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Katelyn Donnelly
InvestorManaging Partner at Avalanche VC
Austin / New York City
Writes $25K – $1M checks · typically $100K
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About
Founder and Managing Director of Avalanche VC. Previously co-founded and directed Delivery Associates (exited to private equity in 2022) and co-founded Pearson Ventures, a $65M global edtech fund. A former McKinsey consultant, Kauffman Fellow, and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, she graduated from Duke University in economics.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHardwareSaaS
Beyond investing
- Founded
- Co-founded Delivery Associates, a global public-sector advisory firm that grew to over 200 employees across 40+ countries and exited to private equity in 2022.
- Education
- Studied economics at Duke.
- Boards
- Serves on the board of Wabash Valley Resources, a DOE-backed carbon-neutral ammonia facility in Indiana.
From Katelyn's own website — common ground for a warm intro.
Investments
Board seats
Wabash Valley Resources
Investor
Aalo AtomicsAcclinateAntigenBlueskyCivic MarketplaceFernstoneFranzyLibation LabsMoleculeMortyOdysseyOffered.aiOfferFitProf JimRiff AnalyticsScience CorporationThe Social InstituteUpright EducationVeria LabsWorksphere
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Writing
All posts ↗Katelyn Donnelly has recently written about defense-tech investing and the economics of deterrence, a review of macroeconomic risks driven by financial leverage (US debt, currency intervention, interest rates, a hedge fund margin call), and a personal essay on American identity, liberty, and the coming AI revolution.
Using the film Bugonia as a springboard, the author argues that rising global military spending and primes' record backlogs make defense-tech startups' 10x valuation premium a bet on cutting the unit cost of deterrence.
The author reviews recent economic shifts—yen intervention, near-$40 trillion US debt, rising long rates, the Iran conflict, oil reserves, and a hedge fund margin call—tied together by pervasive financial leverage.
Reflecting on her time abroad and Revolutionary ancestry, the author celebrates America's founding idea of individual liberty and warns AI must not create a permanent underclass.
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Katelyn Donnelly?
- Founder and Managing Director of Avalanche VC. Previously co-founded and directed Delivery Associates (exited to private equity in 2022) and co-founded Pearson Ventures, a $65M global edtech fund. A former McKinsey consultant, Kauffman Fellow, and Forbes 30 Under 30 honoree, she graduated from Duke University in economics.
- Where does Katelyn Donnelly work?
- Katelyn Donnelly is Managing Partner at Avalanche VC.
- What does Katelyn Donnelly invest in?
- Katelyn Donnelly invests in AI & Machine Learning, Deep Tech, Enterprise Software, Future of Work, Hardware, SaaS.
- What check size does Katelyn Donnelly write?
- Katelyn Donnelly typically writes checks of $25K – $1M.
- What boards does Katelyn Donnelly sit on?
- Katelyn Donnelly holds tracked board seats at Wabash Valley Resources.
- What companies has Katelyn Donnelly invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Aalo Atomics, Acclinate, Antigen, Bluesky, Civic Marketplace, Fernstone, Franzy, Libation Labs, Molecule, Morty, Odyssey, Offered.ai, and 8 more.
- What has Katelyn Donnelly written?
- Katelyn Donnelly has 3 tracked posts on declarativestatements.com, including "Where Have All The Flowers Gone?", "Good Luck, Babe!", "9 to 5".
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