# Talfan Evans

> Talfan Evans's investments in AI tools on Anchor Terminal, ElevenLabs, with each listing's grade and the founders behind it.

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- Updated: 2026-10-28

Angel investor.

## Companies on Anchor Terminal

- **ElevenLabs**, Pre-seed, January 2023, valued at $11B as announced (the source doesn't say pre- or post-money), Series D, February 2026
  - [ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-agents.md), graded BB, 71.4/100
  - [ElevenLabs Music API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-music.md), graded B, 66.9/100
  - [ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-scribe.md), graded B, 69/100
  - [ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-tts.md), graded BB, 75.3/100
  - [ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API](https://www.anchorterminal.com/tools/elevenlabs-voice-cloning.md), graded BB, 74.8/100
  - Source: https://elevenlabs.io/blog/elevenlabs-raises-2m-pre-seed-and-announces-ai-speech-platform-promising-to-revolutionize-audio-storytelling

## Where they invest

- Conversational voice agents, 1
- Music generation, 1
- Speech-to-text, 1
- Text-to-speech, 1
- Voice cloning & custom voices, 1

## Founders they backed

- [Mati Staniszewski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/mati-staniszewski/), ElevenLabs
- [Piotr Dąbkowski](https://www.anchorterminal.com/people/piotr-dabkowski/), ElevenLabs

## Questions

### Which AI tools has Talfan Evans invested in?

Anchor Terminal lists ElevenLabs backed by Talfan Evans.

### How are Talfan Evans's companies graded?

On Anchor Terminal's benchmark, ElevenLabs Agents API + MCP (BB, 71.4), ElevenLabs Music API (B, 66.9), ElevenLabs Scribe Speech to Text API (B, 69), ElevenLabs Text to Speech API + MCP (BB, 75.3) and ElevenLabs Voice Cloning and Voice Design API (BB, 74.8).

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