# Katelyn Donnelly

> Katelyn Donnelly is a seed investor at Avalanche VC backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 12 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Avalanche VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalanche-vc)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 12
- Last investment: Jul 2025
- Lead investor: 17%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/katelyndonnelly
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/krdonnelly
- Website: https://x.com/krdonnelly

Katelyn Donnelly is a seed investor at Avalanche VC in New York focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Katelyn Donnelly is the General Partner at Avalanche VC. She attended Duke University.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$13M |
| Pre-Seed | $600k–$1.4M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 42% |
| Software | 3 | 25% |
| Education | 3 | 25% |
| Information Technology | 3 | 25% |
| Internet | 2 | 17% |

31 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 58% |
| Pre-Seed | 4 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 8% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 10 | 83% |
| Germany | 1 | 8% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Franzy | Franzy is the "Zillow for franchising"—a smarter, more transparent way to find, compare, and finance franchise opportunities. We match aspiring entrepreneurs with the right franchise brands based on their goals, experience, and budget, making the path to business ownership simpler, faster, and more accessible. | $2.2M | Seed | Jul 15, 2025 |  |
| Civic Marketplace | Civic Marketplace is a platform that simplifies purchasing decisions, helps agencies make efficient, informed choices, and boosts local economic growth by providing access and opportunities to historically underutilized businesses. | $3.2M | Seed | Nov 20, 2024 |  |
| Bluesky | Bluesky is a new social media platform. | $8M | Seed | Jul 05, 2023 |  |
| Offered.ai | Get offers at high-paying jobs or it's free | $750K | Pre-Seed | Jun 15, 2023 |  |
| Odyssey | Odyssey is the first business to create a product specifically for managing education savings accounts and microgrants. | $4.8M | Seed | Oct 26, 2022 |  |
| Molecule | Molecule is a software platform used to decentralise intellectual property development in the biotech industry. The company was founded in 2020 by Paul Kohlhaas and Tyler Golato and is headquartered in Schaffhausen, Switzerland. | $12.7M | Seed | Jun 13, 2022 |  |
| Libation Labs | Libation Labs is revolutionizing the wine industry with cutting-edge technology. Founded in 2022 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States. | $600K | Pre-Seed | Feb 28, 2022 |  |
| Prof Jim | Prof Jim is an educational platform that revolutionizes the education sector by using artificial intelligence. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Sunnyvale, California, United States. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 06, 2022 |  |
| OfferFit | OfferFit is an AI-powered experimentation platform that automates decision-making and personalization for businesses. It enables companies to optimize customer engagement strategies by continuously testing and learning from various offers and interactions. The platform leverages machine learning to deliver tailored recommendations, improvingmarketing effectiveness and customer experience. | $14M | Series A | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Morty | Morty is a consumer app uniting people around IRL, interactive experiences. | $1.1M | Pre-Seed | Aug 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 12 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bling Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bling-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Overline](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/overline-vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Everywhere Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/everywhere-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Village Global](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/village-global-2) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [1kx](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/1kx) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [450 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/450-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Avalanche VC

VC Fund · New York, United States

Invests in technology companies that transform how people learn, earn, and own

1 contacts available at Avalanche VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Katelyn Donnelly | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/katelyn-donnelly |

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## FAQ

### What does Katelyn Donnelly invest in?

Katelyn Donnelly invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Education startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 12 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Katelyn Donnelly's check size?

Katelyn Donnelly typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$13M at Seed and $600k–$1.4M at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Katelyn Donnelly participates in.

### When did Katelyn Donnelly last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Katelyn Donnelly closed in Jul 2025. Shizune tracks 12 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### 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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