# Evan Waters

> Evan Waters is a pre-seed investor at Blinkist backing Information Technology and Security. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Blinkist](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blinkist)
- Location: Lisbon, Portugal
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evan-waters/
- Website: https://www.evanmwaters.com/

Evan Waters is a pre-seed investor at Blinkist in Lisbon focused on Information Technology and Security. Evan Waters is the SVP of Marketing at go1. Previously he was the VP of Marketing at Blinkist, the Head of Marketing for OLX Group, Europe's largest classifieds marketplace. Prior to OLX, he served as the Senior Director of Growth & Marketing at Prosus (formerly Naspers), one of the world’s largest global internet and entertainmenttechnology investors. Responsible for helping organizations such as Flipkart, OLX, Souq, Allegro, eMag, and Udemy ignite fast and efficient growth. Earlier in his career, he built acquisition programs at Trulia and Tripping.com and helped companies like DoorDash, Fuze, HealthSherpa, and plotly improve their digital presence.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | $1M–$1.3M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Information Technology | 2 | 50% |
| Security | 1 | 25% |
| Education | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 25% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Italy | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Learn.xyz | Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android. |  | Seed | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Learn.xyz | Learn.xyz’s is a mixture of Duolingo and Wikipedia, powered by AI, creating bite-sized “Curiosities” which feature slides and a quiz, in mere seconds just from taking in a user’s question. Find the app on iOS and Android. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Jun 08, 2022 |  |
| Serenis Health | Serenis Health provides video-based psychotherapy, coaching, and psychological support courses. It believes that the internet is critical to increasing access to mental health care. It makes use of data and digital tools to improve the efficacy of therapies. But, unlike other platforms, it is also a medical center, which means it is responsible forcourse quality and must meet the same standards as any polyclinic. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | Nov 18, 2021 |  |
| Cigent Technology | Cigent Technology is an IT company that protects businesses and individuals from ransomware, data theft, and malicious insider attacks. They safeguard data throughout its lifecycle by incorporating prevention-based defenses into storage and individual files. Cigent's experts have developed prevention methods that are superior to anythingavailable today based on decades of data recovery, cybersecurity, and device sanitization experience.The company's secure SSDs include "safe rooms" that use zero trust multi-factor authentication and hardware-based encryption to protect data at all times, even after the user logs in. | $7.6M | Series A | Apr 21, 2020 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Coinbase Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/coinbase-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CyberJunction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cyberjunction) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Earl Grey Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/earl-grey-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Flori Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flori-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bending Spoons](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bending-spoons) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Exor Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/exor-seeds) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Blinkist

VC Fund · Berlin, Germany

Where do the world’s smartest people get their ideas? From great books. Blinkist distills the key insights of 2,500+ bestselling nonfiction books into powerful 15-minute reads or listens for your mobile device.In 2017, Blinkist's app has been nominated by Apple as one of the best in the App Store. Blinkist has received the World SummitAward, granted by the United Nations, in the Learning & Education category, as well as a Google Material Design Award for Brand Expressiveness.At Blinkist, we got rid of classical management hierarchies and, instead, distributed authority among all colleagues. Blinkist fosters a unique company culture championing self-empowerment, personal development, direct communication and mutual support.Blinkist offers a fantastic workplace in the heart of Berlin-Neukölln including all the benefits you’d expect – from a personalized perk system to free private language lessons. Add a competitive salary, a personal development budget of 1,500€ per year, flexible working hours, and a meaningful product on the rise, and you have a first impression of why Blinkist is a great place to work.

5 contacts available at Blinkist.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Evan Waters | VP Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evan-waters |
| Holger Seim | Co-founder & CEO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/holger-seim |
| Niklas Jansen | Co-Founder and Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/niklas-jansen |
| Tobias Balling | Co-Founder and CTO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tobias-balling |
| Gessica Bicego | Senior Director of Growth, Performance Marketing | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gessica-bicego |

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## FAQ

### What does Evan Waters invest in?

Evan Waters invests primarily in Information Technology, Security and Education startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 4 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 Waters's check size?

Evan Waters typically joins rounds of $1M–$1.3M at Pre-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 Waters participates in.

### When did Evan Waters last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Evan Waters closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 4 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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