERIDIAN LABS registered in classes 9 and 42; Taiwan application pending
Verified
Source
USPTO TSDR; TIPO
Original location
Registration record; application status
Document date
2026-10-18
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Owner name matches
Verification
Verified
Contradictions
None found

Web and documentsFull

Website states customers in financial services and logistics; two named customers confirmed by those customers' own press releases
Verified
Source
Company website; customer press releases
Original location
Customers page; press pages
Document date
2026-09-02
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Company-stated claim with external corroboration for two of five
Verification
Verified. Three named customers not independently corroborated; recorded as company-stated.
Contradictions
None found
SOC 2 Type II report (period ending 30 June 2026) issued by a licensed CPA firm, supplied under NDA
Licensed / supplied
Source
Company upload, Trust Workspace
Original location
Report cover and opinion page
Document date
2026-08-15
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Company upload; auditor name verified against the firm's licence
Verification
Licensed / supplied. Report contents restricted; the opinion type and period are recorded.
Contradictions
None found

Client and employee feedbackn=7

Seven verified client interviews (2025–2026): delivery quality rated high by six; one reports a delayed integration resolved within the contract
Licensed / supplied
Source
OpenDossier verified interviews
Original location
Interview records, relationship verified by contract or invoice
Document date
2026-07-30
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Relationship verified; content is the client's opinion
Verification
Licensed / supplied. Sample of seven; no ranking is produced below n=10.
Contradictions
None found
Employee feedback: below the display threshold (n=4)
Partial
Source
OpenDossier verified questionnaire
Original location
Aggregate withheld
Document date
2026-10-20
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Relationship verified by employment record
Verification
Partial. Not shown until n≥5 to protect anonymity in a small team.
Contradictions
None found

Private data roomLocked

Cap table, reviewed financial statements, SOC 2 report, security questionnaire (CAIQ) answers
Private
Source
Company upload
Original location
Access by company grant only
Document date
2026-09-30
Retrieved
2026-10-20
Entity match
Company upload
Verification
Private. Not used in the public dossier; visible to viewers the company authorises.
Contradictions
None found
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Open questions and flags

Open questions

  • Intercompany IP licence between the Delaware parent and the Taiwan subsidiary
  • Whether the remaining US$750,000 of the 2023 seed offering was sold
  • Three customer references not independently corroborated

Flags

None recorded.

Timeline

DateEvent
2022-02-09Incorporated in Delaware
2022-05-03Qualified in California
2023-03-02Form D, seed
2024-11-05First US patent granted
2025-10-14Form D, Series A, US$18.0m sold
2026-08-15SOC 2 Type II report, period to 30 June 2026
2026-10-21Dossier analyst review

How to read this

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