# Evan Hoff

> Evan Hoff is a pre-seed investor at Velo Partners (London) backing Casino and Trading Platform. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Velo Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/velo-partners)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Feb 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-hoff-099721/

Evan Hoff is a pre-seed investor at Velo Partners in London focused on Casino and Trading Platform. Evan is a chartered accountant with significant industry experience. The initial part of his career was at PWC in audit and corporate finance. Later he was both founder and CEO of a series of ventures focused on various segments of the online gaming sector, including founder and CEO of a gaming investment company listed on the London StockExchange’s AIM market. Since then, Evan has focused on venture capital, private equity and fund raising with a particular focus on gaming investments. Evan is married with 3 kids, is a hack cyclist and triathlete and when not occupied with family and business is often found tending to his flock of 3 bikes.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Casino | 1 | 50% |
| Trading Platform | 1 | 50% |
| Financial Services | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bettormetrics | Bettormetrics is a data analytics infrastructure for your sports trading operation. |  | Series A | Feb 05, 2024 |  |
| Sugar | Sugar is a funding platform that helps game and app developers scale up with flexible, rapid, and economical funding. | $1.9M | Pre-Seed | Nov 02, 2020 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bettor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bettor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Passion Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/passion-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Velo Partners

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

Velo Partners is a principal investment fund specializing in investments in mobile gaming and online gambling globally. Velo Partners is based in London.

3 contacts available at Velo Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Hoff | Director & Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-hoff |
| Andrew Reader | Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-reader |
| Connor Williams | Associate Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/connor-williams-0b5e |

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## FAQ

### What does Evan Hoff invest in?

Evan Hoff invests primarily in Casino, Trading Platform and Financial Services startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Evan Hoff last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Evan Hoff closed in Feb 2024. Shizune tracks 2 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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