# Evan Sharp

> Evan Sharp is a seed investor at Pinterest backing Software and Information Technology. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Pinterest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pinterest)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evsharp
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/eshp
- Website: http://headerfooter.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/sharp

Evan Sharp is a seed investor at Pinterest in San Francisco focused on Software and Information Technology. Evan Sharp is the Co-Founder and Board Member of Pinterest, where he leads all design efforts. A former architect, Evan finds inspiration from pinning interesting maps, science facts, architecture, vacation plans, and fonts for his design projects. Before Pinterest,Evan worked at Facebook as a product designer. He received a bachelor’s degree inhistory from the University of Chicago and studied architecture at Columbia University. Evan hails from York, Pennsylvania, and currently resides in San Francisco, California.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.6M–$33M |
| Series A | $18M–$30M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 27% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 27% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 27% |
| Internet | 2 | 18% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 18% |

24 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 8 | 73% |
| Series A | 2 | 18% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 82% |
| Sweden | 1 | 9% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blomma | Blomma is a professional services company that provides career coaching and contextual guidance to help professionals organize work. | $5M | Seed | Apr 29, 2026 |  |
| BuildForever | BuildForever build products that feel personal, magical and deeply human. | $9.5M | Seed | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Subtle Computing | Subtle Computing, a voice-first computing company, created subtle voice technology with the goal of making voice the most dependable and effective interface available. | $6M | Seed | Nov 06, 2025 |  |
| Wispr Flow | Think it, speak it, send it. Effortless voice dictation for Mac and now Windows! | $30M | Series A | Jun 24, 2025 |  |
| Yupp | Yupp a discovering, contrasting, and utilizing the newest AIs is made simple and enjoyable, which also contributes to the field's future development.. | $33M | Seed | Jun 01, 2024 |  |
| Ristretto | Ristretto was created in Denver, Colorado in 2019 by Christopher Gerardino and Dominic da Silva as a brand and manufacturer of electric vehicles. Team Ristretto continued to amplify the brand and scale its vision of creating electric vehicles with a focus on design, performance, and technology. Making a positive impact in the community andenvironment through an artistic lens is fundamental to Ristretto’s mission.Ristretto is headquartered in Austin, Texas. |  | Seed | Jun 06, 2023 |  |
| Ristretto | Ristretto was created in Denver, Colorado in 2019 by Christopher Gerardino and Dominic da Silva as a brand and manufacturer of electric vehicles. Team Ristretto continued to amplify the brand and scale its vision of creating electric vehicles with a focus on design, performance, and technology. Making a positive impact in the community andenvironment through an artistic lens is fundamental to Ristretto’s mission.Ristretto is headquartered in Austin, Texas. |  | Seed | May 02, 2023 |  |
| Hume AI | Hume AI is a research lab and technology company that provides expressive communication tools. Through its platform, Hume AI provides the experimentally derived datasets, models, and APIs needed to ensure that technology is also guided by human expression, empathy, and well-being. | $17.8M | Series A | Jan 26, 2023 |  |
| Chroma | Chroma is the future sound of entertainment. | $5.4M | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |
| June Care | June Care matches families in need of childcare with stay-at-home parents who can provide care for their children. June Care manages scheduling, logistics, and payments, allowing you to focus on meeting new people. | $3.6M | Seed | Nov 01, 2021 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Abstract](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-list-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A*](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-capital-4ec5) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Pinterest

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Pinterest is a visual bookmarking tool for saving and discovering creative ideas. It helps its users to discover and do what they love--including recipes, arts and crafts, clothing, and home projects. Its site and app allow its users to save and post images on different boards, categorized and curated to each user's individual tastes. Userscan also follow boards created by other users, and re-post (or "pin") items to their own boards.The company was launched in 2009. To date, the site has more than 150 million monthly users and has more than than 1,000 employees.

5 contacts available at Pinterest.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| David Chaiken | Chief Architect | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-chaiken |
| Evan Sharp | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-sharp |
| Fredric Reynolds | Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fredric-g-reynolds |
| Jeremy King | SVP, Engineering | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jeremy-king-5 |
| Michelle Wilson | Board Member | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/l-michelle-wilson |

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## FAQ

### What does Evan Sharp invest in?

Evan Sharp invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 11 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 Evan Sharp's check size?

Evan Sharp typically joins rounds of $3.6M–$33M at Seed and $18M–$30M 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 Evan Sharp participates in.

### When did Evan Sharp last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Evan Sharp closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 11 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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