Erik Blachford Overview
- Investor Type
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Angel
- Status
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Active
- Professionals
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1

- Investments
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49
- Portfolio
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15
- Exits
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26

Erik Blachford General Information
Description
Mr. Erik Blachford serves as Board Member and Member of the Nominating and Governance Committee at Zillow Group. He serves as Board Member at Couchsurfing. Mr. Blachford served as Executive Advisor at TCV. He also served as a Board Member and Director at Grove Collaborative. He serves as a Board Member at Dcbel. He serves as a Board Member, of the Compensation/HR Committee at Busbud. He serves as a Venture Partner at Ascension. He was the President and CEO of IAC Travel, managing all of IAC's travel assets including Expedia, Hotels.com, and Hotwire. He joined IAC with its acquisition of Expedia, a former TCV portfolio company, where he served as President and CEO. In 1995 he helped establish Expedia within Microsoft, where he led the creation of the brand as SVP of marketing, later served as the President of Expedia North America, and ultimately was named President and CEO in 2003. He has also served as Executive Chairman of Couchsurfing, a hospitality exchange and social networking website, as CEO of Butterfield & Robinson, a world leader in top quality active travel, and as CEO of TerraPass, a leading retailer of carbon offsets, consumer energy efficiency products, and green gifts. He serves on the board of directors of several TCV portfolio companies, including Peloton, SiteMinder, TourRadar, Varsity Tutors, and Zillow. He is also a board member of Choose Energy, GlassDoor, and Liftopia. He holds an M.B.A. from Columbia University's Graduate School of Business a B.A. in English and a Certificate in Theater from Princeton University.
Business Details
Investor Status
Primary Investor Type
Corporate Office
- San Francisco, CA
- United States
Erik Blachford Investments (49)
Company Name | Deal Date | Deal Type | Deal Size | Industry | Company Stage | Lead Partner |
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Soar Intelligence | 07-Jan-2025 | Early Stage VC | Information Services (B2C) | Startup | ||
Otto (Business/Productivity Software) | 02-Jul-2024 | Business/Productivity Software | Startup | |||
Atypical | 22-Aug-2023 | Educational Software | Generating Revenue | |||
Madrona Venture Labs | 12-May-2021 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
Grove Collaborative | 10-Dec-2020 | Specialty Retail | Generating Revenue/Not Profitable | |||
Ride Report | 12-Mar-2020 | Automotive | Generating Revenue | |||
Madrona Venture Labs | 15-Dec-2018 | Other Financial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
CANOPY (Commercial Services) | 01-Nov-2018 | Other Commercial Services | Generating Revenue | |||
Doctours (Internet Software) | 10-Oct-2018 | Early Stage VC | Internet Software | Out of Business | ||
Domicile | 14-Sep-2018 | Seed Round | Other Commercial Services | Generating Revenue |
Erik Blachford Exits (26)
Company Name | Exit Date | Exit Type | Exit Size |
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Fletch (Network Management Software) | 02-Jun-2025 | Merger/Acquisition | |
Ride Report | 13-Nov-2023 | ||
UpLift | 25-Jul-2023 | ||
Grove Collaborative | 17-Jun-2022 | ||
Pay By Group | 25-Jan-2022 | ||
Domicile | 25-Jan-2021 | ||
Liftopia | 25-Nov-2020 | ||
Doctours (Internet Software) | 01-Jan-2020 | ||
Vayable | 01-Nov-2019 | Out of Business | |
HotelTonight | 15-Apr-2019 | Merger/Acquisition |
Erik Blachford Investments by Industry, Year, and Region
Erik Blachford Co-Investors (36)
Name | With | Exits | Lead Partner | Series | Industry |
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Accelerator Ventures | 1 |
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Madrona Venture Group |
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Venrex Investment Management |
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Erik Blachford FAQs
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Who is Erik Blachford?
Erik Blachford is an angel Investor who has made 49 investments.
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What kind of investor is Erik Blachford?
Erik Blachford is an angel investor.
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What does Erik Blachford do?
As an angel investor, Erik Blachford invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.
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How many board seats does Erik Blachford hold?
Erik Blachford holds 5 board seats including Hipcamp, Dcbel, Adventure Travel Trade Association, Zillow Group, and Couchsurfing.
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What has Erik Blachford invested in?
Erik Blachford has made numerous investments in companies like Soar Intelligence, Otto (Business/Productivity Software), and Atypical within the Information Services (B2C), Business/Productivity Software, and Educational Software industries.
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What has Erik Blachford invested in recently?
Erik Blachford's latest investment was on 07-Jan-2025 in Soar Intelligence, a company within the Information Services (B2C) industry.
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