Marvin Liao
Diaspora Ventures · Self-employed @ Diaspora Ventures
San Francisco, United States
Marvin Liao is a pre-seed investor at Diaspora Ventures in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Marvin works with awesome startups across the globe and at the SF/SV accelerator programs – that is, when he's not practicing his signature song (Backstreet Boys ``I Want it That Way`` btw) & dealing with his book buying addiction, A recovering exec from Yahoo! he's very happy to be part of the Revolution! He invests in digitalmedia, adtech, marketing cloud, e-commerce and mobile startups across the globe. Formerly of Yahoo! Inc. (10.5 years), Marvin has worked in various departments – sales, business development, ad operations and marketing. Most of his positions have been regional or global management roles, giving him extensive experience across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States. He presently serves on the boards and advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe. In addition, he is a mentor for several startup accelerator programs in Europe, Israel and the US, helping guide startup teams with their sales, marketing and partner development efforts.I'm an experienced client-facing senior executive in the media and technology space in both large and start up growth companies, managing large multifunctional teams across multiple countries while based in the Silicon Valley.A longtime fan, participant, and an observer of the digital technology revolution occurring for the last 14 years across the world, i am presently on the advisory boards of several internet advertising and ad technology companies across the globe.
- Total investments:
- 8
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
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Industries Marvin Liao invests in
Stages Marvin Liao invests in
Countries Marvin Liao invests in
Round sizes
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Round size
- Pre-Seed
- $250k–$750k
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (63%)
- Information Technology 3 (38%)
- Messaging 2 (25%)
- Video Games 2 (25%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (25%)
Stage
- Pre-Seed 5 (63%)
- Seed 2 (25%)
- Series A 1 (13%)
Country
- United States 4 (50%)
- France 1 (13%)
- Latvia 1 (13%)
- Estonia 1 (13%)
- Portugal 1 (13%)
Investments
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Dynamiq
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Dynamiq streamlines the entire development lifecycle of Generative AI applications. It's a comprehensive solution that supports teams from the initial build phase to testing, deployment, and monitoring in production. | Pre-Seed / May 01, 2024 | |
Starchain Gazer
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We are on a mission to free players from undesirable constraints coming from the part of today's game creators and allow users to take the wheel. By creating a game economy, we shift the definition of a successful title away from revenue towards real-world benefits for players, thus extending game longevity. Our vision is to be at theforefront of "Play & Earn" games through the implementation of blockchain as an underlying technology. We let gamers own game assets as they invest time and effort to gain power, skills, and ranking. By using game assets, gamers can make their value increase through leveling-up, crafting. Lend, borrow, sell and buy game assets. Gamers should be free to use their assets within a community of gamers in and outside the game itself. Starchain Gazer is working on a 4X RTS type game with the ambition to transition into an MMORPG. | $750K / Pre-Seed / Nov 04, 2022 | |
Ready Player Me
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Wolf3D is a developer of 3D printing and scanning platform for virtual reality and games. Its platform offers 3D printing of human sculptures using ultrasound data and creates models of bones and organs for surgical planning and for use in games and virtual reality helping developers to integrate 3D models into existing games, game engines, or VRapplications. | $13M / Series A / Dec 28, 2021 | |
CENOS
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CENOS redefines engineering simulation software category for mass adoption: FROM enterprise niche and multi-purpose software for 100K simulation experts TO mass adoption of intuitive vertical-focused simulation apps by 10M+ practical engineers in production | $392.6K / Pre-Seed / Feb 21, 2020 | |
Funderful
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Funderful is pioneering chatbots in Higher Education, helping advancement teams get a response from alumni and increase donations. The vision - replace emails with messaging & chatbots for admissions, student, alumni communications.Funderful has recently partnered with Pomona College, Georgetown, West Point and a few other institutions, whoare already seeing over 80% open rates and 5-10X better click through Facebook Messenger. | Seed / May 11, 2017 | |
Obie
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At Obie.ai we use AI to surface knowledge from silos and deliver it where questions are asked, speeding up internal support and accelerating growth for mid-sized companies. | Pre-Seed / Feb 01, 2017 | |
Infraspeak
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We are Infraspeak - a global tech company transforming the world of facilities management with a pioneer intelligent maintenance management platform. We empower facilities and maintenance management teams with the technology they need to overcome their own, unique challenges, thus accomplishing our mission of becoming a source of good life for ourcommunity, our customers, and our partners. At Infraspeak, we’ve always understood the importance of intelligence, flexibility, and connectivity when we’re trying to stay on top of the game in an increasingly complex and demanding world. Today, we take pride in delivering a solution for teams of all sizes in several different industries across the globe. Used by business owners, maintenance and facility managers, and technicians to deliver the best possible service, as expected and on time, Infraspeak is the intelligent maintenance management turning challenging maintenance operations into a world of data, automation, and high performance. | $250K / Pre-Seed / Aug 02, 2016 | |
ChemTech AI
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Founded in 2018, ChemTech AI is a tech company that designs and develops unique AI-driven industrial solutions which are distributed worldwide from our headquarter in New York, USA. | $150K / Seed |
Co-Investors
About Diaspora Ventures
Diaspora Ventures invests in the next generation of french entrepreneurs building tech companies. Diaspora Ventures targets French founders who have true global ambition, by investing early and giving them access to the best tech ecosystem in the world, the United States.
Diaspora Ventures Contacts
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Marvin Liao
Diaspora Ventures · Self-employed
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Carlos Diaz
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Ilan Abehassera
Co-Founder & General Partner
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What does Marvin Liao invest in?
Marvin Liao invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Messaging startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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 Marvin Liao's check size?
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When did Marvin Liao last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Marvin Liao closed in May 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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