# Colin Evran

> Colin Evran is a seed investor at Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar) backing Financial Services. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yard-club)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jan 2024
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/colinevran

Colin Evran is a seed investor at Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar) in San Francisco focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Colin Evran - Founder / CEO @ Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar)

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 2 | 40% |
| FinTech | 1 | 20% |
| Internet | 1 | 20% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Canza Finance | Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system. | $2.3M | Seed | Jan 16, 2024 |  |
| Tephra Labs | Tephra Labs is building Fern, a global money movements API that can settle domestic and international payments in stablecoins and 50+ fiat currencies. | $5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2022 |  |
| Canza Finance | Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Canza Finance | Canza is building the world's largest non-institutional-based financial system. | $3.3M | Seed | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Secured Finance | Secured Finance is a platform provider for the cryptocurrency loans and derivatives market. | $4M | Seed | Jul 29, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dominance Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dominance-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Hashkey Exchange](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [HashKey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hashkey-capital-9c60) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [MEXC Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mexc-global) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [NGC Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ngc-ventures-a900) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar)

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Founded in San Francisco in 2013, Yard Club is dedicated to building technology to help the men and women who build our world. They produce construction tech platforms that help contractors and equipment rental companies better manage their owned and rented equipment fleets with the goal of maximizing utilization of their capital assets. In 2016,the company processed $120 million in transactions across over 2,500 contractors and rental companies.

5 contacts available at Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Colin Evran | Founder / CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-evran |
| Daniel Bradbury | Full Stack Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/daniel-bradbury |
| Jay Balanza | Product Designer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-balanza |
| Joel Frank | Senior iOS Engineer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-frank |
| Keith Geiser | QA Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keith-geiser |

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## FAQ

### What does Colin Evran invest in?

Colin Evran invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Internet startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 5 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 Colin Evran last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Colin Evran closed in Jan 2024. Shizune tracks 5 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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