Katelyn Donnelly

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I lead Avalanche, a private investment firm based in Austin. I invest in deep technology companies at structural inflection points — the moments where pressure has been building invisibly, and movement becomes inevitable.

I got here by doing the work first. I co-founded Delivery Associates, a global public-sector advisory firm that grew to over 200 employees across 40+ countries. I led a $65M EdTech venture fund at Pearson. I started at McKinsey after studying economics at Duke. Across it all, the thread has been the same: complex markets, real infrastructure, and the conviction that the biggest shifts happen before most people notice.

Today, I hold a concentrated portfolio across government infrastructure, defense-adjacent deep tech, and the ownership economy. I sit on the board of Wabash Valley Resources, a DOE-backed carbon-neutral ammonia facility in Indiana.

I write Declarative Statements, a newsletter on whatever is currently holding my attention.