Katelyn Donnelly
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I founded Avalanche, a venture firm based in Austin that backs early-stage technology companies in sectors the government is about to spend trillions on. I make three concentrated bets — government infrastructure, defense-adjacent deep tech, and the digitization of public services — with a portfolio that includes Aalo Atomics, Civic Marketplace, and Starbridge.

Before that, I co-founded Delivery Associates, a global public sector advisory firm, and ran a $65M EdTech venture fund at Pearson. I'm a Kauffman Fellow and started my career at McKinsey.

I've invested in or worked with companies and governments in over 20 countries.

I write Declarative Statements, a weekly newsletter on where government money meets frontier technology.