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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:

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

2021

  • Investor & Advisor

    2021

  • 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

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)