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ACTIVE
Global HQ
La Jolla, United States
Countries of investment
  • USA California
  • New York
  • Massachusetts
  • Texas
Investment stages
  • Series A
Industries
  • AI
  • Data Services
  • Consumer Internet
  • Media/Content
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • -
About
Avalon Ventures is a venture capital firm with over 30 years of experience, having founded and/or funded more than 100 information technology and life sciences companies. The firm focuses on seed and earlystage investments and prides itself on closely working with their portfolio companies on all aspects of development, from team building to strategy and operations to customer development. Notable investments include companies like Zynga, Cloudant, Otonomy, Simulmedia, Sova Pharmaceuticals, and Nanigans. All Avalon partners are seasoned entrepreneurs with extensive experience in company formation, operations, and value creation.
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$100K
Max check size
$5M
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Investment Thesis

Avalon Ventures is passionate about backing talented entrepreneurs seeking to build marketleading companies, focusing on seed and earlystage investments in information technology and life sciences sectors.
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Team

Kevin Kinsella – Founder

Steve Tomlin – Managing Director

Jay Lichter

Ph.D. – Managing Director

Rich Levandov – Managing Director

Brady Bohrmann – Managing Director

Tighe Reardon – Principal

Portfolio

Nanigans

Otonomy

Cloudant

Simulmedia

Zynga

Sova Pharmaceuticals

Memrise

Kinvey

Conjur

Indix

Redbooth

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