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Marvin Liao (he/him)

Partner, 500 Startups

An Investor-Operator, Marvin is a Partner at Rolling Fund Diaspora.vc, Manages the Holding Company Sukna Global. He was formerly a Partner/Board member at Game Groove Capital, an International Gaming Holding Company.

He was previously a Partner at Venture Capital Fund 500 Startups, running the SF based accelerator program as well as investing in Seed stage start ups. He has invested in over 414 Pre-seed & Seed stage startups during the 6 years spent there.

Marvin also spent 10.5 years at Yahoo! as an executive with extensive operating experience expanding businesses across Asia, Europe, Latin America and the United States in his career at the company.

Marvin presently serves on the Investment Committees/Advisory boards of several Venture Capital funds. He also mentors at numerous accelerator programs around the world.

He helps companies figure out their GTM strategy (sales/marketing), fundraising strategy and hiring/firing.

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