Eric Liaw, General Partner at IVP: European founders should enter US earlier

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2026-02-25 · 7 company · 4 thematic

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Eric Liaw is a General Partner at IVP, a multi-stage venture firm. He has led IVP's London office for 2.5 years, covering Europe. His notable investments include Supercell, Datadog, and Whoop. He previously worked from the Bay Area for over 20 years.

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“another one that I'm really proud of is being involved with Data Dog. It's a great company. Uh, actually two European founders as well. They were originally French but uh built their company in New York. So the what they've continued to do…”

—eric liaw

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