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Evan Lodge

Head of Product @ Freshpaint | Fmr Head of Product @ Vivian Health | YC Alum (HigherMe, acquired) | Angel investor

United States

Invests in

Stages:

Sectors:

Web3/Blockchain

San Francisco Bay Area

Locations:

San Francisco, California

Min Investment:
$100,000.00
Max Investment:
$5,000,000.00
Target Investment:
$1,500,000.00

Skills

Education

Y Combinator
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Babson F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business
BA
Wesleyan University
BASE
University of California, Berkeley, Haas School of Business
High School
Springside Chestnut Hill Academy

Work Experience

2021

Investor & Advisor
2021

2017

Venture Partner
2017
YC Alumni investing in YC companies

2023 - 2024

Head of Product
2023 - 2024

2022 - 2023

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!

2019 - 2022

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.

2021 - 2022

LP & 🍊 DAO member
2021 - 2022

Glass Water Labs

2018 - 2022

Founder
2018 - 2022
GWL is my entity for consulting. I'm industry agnostic but generally work with productivity or staffing-focused companies.

2018 - 2019

Advisor | Startup School 2018
2018 - 2019

2014 - 2018

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)