Chris Evdaimon
Investment Manager, Private Companies @ Baillie Gifford
San Francisco, United States
Chris Evdaimon is a seed investor at Baillie Gifford in San Francisco focused on Software and Mobile. Chris is working in the Private Companies team at Baillie Gifford, based in the Bay Area. Prior to Baillie Gifford, he was a Partner at China's Sinovation Ventures for 10 years, initially in Beijing and then in Silicon Valley. He has 20 years of “hands on” entrepreneurial and early stage investments experience.With Baillie Gifford, Chris hasworked on the investments behind Joby Aviation, Allbirds, Nuro, Honor and goPuff. With Sinovation in Beijing, Chris invested in the early rounds and actively worked on multiple portfolio companies, including Zhihu (NYSE:ZH), Wandoujia (acquired by Alibaba), Umeng (acquired by Alibaba) and Anquanbao (acquired by Baidu). He also designed, setup and operated the firm's incubation programs, as well as led the firm's fundraising efforts and investor relations. In Silicon Valley, Chris established and managed the firm's team and investment practice in the US. He invested in the early rounds and actively worked on multiple companies, with a focus on industrial automation, robotics, and edtech, including Fictiv, Compology, Eight Sleep, Dishcraft Robotics, Traptic, XYZ Robotics, Deep Vision, Fero Labs, Swivl, Abl Schools, Securly, ClassWallet, Swing Education, and others. Prior to Sinovation, Chris was a Managing Partner at Eastern Bell Venture Capital. He also served as the CEO of ICDL Asia, an organization in the computer skills certification sector with operations in over 25 Asian countries, which he helped turnaround and relocate to Singapore. Prior to going to Asia, Chris co-founded and managed ECDL Hellas in his native Athens, Greece.Chris holds a M.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Imperial College in London and an MBA from INSEAD.
- Total investments:
- 80
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 19%
Last updated:
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Industries Chris Evdaimon invests in
Stages Chris Evdaimon invests in
Countries Chris Evdaimon invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $800k–$3M
- Pre-Seed
- $110k–$1.3M
- Series A
- $5M–$21M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 16 (20%)
- Mobile 10 (13%)
- Machine Learning 8 (10%)
- Hardware 7 (9%)
- Robotics 7 (9%)
Stage
- Seed 35 (44%)
- Series A 13 (16%)
- Pre-Seed 5 (6%)
- Funding Round 5 (6%)
- Series B 4 (5%)
Country
- United States 46 (57%)
- China 5 (6%)
- Singapore 3 (4%)
- Ireland 2 (3%)
- United Kingdom 2 (3%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Gopuff
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Gopuff is a Philadelphia-based company that delivers products like over-the-counter medicine, baby food, and alcohol. Across America, Gopuff is known for satiating late-night cravings for Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Doritos, Red Bull, and, in select markets, White Claw and rescuing those in need of diapers, condoms, and cleaning products. Gopuffallows users the joy of browsing the shelves without the hassle of going to the store. It takes seconds to navigate the app and minutes for Gopuff’s Driver-Partners to deliver the customer’s needs and wants. The company was founded in 2013 by Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, two Drexel University students with a minivan and a vision to make everyday life a little easier. | $250M / Venture - Series Unknown / Nov 13, 2025 | |
TEKEVER
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The Tekever Group is a provider of innovative technologies in Software, Aerospace, Defence and Security Markets. | $534.2M / May 06, 2025 | |
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TEKEVER
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The Tekever Group is a provider of innovative technologies in Software, Aerospace, Defence and Security Markets. | $73.8M / Series B / Nov 20, 2024 | |
Cosm
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Cosm is a technology, media, and entertainment company that builds end-to-end solutions for experiences in the technology and entertainment sectors. It offers an experience solution that includes physical design, engineering, manufacturing, software, display engine, and content to deliver immersive experiences on a large scale. | $250M / Venture - Series Unknown / Jul 31, 2024 | |
UPSIDE Foods
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UPSIDE Foods (formerly known as Memphis Meats) develops meat produced directly from animal cells without the need to raise and slaughter actual animals. This approach requires significantly less water, land, and energy than conventional meat production, enabling consumers to enjoy meat that is clean, humane, and free of harmful chemicals.Co-founded and led by Dr. Uma Valeti in 2015, UPSIDE Foods is headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $400M / Series C / Apr 21, 2022 | |
Inclusively
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Inclusively is the technology-centered professional network and employment platform. Our modern recruitment process connects job seekers with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses, to inclusive employers committed to providing needed workplace accommodations. We are dedicated to driving employment among the disabilitycommunity as a matter of both human dignity and economic urgency.1 in 4 of us have or will have, a disability during our working years. We are a marketplace for candidates who benefit from workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including mobility/physical, visual, hearing, neurodivergent, cognitive, speech, chronic illnesses, mental health conditions, and intellectual disabilities. | $2.4M / Seed / May 03, 2021 | |
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Gopuff
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Gopuff is a Philadelphia-based company that delivers products like over-the-counter medicine, baby food, and alcohol. Across America, Gopuff is known for satiating late-night cravings for Ben and Jerry’s ice cream, Doritos, Red Bull, and, in select markets, White Claw and rescuing those in need of diapers, condoms, and cleaning products. Gopuffallows users the joy of browsing the shelves without the hassle of going to the store. It takes seconds to navigate the app and minutes for Gopuff’s Driver-Partners to deliver the customer’s needs and wants. The company was founded in 2013 by Yakir Gola and Rafael Ilishayev, two Drexel University students with a minivan and a vision to make everyday life a little easier. | $1.2B / Series G / Mar 23, 2021 | |
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Inclusively
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Inclusively is the technology-centered professional network and employment platform. Our modern recruitment process connects job seekers with disabilities, mental health conditions, and chronic illnesses, to inclusive employers committed to providing needed workplace accommodations. We are dedicated to driving employment among the disabilitycommunity as a matter of both human dignity and economic urgency.1 in 4 of us have or will have, a disability during our working years. We are a marketplace for candidates who benefit from workplace accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), including mobility/physical, visual, hearing, neurodivergent, cognitive, speech, chronic illnesses, mental health conditions, and intellectual disabilities. | $2.4M / Seed / Mar 15, 2021 | |
Tillit
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Tillit is a DIY investment platform for retail investors offering best-in-class funds across regions, asset classes and styles. We are built and backed by investment specialists who believe that the success to long-term investing lies in funds. With a clean design, a user-friendly interface and engaging content, we empower people to make moreinformed investment decisions. We want people to stop trading and start investing. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 04, 2020 | |
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TILLIT
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Tillit is a DIY investment platform for retail investors offering best-in-class funds across regions, asset classes and styles. We are built and backed by investment specialists who believe that the success to long-term investing lies in funds. With a clean design, a user-friendly interface and engaging content, we empower people to make moreinformed investment decisions. We want people to stop trading and start investing. | $1.3M / Pre-Seed / Oct 04, 2020 | |
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Co-Investors
About Baillie Gifford
Baillie Gifford is an independently owned investment management firm. It is owned and run by 39 of its senior executives, who operate as a partnership, a structure that has endured for over a century and provides stability for clients and motivation for employees. It enables them to manage the business for the future as well as the present, with anemphasis on genuine long-term thinking rather than lurching haplessly between short-term targets.
Baillie Gifford Contacts
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Shan Shan
Investment Manager for Private Companies
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Adam Conn
Head of Trading
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Andrew Telfer
CEO
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Anika Penn
Investment Researcher
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Brogan Harris
Investment Manager
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FAQ
What does Chris Evdaimon invest in?
Chris Evdaimon invests primarily in Software, Mobile and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 80 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Chris Evdaimon's check size?
Chris Evdaimon typically joins rounds of $800k–$3M at Seed, $110k–$1.3M at Pre-Seed and $5M–$21M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Chris Evdaimon participates in.
When did Chris Evdaimon last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chris Evdaimon closed in Nov 2025. Shizune tracks 80 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?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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