Avalanche VC

Avalanche VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in New York, New York. The firm focuses on investing in technology companies that are poised to transform various sectors, particularly in the areas of future of work, learning technology, government technology, and the ownership economy. By targeting innovative companies, Avalanche VC aims to support advancements that enhance how individuals learn, earn, and engage with ownership.

Martin Smith

Venture Partner

40 past transactions

Starbridge

Seed Round in 2025
Starbridge is an AI-powered platform that enables businesses to efficiently secure contracts in the state, local, and education sectors, allowing governments to solve problems faster and more effectively.

Civic Marketplace

Seed Round in 2024
Civic Marketplace is a digital platform focused on public procurement, aiming to streamline purchasing decisions for government agencies. It provides an AI-driven marketplace featuring a searchable database and one-click buying functionality, which facilitates the efficient discovery, sharing, and acquisition of technology while ensuring legal compliance. By enhancing access to opportunities for historically underutilized businesses, Civic Marketplace also promotes local economic growth and enables agencies to make informed, effective purchasing choices.

Feature

Seed Round in 2024
Feature operates an entertainment studio focused on transforming traditional television into immersive metaverse experiences. By utilizing blockchain technology and proprietary tools, Feature enhances marketing, engagement, and loyalty for creators and brands. Their innovative web3 video stack enables the conversion of passive viewers into identifiable users, fostering a direct connection between creators and their audiences. Additionally, the company provides interactive minting capabilities, blockchain-enabled gaming, and social media integration, allowing for the development of Web3 native content. This approach positions Feature as a key player in the evolving landscape of digital interaction and content delivery.

CyberNut

Pre Seed Round in 2024
The CyberNut missions are deep-rooted in a profound understanding of education and technology.

Ednition

Seed Round in 2024
Ednition is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company specializing in providing a rostering infrastructure and automation platform tailored for the edtech industry. Its platform offers real-time security posture monitoring, ensuring compliance with SOC2 reports and attestations. Key features include rostering, data integration, interoperability, and application management, enabling edtech developers to build, scale, and manage their applications efficiently.

Offered.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Elevate your job search with the latest AI technology and expert recruiter support

Kepler Savings

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Kepler Savings is a developer of a mobile retirement savings application that aims to enhance retirement planning for both W2 employees and 1099 workers. The platform offers advanced payroll-deducted retirement options, allowing users to automate their savings setup by linking any debit or credit card. This innovative approach enables wage workers and their employers to accumulate cashback from everyday purchases, thereby increasing their savings for retirement. Through its user-friendly application, Kepler Savings seeks to simplify the process of retirement planning and encourage more individuals to secure their financial future.

Elixir

Seed Round in 2023
Elixir is a decentralized protocol that facilitates algorithmic market-making across both centralized and decentralized exchanges. It is designed to enhance composability for integrations, allowing retail users to engage in market-making activities and potentially earn profits. Additionally, Elixir provides projects and trading venues with access to active market-making services for their trading pairs, thus promoting liquidity and efficiency in the market. The protocol emphasizes computational security, ensuring that transactions and market activities are conducted safely and reliably.

GitPOAP

Seed Round in 2022
GitPOAP operates as a decentralized reputation platform that utilizes blockchain technology to represent off-chain accomplishments and contributions through digital badges known as POAPs. This innovative approach allows individuals to create a public and immutable record of their contributions, providing cryptographic proof of attendance for various achievements. The badges are viewable by anyone, enabling repository owners to acknowledge and support their contributors, thereby fostering community engagement and growth. GitPOAP aims to enhance recognition of individual efforts within the broader ecosystem, promoting transparency and accountability in contributions.

Prisms VR

Seed Round in 2022
Prisms VR is a STEM education platform based in San Francisco, California, founded by Anurupa Ganguly. The company specializes in creating immersive educational experiences using virtual reality technology. Its software features modules designed to provide realistic 3D environments that facilitate problem-solving and enhance understanding of complex concepts. These modules support content remediation and reinforce lessons learned in class, making them valuable for both in-person and remote learning settings. The platform aims to assist teachers and parents in teaching and fostering spatial thinking skills in students, ultimately enriching the educational experience.

Boundless Life

Seed Round in 2022
Boundless Life is a company based in Montreal, Canada, founded in 2021, that specializes in creating travel communities for families, particularly digital nomads. The business provides thoughtfully designed communities in picturesque locations worldwide, featuring location-independent private homes, co-working spaces, and a school system focused on experiential learning. Additionally, Boundless Life incorporates recreational hubs tailored to local cultures, allowing families to connect with one another while exploring diverse environments. By offering these services, the company facilitates sustainable travel experiences that enrich the lives of families and promote cultural immersion.

Sparkwise

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sparkwise is an online learning platform focused on enhancing professional development through interactive group challenges. It utilizes AI-enabled technology to facilitate engaging and impactful group learning experiences that prioritize hands-on practice and real-time collaboration. The platform is designed to operate efficiently, allowing users to participate in immersive learning sessions that align with their individual passions and goals. With a commitment to making quality education accessible, Sparkwise leverages decades of expertise in adult learning to inspire both personal growth and collective insights among participants. This approach addresses common challenges in the learning landscape, balancing the need for scalability with meaningful engagement.

FIRST

Pre Seed Round in 2022
A remote company providing software to delivery services offers businesses a single API to tap into any fleet and Delivery Command Center to manage delivery at scale

Chainstarters

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Chainstarters provides an optimized cloud infrastructure aimed at assisting the development community in building and scaling innovative technologies efficiently. The platform eliminates the need for dev-ops, allowing software developers to focus on creativity and productivity. With features that include instant launch, branded experiences, digital asset creation, utility integration, and an analytics dashboard, Chainstarters enables businesses to enhance customer loyalty, boost engagement, and collect reliable data. Agencies and engineers utilizing Chainstarters can achieve substantial cost savings—up to 75% in development expenses—while significantly reducing the product development lifecycle by over 50%. This comprehensive solution fosters growth and facilitates the activation of communities, ultimately driving transformative outcomes for its users.

Prof Jim

Venture Round in 2022
Prof Jim is an educational platform founded in 2020 and based in Sunnyvale, California, that aims to transform the education sector through the use of artificial intelligence. The platform offers a variety of online courses designed and managed by AI, providing students with enhanced learning experiences. This innovative approach enables learners to acquire knowledge effectively from home, particularly during challenging times such as the pandemic. Prof Jim's commitment to leveraging technology in education positions it as a forward-thinking entity in the evolving landscape of online learning.

Kurios

Seed Round in 2021
Kurios is a Y Combinator-backed company that specializes in delivering cohort-based online courses focused on digital business skills for professionals and companies in Latin America. The company offers training programs in areas such as Product Management, Growth, and Digital Management, instructed by experts from leading global tech firms. Kurios serves major enterprises in the region, including Walmart Mexico, Femsa, Coppel, Bancolombia, BCP, and Alicorp. By providing flexible and interactive training, Kurios aims to equip clients with the necessary skills to thrive in the digital landscape and achieve significant business outcomes.

Passage Labs

Seed Round in 2021
Creators of Puller AI. Empowering enterprises with cutting-edge technology in Al, data management, and blockchain. Puller AI (www.puller.ai) empowers non-technical business users to independently access data and transform it into analytics-ready formats, without relying on IT or data engineering. Built by veterans in Commercial Data & AI, Puller AI streamlines the journey from raw data to actionable insights — enabling a more efficient, data-driven decision-making culture.

OpenAxis

Pre Seed Round in 2021
OpenAxis creates an automated chart based on the data provided and also allows users to browse the datasets. In addition, it offers analytics services.

Zest

Seed Round in 2021
Zest is a DAO toolkit developing firm that helps to create and manage enterprise-ready DAOs.

Systematic Ventures

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Systematic Ventures uses machine learning and AI to let you see deeper into private markets

Hammr

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Hammr Inc. operates a professional network designed for the construction industry, connecting builders, contractors, and skilled tradespeople. Incorporated in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Hammr offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates time tracking, payroll, benefits, and compliance for its users. By linking construction companies with professionals and projects, Hammr enhances collaboration and communication within the industry. The platform serves as a valuable resource for clients seeking to manage their workforce and back office operations effectively, enabling them to build their brand and hire talent more efficiently.

Genus AI

Seed Round in 2021
Genus AI is a London-based company that operates a generative artificial intelligence platform designed for direct-to-consumer and e-commerce brands. Founded in 2016, the platform assists businesses in engaging customers with emotionally intelligent marketing strategies. It generates product catalog images, audience segments, advertising copy, and videos to enhance brand growth across social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and X. In 2023, the platform produced 10 million product images, reflecting its widespread adoption among leading global brands. Genus AI's offerings are structured into three main components: Creative Hub, Audience Hub, and Reporting Hub, which collectively simplify access to advanced AI solutions for marketers, enabling them to improve key performance metrics effectively.

Humanly.io

Seed Round in 2021
Humanly’s conversational AI engages with every single candidate. By automating the repetitive candidate screening and selection tasks, you reclaim valuable time. And by creating visibility into the interview, you make more confident and equitable hiring decisions using clear-cut evidence. The company was founded in 2019 and is Co-Headquartered in Seattle, Washington , and Sacramento, California.

Edgi Learning

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Edgi Learning, based in New York, USA, develops a digital platform aimed at enhancing the learning experience for high school students. The platform offers engaging and accessible education through a combination of short-form videos on diverse subjects such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, cryptocurrency, and geopolitics. Accompanying these videos are bite-sized quizzes that facilitate information retention and accelerate the learning process, allowing students to accomplish more in less time.

Ednition

Funding Round in 2021
Ednition is a Software as a Service (SaaS) company specializing in providing a rostering infrastructure and automation platform tailored for the edtech industry. Its platform offers real-time security posture monitoring, ensuring compliance with SOC2 reports and attestations. Key features include rostering, data integration, interoperability, and application management, enabling edtech developers to build, scale, and manage their applications efficiently.

Whalesync

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Whalesync is a developer of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that facilitates seamless data synchronization across various tools. By enabling quick and efficient syncing of business data from platforms like Airtable to Webflow and Notion, Whalesync simplifies the process for enterprises, eliminating the need for complex engineering or data pipelines. The platform supports a range of use cases, including the generation of CMS pages for search engine optimization, the setup of internal tools, and the creation of no-code applications. Businesses can manage all their data synchronization needs from a spreadsheet, streamlining operations and enhancing productivity.

Upright Education

Seed Round in 2021
Upright Education is an educational organization founded in 2021 and based in Burlington, Vermont. The company collaborates with colleges and universities to address the technology skills gap and prepare adults for future employment opportunities. Upright Education offers a range of courses focused on high-demand skills, including software development, UX and UI design, front-end coding, client-side scripting, database development, agile development, and design thinking. Through its platform, the organization aims to empower institutions with digital workforce programs that facilitate learning and equip students with the necessary skills for high-growth careers in the technology sector.

Brite

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Brite is an educational platform focused on empowering communities to teach coding to children. It offers a comprehensive curriculum, tools, and resources, incorporating interactive gaming elements to engage young learners and enhance their coding skills. By supporting educators, academies, and community organizations, Brite aims to make computer science education accessible and enjoyable, enabling users to teach coding in an effective and entertaining manner.

Rand

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Rand Gallery is a prominent NFT platform specializing in the buying, selling, and distribution of non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It operates on the Algorand blockchain, allowing users to create, research, manage, collect, and trade digital assets efficiently. Rand Gallery aims to enhance community experiences within the NFT space, offering a user-friendly environment for both newcomers and seasoned collectors. Through its innovative approach, it facilitates access to new NFT collections and supports the growing interest in digital assets.

Upstock

Seed Round in 2021
Upstock is a cloud-based platform that offers an innovative solution for equity management, enabling companies to share ownership with their employees. Founded in 2015 and based in Norway, Upstock aims to modernize the traditional stock option system by providing a simple and fair replacement. The platform serves a broad market, focusing on equity plan creation and communication for the majority of companies that lack access to conventional equity systems. By streamlining the process, Upstock significantly reduces the time and legal costs associated with equity management. The platform allows employees to monitor their equity in real-time, fostering a sense of ownership and motivating them to contribute to the company's success. Ultimately, Upstock helps companies attract, motivate, and retain talent by empowering workers to think and act like co-owners.

Acclinate

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Acclinate is a venture-backed company focused on enhancing representation and diversity in genomic research and clinical trials through its digital health platform. By utilizing machine learning and predictive analytics, Acclinate automates the processes of identifying, educating, engaging, and retaining diverse participants for research studies. This approach not only empowers communities to improve their health outcomes but also helps biopharmaceutical organizations reduce the overall costs associated with drug development. Through sustained engagement and AI-driven insights, Acclinate aims to foster better health practices and outcomes within underrepresented populations.

Worksphere

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Worksphere helps companies manage a hybrid workplace where employees work in-office or remote. The company automates desk reservations, team scheduling, and gives companies data usage to right-size their office.

Level

Pre Seed Round in 2021
We are on a mission to empower people to build microbusinesses with the financial Operating System they need to thrive. By building this financial OS supported by tailored financial services, we are playing an influential role in creating a world in which the smallest businesses have the biggest opportunities.

Continuum

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Continuum is an innovative learning platform designed to enhance vocational education through engaging, short-form courses presented in a format similar to TikTok videos. As the first tokenized learn-to-earn platform, it enables users to acquire skills while earning cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFTs) for their participation in the learning process. The platform caters to a global audience, with content accessible on web, iPhone, and Android devices, and has attracted users from 107 countries. By combining education with rewards, Continuum aims to make vocational learning both enjoyable and efficient.

LoanSense

Seed Round in 2021
Loansense is a debt management platform designed to assist borrowers in reducing their student loan debt and achieving homeownership. The company provides tools for setting financial goals and personalizing debt repayment plans, which help improve borrowers' debt-to-income ratios. By collaborating with networks in mortgage technology and mortgage brokerages, Loansense facilitates quicker mortgage closings for student loan debtors. The platform offers comprehensive financial planning, student loan servicing, and advisory services, enabling users to navigate the complexities of debt management and transition smoothly into homeownership.

Pencil Spaces

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pencil Spaces is a technology company that focuses on enhancing the online learning experience for both educators and students. It operates an online tutoring platform designed to simplify the digital classroom environment for tutors. The platform provides free profiles, libraries, and various tools that facilitate online education, allowing users to plan and organize projects effectively. By leveraging artificial intelligence and promoting deep collaboration, Pencil Spaces aims to make education more productive and engaging.

The Social Institute

Pre Seed Round in 2020
The Social Institute is a developer of a gamified online learning platform aimed at empowering students to navigate their social environments positively. The institute provides a range of services tailored to schools, including interactive workshops, unique speeches, school curricula, brand consulting, and a digital educational platform for parents. These offerings can be delivered in-person or remotely, depending on the needs and preferences of the educational institutions. By focusing on assertive social development, The Social Institute helps students learn effective strategies for managing their social interactions and challenges.

Attention Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Attention Labs specializes in real-time audio routing technology, enabling seamless, echo-free communication across various devices and environments. Their patented AI-driven solution processes spatial and audio data to detect conversation groups in under 50 milliseconds, facilitating side conversations and personalized audio focus among both in-office and remote participants. Recognized by Product Hunt as a top audio and voice product in 2021, the company offers advanced audio APIs for communication platforms, supporting interactions across wearables and enhancing hybrid work experiences.

Tribute

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Tribute Company develops a workplace mentorship application aimed at enhancing mentorship for women. Founded in 2018 and based in Seattle, Washington, Tribute offers an enterprise SaaS platform that connects employees through shared life experiences and stories. This platform facilitates the creation of corporate mentoring programs, allowing for real-time access to knowledge sharing and micro-mentorship, which fosters team collaboration and productivity. By simplifying the mentorship process and providing employers with valuable insights, Tribute promotes a more authentic way for employees to discover and connect with mentors. The company focuses on addressing the needs of a diverse workforce while demonstrating the effectiveness of diversity and inclusion initiatives within organizations.

Next Gen HQ

Seed Round in 2019
Next Gen HQ is a company focused on empowering individuals to take charge of their careers through innovative solutions. It has developed a skill-building app that provides learning tools and fosters a community aimed at helping young people cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset. The app offers valuable resources on various topics, including personal branding, securing paid speaking engagements, effective social media use, and networking strategies. In addition to the digital platform, Next Gen HQ organizes in-person experiences to enhance learning and engagement. By equipping aspiring entrepreneurs with essential skills and guidance, the company aims to support their personal and professional development.
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