# Eric Liaw

> Eric Liaw is a Series B investor at IVP backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 60 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [IVP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/institutional-venture-partners)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 60
- Last investment: Mar 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/ericliaw
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/eliaw
- Website: https://x.com/eliaw

Eric Liaw is a Series B investor at IVP in San Francisco focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Eric Liaw is based out of London, England and currently works as a General Partner for IVP. Eric previously worked at Technology Crossover Ventures as a Vice President. Eric attended the Stanford University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Series A | $3M–$100M |
| Series B | $35M–$156M |
| Series C | $52M–$210M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 8% |
| SaaS | 4 | 7% |
| Internet | 4 | 7% |
| FinTech | 3 | 5% |

69 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 14 | 23% |
| Series C | 9 | 15% |
| Series A | 3 | 5% |
| Series E | 3 | 5% |
| Series D | 2 | 3% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 14 | 23% |
| Israel | 2 | 3% |
| Australia | 2 | 3% |
| Sweden | 1 | 2% |
| Finland | 1 | 2% |

9 countries tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Wonderful | Platform enabling enterprises to create, test, and deploy AI agents for voice, chat, and email. | $150M | Series B | Mar 12, 2026 |  |
| Sage | Sage develops software and connected hardware used by senior living communities to manage resident care and facility operations. The company provides a unified care platform that integrates nurse call systems, fall detection tools, communication features, and data analytics into a single environment used by caregivers and facility staff. Itsplatform includes products such as Sage Core, Sage Detect, and Sage Insight, which support care coordination, safety monitoring, and operational visibility across assisted living and long-term care environments. The system collects real-time information from devices and care workflows to help staff track resident needs, respond to alerts, and document care activities. Facilities use the platform to manage tasks such as call response, fall management, and communication between caregivers and administrators. The software also integrates with electronic health records and other facility systems to create a centralized source of information about resident care and operational activities. | $65M | Series C | Mar 05, 2026 |  |
| Solace | Solace is a digital health platform that connects patients with expert healthcare advocates. Their health advocates are former doctors, nurses, pharmacists, and other clinical and experience-driven professionals who navigate patients through healthcare challenges. | $130M | Series C | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Numeric | Numeric is an AI-native accounting automation platform designed to streamline and accelerate the month-end close process. It centralizes transaction data from ERPs, bank feeds, CSVs, and more, enabling real-time visibility into financial operations. Numeric automates account reconciliations, journal entries, and flux variance explanations byleveraging machine learning and AI. It provides a task-management workflow to manage close items, while its Analytics Suite supports detailed variance reporting, anomaly detection, and management reporting. The platform also supports cash management through automated matching of bank transactions to ledger entries. Numeric’s system aims to reduce manual accounting work, improve control, and surface meaningful financial insights. | $51M | Series B | Nov 19, 2025 |  |
| Wonderful | Platform enabling enterprises to create, test, and deploy AI agents for voice, chat, and email. | $100M | Series A | Nov 11, 2025 |  |
| SEON | SEON is the AI command center for fraud prevention and AML compliance. Thousands of companies worldwide trust us to stop fraud without slowing growth.Our platform powers smarter risk decisions by enriching customer profiles, flagging suspicious behavior and managing compliance workflows all in one place. Unlike competitors relying on stale,third-party data, SEON runs on 900+ proprietary, real-time data signals for broader coverage and higher precision.SEON's AI detects hidden fraud networks, builds rules and drafts suspicious activity reports. Teams can also connect their own AI tools, from ChatGPT to Claude to custom agents, directly to SEON's risk data to build their own agentic investigation workflows.We’re trusted by innovators like Revolut, Wise and thousands of others scaling securely into new products and markets. | $80M | Series C | Sep 16, 2025 |  |
| Appcharge | Appcharge offers a platform that enables mobile game publishers to sell virtual items directly to their players. It facilitates the creation of branded web stores, supports global payment processing, and enables gamified promotional experiences. The platform includes tools such as customizable subscription plans and trials, secure and localizedcheckout flows, iOS payment links, and game portals for exclusive player content. Appcharge also supports alternative distribution models like Android sideloading and provides publisher-facing tools for A/B testing, analytics, and offer segmentation via dashboard and APIs. | $58M | Series B | Aug 13, 2025 |  |
| Lumafield | Lumafield develops industrial computed tomography (CT) solutions for non-destructive testing and inspection for engineers. Its Neptune X-ray CT scanner provides detailed imaging for engineers to analyze internal structures and detect defects in various materials. The Voyager software platform enables cloud-based AI-powered analysis, offeringautomated inspections and collaboration tools. Triton, its high-speed CT system, is designed for rapid scanning in high-volume manufacturing environments. Lumafield’s solutions serve industries such as aerospace, automotive, electronics, and medical devices, helping improve product quality and reliability. | $75M | Series C | Mar 13, 2025 |  |
| Sage | Sage develops software and connected hardware used by senior living communities to manage resident care and facility operations. The company provides a unified care platform that integrates nurse call systems, fall detection tools, communication features, and data analytics into a single environment used by caregivers and facility staff. Itsplatform includes products such as Sage Core, Sage Detect, and Sage Insight, which support care coordination, safety monitoring, and operational visibility across assisted living and long-term care environments. The system collects real-time information from devices and care workflows to help staff track resident needs, respond to alerts, and document care activities. Facilities use the platform to manage tasks such as call response, fall management, and communication between caregivers and administrators. The software also integrates with electronic health records and other facility systems to create a centralized source of information about resident care and operational activities. | $35M | Series B | Dec 05, 2024 |  |
| Cradle | Using robust prediction algorithms and AI design recommendations, Cradle assists biologists in rapidly designing better proteins. Cradle gives you complete ownership of the intellectual property while maintaining the privacy and security of your sequences and data. | $73M | Series B | Nov 26, 2024 |  |

10 of 60 investments shown.

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- [Lightspeed Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lightspeed-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 5 deals together

## About IVP

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

IVP is a venture capital and growth equity firm that invests in later-stage technology companies. The firm focuses on sectors such as enterprise software, internet services, and mobile technologies. It supports portfolio companies through strategic guidance and capital aimed at scaling operations, product development, and market expansion.

5 contacts available at IVP.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Angela Zhu | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angela-zhu-94e7 |
| Dennis Phelps | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dennis-phelps |
| Eric Liaw | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-liaw-2 |
| Zeya Yang | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeya-yang-26aa |
| Ajay Vashee | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ajay-vashee |

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## FAQ

### What does Eric Liaw invest in?

Eric Liaw invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and SaaS startups, most often at Series B and Series C stage. Most of the 60 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Eric Liaw's check size?

Eric Liaw typically joins rounds of $3M–$100M at Series A, $35M–$156M at Series B and $52M–$210M at Series C. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Eric Liaw participates in.

### When did Eric Liaw last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Eric Liaw closed in Mar 2026. Shizune tracks 60 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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