# Evan Van Ness

> Evan Van Ness is a seed investor in Houston backing Blockchain, Internet and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Location: Houston, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/evan_van_ness
- Website: https://evanvanness.com

Evan Van Ness is a seed investor in Houston focused on Blockchain and Internet. Evan Van Ness

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3M–$4.5M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 2 | 100% |
| Internet | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Open Source | 1 | 50% |
| Cryptocurrency | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 50% |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blockscout | Blockscout is the first fully-featured open-source blockchain explorer available for use by any Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) chain. Projects can download and use Blockscout as an explorer for their chains, and users can easily verify transactions, balances, block confirmations, smart contracts and other records. | $3M | Seed | Aug 07, 2024 |  |
| Sablier | Sablier provides a token distribution protocol used by DAOs and businesses for vesting, payroll, airdrops, and more. The linear stream is our flagship payment model, which distributes assets on a continuous, by-the-second basis.The way it works is that the sender of a payment stream first deposits a specific amount of ERC-20 tokens in a contract.Then, the contract progressively allocates the funds to the recipient, who can access them as they become available over time. The payment rate is influenced by various factors, including the start and end times, as well as the total amount of tokens deposited. | $4.5M | Seed | Mar 22, 2024 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [a16z crypto](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a16z-crypto) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [A.Capital Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-partners-l-p) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Cyfrin](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyfrin) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCV capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcv-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fenbushi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fenbushi-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Evan Van Ness invest in?

Evan Van Ness invests primarily in Blockchain, Internet and Software startups, most often at Seed 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.

### What is Evan Van Ness's check size?

Evan Van Ness typically joins rounds of $3M–$4.5M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Evan Van Ness participates in.

### When did Evan Van Ness last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Evan Van Ness closed in Aug 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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