Erik Blachford Overview

  • Investor Type
  • Angel

  • Status
  • Active

  • Professionals
  • 1

Professionals

  • Investments
  • 49

  • Portfolio
  • 15

  • Exits
  • 26

Exits

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
Actively Seeking New Investments
Primary Investor Type
Angel (individual)
Corporate Office
  • San Francisco, CA
  • United States

Erik Blachford Investments (49)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Company Stage Lead Partner
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
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

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Erik Blachford Co-Investors (36)

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Erik Blachford FAQs

  • Who is Erik Blachford?

    Erik Blachford is an angel Investor who has made 49 investments.

  • What kind of investor is Erik Blachford?

    Erik Blachford is an angel investor.

  • What does Erik Blachford do?

    As an angel investor, Erik Blachford invests personal money into promising companies, typically in exchange for equity.

  • 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.

  • 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.

  • 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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