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S2E18|Venture Capital: The Past, The Present and The Future
Sep 20, 2023
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我們很榮幸邀請到 IVP 的合夥人 Eric Liaw，他曾參與領投包括 Datadog, GitHub、Klarna、MasterClass、Supercell、UiPath 等公司。因為他優異的投資成績，讓他獲選為 Midas Brink List of venture capital rising-stars in 2023，同時在 2020、2021 年被 GrowthCap 評選為前 25 大軟體投資人。
We are honored to have Eric Liaw, General Partner of IVP on today’s episode. Eric has led IVP investments in companies such as Datadog, GitHub, Klarna, MasterClass, Supercell and UiPath. As a result of his investing success, Eric was named to the Midas Brink List of venture capital rising-stars in 2023, and was recognized by GrowthCap as one of the Top 25 Software Investors of 2021 and 2020.
About Eric Liaw：
Eric Liaw is a general partner at IVP and has been with the firm since 2011. He partners with founders and CEOs solving real-world problems in ways that resonate with their customers, with investments across enterprise, fintech, consumer and gaming. Eric is a hands-on strategic advisor, counseling organizations to build the right team, business structure and customer loyalty that helps accelerate their growth up to IPO and beyond. Eric led IVP investments in companies such as Aiven, Datadog, Deputy, Dream Games, GitHub, Glossier, IEX, Klarna, MasterClass, Sorare, Supercell, UiPath, WHOOP and ZipRecruiter. Eric was recognized by GrowthCap as one of the Top 40 Under 40 Growth Investors in 2018, which highlights exceptional private capital investors in the growth segment. Business Insider recognized Eric among the top 23 most respected enterprise technology VCs in 2018. He was also recognized by The New York Times and CB Insights in 2019 as one of the top 100 venture capitalists in the world. Besides, Eric was recognized by GrowthCap as one of the Top 25 Software Investors of 2020 and 2021 because of his investing success. In 2023, Eric was recognized on the Midas Brink List for venture capital rising stars.
About IVP：
IVP helps breakout companies grow into enduring market leaders. With a 40-year record of supercharging growth and 130+ IPOs, we’ve partnered with over 400 companies including Coinbase, Crowdstrike, Datadog, DeepL, Discord, Dropbox, GitHub, Grammarly, HashiCorp, Jasper, Klarna, Pigment, Slack, Snap and Twitter. As trusted allies, IVP helps founders and CEOs meet the challenge of leading a rapidly growing company.
