AI
Building in AI since 2018.
Helping AI founders with positioning, distribution and partnerships.
BDE Ventures
Advisory for the architects of tomorrow.
Operator-led advisory across positioning, distribution, strategic partnerships, and capital preparation.
Active thesis
Judgment at the inflection point.
Blockchain
Advising founders on blockchain products, token economies and adoption.
Brian has been building in crypto since 2013.
Ecommerce & Influencer Marketing
Building and scaling businesses through commerce, creators and distribution.
Brian has been building in ecommerce since 2005 and influencer marketing since 2011.
Consumer Platforms & Brands
Connecting brands with creators, communities and customers.
How we work
Early-stage partnerships.
BDE Ventures is focused exclusively on early-stage partnerships.
We help founders sharpen their positioning, build distribution through creators and influencer marketing, and develop strategic partnerships.
Positioning
Clarify the narrative, category, and point of view that gives a company room to move.
Distribution
Build a clearer path from attention to adoption through influencer marketing and creator partnerships.
Strategic partnerships
Focus the relationships and opportunities that can create meaningful leverage at the next decision.
Capital preparation
Prepare the market story and financing conversation before momentum has to carry the work alone.
Featured & published in
BDE Dispatch
Notes from the edge.
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AI Is Creating Modern Vampires
Why agency, taste, and distribution matter more as AI amplifies execution.
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Chips Across the Felt
The AI Credit Reset Wars of 2026
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AI Agents Need Crypto Rails
The infrastructure gap between AI and crypto is bigger than anyone wants to admit.
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The Generalist Era Is Here
Look, I’m going to tell you something that goes against basically everything you’ve heard about career advice.
Founder
Brian D. Evans
Brian D. Evans is the founder of BDE Ventures, an Inc. 500 entrepreneur, a 40 Under 40 honoree and an AI-first builder and investor.
He co-founded Advising.com and has been building in ecom since 2005, influencer marketing since 2011, crypto since 2013 and AI since 2018.
- Audience
- 1.5M+ followers across platforms
- Recognition
- Inc. 500 · 40 Under 40
We do not back tourists.
We partner exclusively with operators building the next iteration of the internet. If you are solving a generational challenge in our areas of focus, we invite you to reach out.