# Avalanche

> Avalanche is a VC fund in Brooklyn backing Blockchain and Cryptocurrency. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Brooklyn, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Feb 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/avalancheavax/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/avalancheavax
- Website: https://www.avalabs.org/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/avalancheavax

Avalanche is an open-source platform for launching highly decentralized applications, new financial primitives, and new interoperable blockchains.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Avalanche. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Avalanche. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/avalanche?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $4.5M–$21M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Blockchain | 4 | 80% |
| Cryptocurrency | 4 | 80% |
| FinTech | 3 | 60% |
| Developer APIs | 2 | 40% |
| Database | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Series A | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 1 | 20% |
| Singapore | 1 | 20% |
| Seychelles | 1 | 20% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 20% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chris Lavery | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chris-lavery |
| Emin Gün Sirer | Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emin-g%C3%BCn-sirer |
| Kevin Sekniqi | Co-Founder&Chief Operating Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kevin-kevin-sekniqi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Qredo | Qredo is a platform that provides secure and fast movement of digital assets.Qredo powers institutional traders to secure and accelerate the movement of digital assets 24/7 on an open protocol.Qredo eliminates the operational and security burden of wallet key management and the cyber-threats that result from trading operations, storage, andtransfer of digital assets | $80M | Series A | Feb 04, 2022 |  |
| Colony Lab | Colony Lab is a community-driven initiative to power the Avalanche Platform growth by investing in early-stage projects. | $21M | Seed | Nov 30, 2021 |  |
| Pontem Network | Pontem Network is a product studio building the first-ever suite of foundational dApps for Aptos. Pontem Wallet, the secure and powerful wallet for Aptos, is available for Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, iOS and Android.Use Pontem Wallet to store and send any tokens on Aptos. The wallet is integrated with our Liquidswap DEX, the first DEX and AMM forAptos, Topaz and Souffl3 NFT marketplaces, Ditto and Tortuga liquid staking platforms, Argo and Aries lending protocols, and all other major Aptos dApps. Our other products include the browser code editor Move Playground, the Move IntelliJ IDE plugin for developers, and the Solidity-to-Move code translator ByteBabel – the first ever implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine for Aptos. | $4.5M |  | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| Pontem Network | Pontem Network is a product studio building the first-ever suite of foundational dApps for Aptos. Pontem Wallet, the secure and powerful wallet for Aptos, is available for Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, iOS and Android.Use Pontem Wallet to store and send any tokens on Aptos. The wallet is integrated with our Liquidswap DEX, the first DEX and AMM forAptos, Topaz and Souffl3 NFT marketplaces, Ditto and Tortuga liquid staking platforms, Argo and Aries lending protocols, and all other major Aptos dApps. Our other products include the browser code editor Move Playground, the Move IntelliJ IDE plugin for developers, and the Solidity-to-Move code translator ByteBabel – the first ever implementation of the Ethereum Virtual Machine for Aptos. | $4.5M | Seed | Jun 04, 2021 |  |
| Covalent | Covalent is the leading modular data infrastructure layer dedicated to solving major challenges in blockchain and AI, including verifiability, decentralized AI inference, and Long-Term Data Availability. Its large reservoir of structured, verifiable data enhances decentralized training and inference, reducing the risk of manipulated or biased AImodels. Additionally, the Covalent Network's Ethereum Wayback Machine ensures secure, decentralized access to Ethereum’s transaction data. Trusted by over 3,000 leading organizations, Covalent powers AI, DeFi, GameFi, and more with unfettered access to on-chain data from over 225 blockchains.Learn about the EWM: Technical \| Non-TechnicalFor more information, check out Covalent’s: Official Website \| Twitter/X \| Linktree | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 24, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Delphi Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/delphi-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [GBV Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/genesis-block-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Kenetic](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kenetic-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alameda Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alameda-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Altonomy](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altonomy) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Animoca Brands](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/animoca-brands-corporation) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Avalanche invest in?

Avalanche invests primarily in Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Avalanche's check size?

Avalanche typically joins rounds of $4.5M–$21M at Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Avalanche participates in.

### How do I contact Avalanche?

Public channels for Avalanche include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Avalanche?

The team at Avalanche includes Chris Lavery (Chief Financial Officer), Emin Gün Sirer (Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer) and Kevin Sekniqi (Co-Founder&Chief Operating Officer). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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