# Evren Bilimer

> Evren Bilimer is a Series B investor at Invus (Scarsdale) backing Beauty and Retail. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Invus](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/invus)
- Location: Scarsdale, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/evren-bilimer/45/871/31

Evren Bilimer is a Series B investor at Invus in Scarsdale focused on Beauty and Retail. Evren is a Managing Director based in the New York office and focuses on investments in private companies. He joined Invus in 2002. Prior to joining Invus, Evren was a management consultant with McKinsey & Company in New York, where he worked with clients in a wide range of industries including financial services, media and entertainmentand retail. Previously, he worked at Procter & Gamble and Sakura Bank. Evren graduated from Yale University double majoring in Electrical Engineering and Economics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Beauty | 1 | 50% |
| Retail | 1 | 50% |
| Grocery | 1 | 50% |
| Shopping | 1 | 50% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 1 | 50% |
| Convertible Note | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thrive Market | Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality, healthy and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Thrive Market carries over 5,000 organicand non-GMO products, and offers 70+ filters and values, allowing you to shop by diet and lifestyle. Over the last 4 years, Thrive Gives has raised over $3.5M to fund food access and environmental sustainability causes. In March 2020, Thrive Market launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund, To date, raising over $1M and supporting over 30,000 families affected by the pandemic. | $111M | Series B | Jun 27, 2016 |  |
| Thrive Market | Thrive Market was founded in 2014 with a mission to make healthy living easy and affordable for everyone. As an online, membership-based market, we deliver the highest quality, healthy and sustainable products at member-only prices, while matching every paid membership with a free one for someone in need. Thrive Market carries over 5,000 organicand non-GMO products, and offers 70+ filters and values, allowing you to shop by diet and lifestyle. Over the last 4 years, Thrive Gives has raised over $3.5M to fund food access and environmental sustainability causes. In March 2020, Thrive Market launched a COVID-19 Relief Fund, To date, raising over $1M and supporting over 30,000 families affected by the pandemic. |  | Convertible Note |  |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Greycroft](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/greycroft) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [HDS Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hds-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Headline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/headlinevc) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kapor Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kapor-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [MaC Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mac-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Invus

VC Fund · New York, United States

Invus recognizes that every company is unique and that extraordinary business performance cannot be achieved by following a formulaic approach. Due to their unique structure, they have a great deal of flexibility in the types of companies and situations where they can get involved.They know that real transformation takes time and that it is nevera straight line. They fully align their incentives with their partners and have the wherewithal and long-term commitment to see through any bumps along the way.They have been successfully empowering owner-managers since 1985. They have been reinvesting the same pool of money from the same group of European families (through their Artal investment vehicle) since their founding. Today they manage over $4 billion in an evergreen fund and work out of offices in New York, London, Paris and Hong Kong.

5 contacts available at Invus.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benedetto Staccia | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benedetto-staccia |
| Christopher Marsh | Private Equity Senior Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/christopher-marsh |
| Evren Bilimer | Managing Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evren-bilimer |
| Addy Ho | Vice President | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/addy-ho |
| Benjamin Tsai | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-tsai |

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## FAQ

### What does Evren Bilimer invest in?

Evren Bilimer invests primarily in Beauty, Retail and Grocery startups, most often at Series B and Convertible Note stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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