Where does Katelyn Donnelly work?

Katelyn Donnelly is Managing Director at Avalanche VC.

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.

Where did Katelyn Donnelly go to school?

Katelyn Donnelly studied at Duke University (Economics).

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".

Katelyn Donnelly

Investor

Managing Director at Avalanche VC

Austin

Writes $25K – $1M checks · typically $100K

Kauffman Fellow · Class 21 30 Under 30 2014 · Education

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About

Katelyn Donnelly leads Avalanche, an Austin-based private investment firm focused on technology companies at structural inflection points. She began her career at McKinsey and Morgan Stanley before co-founding Delivery Associates, a global public-sector advisory firm that grew to more than 200 employees across 40+ countries and was acquired by private equity in 2022. She also ran a $65M global venture fund at Pearson. Today she holds a concentrated portfolio spanning government infrastructure, defense-adjacent deep tech, and the ownership economy, and serves on the board of Wabash Valley Resources.

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.

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Experience

AvalancheFounder and Managing Partnercurrent2022 — present
Wabash Valley ResourcesInvestor and Board Membercurrent2018 — present
Delivery AssociatesCo-Founder, Director, and Board Member2013 — 2022Global
Kauffman FellowsFellow - Class 212016 — 2018Palo Alto, CA
Pearsonco-founder and Managing Director of Pearson Ventures2012 — 2017London, United Kingdom
PearsonChief of Staff2011 — 2012London, United Kingdom
McKinsey & CompanySenior Business Analyst2008 — 2011San Francisco / New York City
Morgan StanleyFixed Income and Commodity Trading Analyst2007New York City Metropolitan Area
Red Bull North AmericaBrand Manager2005 — 2006

Skills & more

StrategyBusiness StrategyVenture CapitalManagementStrategic PlanningEntrepreneurshipLeadershipBusiness DevelopmentManagement ConsultingStart-upsAnalyticsPublic Speaking

+8 more

Due DiligenceInvestmentsMergers & Acquisitions (M&A)Information TechnologyData AnalysisFinancial ModelingStrategic PartnershipsPrivate Equity

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Board seats

Wabash Valley Resources

Investor

Aalo Atomics Acclinate Bluesky Civic Marketplace FranzyLibation LabsMoleculeMortyOdysseyOffered.aiOfferFitProf JimRiff AnalyticsScience Corporation The Social Institute Upright Education

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Writing

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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.

Where Have All The Flowers Gone?2026-09-07

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.

Good Luck, Babe!2026-08-02

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.

9 to 52026-07-05

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?: Katelyn Donnelly leads Avalanche, an Austin-based private investment firm focused on technology companies at structural inflection points. She began her career at McKinsey and Morgan Stanley before co-founding Delivery Associates, a global public-sector advisory firm that grew to more than 200 employees across 40+ countries and was acquired by private equity in 2022. She also ran a $65M global venture fund at Pearson. Today she holds a concentrated portfolio spanning government infrastructure, defense-adjacent deep tech, and the ownership economy, and serves on the board of Wabash Valley Resources.
Where does Katelyn Donnelly work?: Katelyn Donnelly is Managing Director 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, Bluesky, Civic Marketplace, Franzy, Libation Labs, Molecule, Morty, Odyssey, Offered.ai, OfferFit, Prof Jim, and 4 more.
Where did Katelyn Donnelly go to school?: Katelyn Donnelly studied at Duke University (Economics).
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".