# Alex Evans

> Alex Evans is a seed investor at Placeholder (Charlotte) backing Software and Blockchain. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Placeholder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/placeholder-55ca)
- Location: Charlotte, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexhevans/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/alexhevans
- Website: https://x.com/alexhevans

Alex Evans is a seed investor at Placeholder in Charlotte focused on Software and Blockchain. Alexander Evans is the Managing Partner at Bain Capital Crypto. Alexander Evans attended University of Virginia.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 50% |
| Blockchain | 2 | 25% |
| Financial Services | 2 | 25% |
| Gaming | 1 | 13% |
| FinTech | 1 | 13% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 50% |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Celestia | Celestia is a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable anyone to quickly deploy a decentralised blockchain without the overhead of bootstrapping a new consensus network. | $100M | Series B | Sep 23, 2024 |  |
| Curio | Curio Research is focusing on building games that create rich and expansive social interactions through the composability of crypto and the power of smart contracts. | $5.7M | Seed | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Flood | Flood is a DeFi aggregator that offers its platform to provide the best price available for all supported assets. | $5.2M | Seed | Feb 08, 2024 |  |
| Nocturne Labs | Nocturne is a system that allows for on-chain private accounts. | $6M | Seed | Oct 25, 2023 |  |
| Celestia | Celestia is a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable anyone to quickly deploy a decentralised blockchain without the overhead of bootstrapping a new consensus network. | $55M | Series A | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Celestia | Celestia is a pluggable consensus and data availability layer, to enable anyone to quickly deploy a decentralised blockchain without the overhead of bootstrapping a new consensus network. |  | Series B | Oct 19, 2022 |  |
| Primitive | Primitive is an open-source protocol for decentralized options and the ethereum decentralized finance ecosystem. Primitive was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Eugene, Oregon. | $9M | Series A | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| RISC Zero. | RISC Zero provides a platform enabling users to trust programs run anywhere while allowing developers to use the tools they already know. RISC Zero builds scaling solutions using Zero Knowledge Proofs which will make blockchains accessible. The company was founded by a team of Seattle-based hackers committed to enabling users to control theirexperience on the internet through the creation of privacy-enhancing decentralization technology. | $12M | Seed | Aug 09, 2022 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Placeholder](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/placeholder-55ca) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Robot Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/robot-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [NFX](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nfxcapital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Polychain](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/polychain-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [FTX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ftx-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Galaxy Digital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/galaxy-digital-lp) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Placeholder

VC Fund · New York, United States

Placeholder is a venture capital firm that invests in decentralized networks and web services.

4 contacts available at Placeholder.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Alex Evans | Researcher | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alex-evans |
| Christopher Burniske | Partner & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-burniske |
| Joel Monegro | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-monegro-3634 |
| Joel Monegro | Co-Founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-monegro |

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## FAQ

### What does Alex Evans invest in?

Alex Evans invests primarily in Software, Blockchain and Financial Services startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Alex Evans last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Alex Evans closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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