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Evan Lodge

Investor at Daysheets

United States

Overview 

Evan Lodge is currently the Head of Product at Freshpaint, having previously served as the Head of Product at Vivian Health. He is also a Y Combinator alum and an active angel investor, specializing in sectors like Web3/Blockchain and FinTech. Notable highlights of Evan's career include being a co-founder and head of product at HigherMe, which was later acquired, and his role as a venture partner at Pioneer Fund.

Work Experience 

  • Investor & Advisor

    2021 - Current

Daysheets offers a modern solution for touring and production management with tabbing and keyboard shortcuts.

  • Venture Partner

    2017

    YC Alumni investing in YC companies

  • Head of Product

    2023 - 2024

Freshpaint is a data platform that facilitates marketing by collecting customer data.

Raised $46,850,000.00 from Zero Prime Ventures, Intel Capital, Y Combinator, SignalFire and Threshold.

  • Co-Founder

    2022 - 2023

    Gratitude Plus is Strava for mental health. We grew the platform to thousands of regular users. The app remains live with a loyal following. Try it out!

  • Head of Product @ Vivian Health (An IAC company)

    2019 - 2022

    Vivian Health is the leading Nurse staffing platform. It is backed by an $80m investment from IAC and Thoma Bravo. I was brought in to lead the product organization in 2019, and over the next 3 years grew revenue by more than 45x During the pandemic, we were responsible for over 15% of all travel nurse staffing. ($1.5B in labor spend) In 2022 I sold my equity in the business.

  • LP & 🍊 DAO member

    2021 - 2022

  • Founder

    2018 - 2022

    GWL is my entity for consulting. I'm industry agnostic but generally work with productivity or staffing-focused companies.

  • Advisor | Startup School 2018

    2018 - 2019

  • Co-Founder, Head of Product (Acquired)

    2014 - 2018

    (HigherMe was Acquired in 2021) HigherMe automates retail and restaurant hiring. - Y Combinator Backed - Barbara Corcoran Backed - 43North $1 million investment (State of New York)

HigherMe uses data and video to help retail and service employers find, screen, and hire better employees faster.

Raised $2,020,000.00 from Gelman brothers.

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