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Eric Liaw

General Partner at IVP

London, England

Overview 

Eric Liaw is a General Partner at IVP, based in London, England, with expertise in venture capital, private equity, corporate governance, and financial modeling. With a background in investing in top companies like Robinhood and WHOOP, he specializes in Series B investments in sectors such as FinTech, gaming/esports, and consumer internet. Having served as a Board Member for Volt.io and invested in notable companies like DeepL and FightCamp, Eric Liaw's career highlights include his role as an investor in high-profile startups and his contributions as a Board Member for innovative companies in various sectors.

Work Experience 

  • General Partner

    2011 - Current

    IVP grows breakout companies into enduring market leaders. With a 40-year record of driving growth and 130+ IPOs, we’ve partnered with over 400 companies including Amplitude, Brex, Coinbase, Crowdstrike, Datadog, Discord, Klarna, Slack, Snap, and Twitter. As trusted allies, IVP helps founders and CEOs meet the challenge of leading a rapidly growing company. We are selective, proven, pragmatic, and genuine. We accompany the undaunted on the path to extraordinary outcomes.

IVP is a later-stage venture capital firm investing in fast-growing technology companies.

  • Board Member

    2023

  • Investor

    2023

  • Investor

    2021

  • Investor

    2021

  • Board Member

    2020

WHOOP is a performance optimization system that tracks athlete recovery, training, and sleeping hours to help boost performance.

Raised $404,751,000.00 from Thursday Ventures, Sahin Boydas, SoftBank Vision Fund, Accomplice, NextView Ventures, GP Bullhound, CAVU Consumer Partners, IVP and Animal Capital.

  • Board Observer

    2020

  • Investor

    2020

Robinhood is a stock brokerage that allows customers to buy and sell stocks, options, ETFs, and cryptocurrencies with zero commission.

Raised $6,234,466,886.00 from Emergent Fidelity Technologies.

  • Board Member

    2020

  • Board Member

    2018

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