Avalanche VC

Founded in 2021, Avalanche VC is a venture capital firm based in New York. It invests in innovative technology companies that focus on transforming how people learn, earn, and own.

Katelyn Donnelly

GP and Founder

Past deals in EdTech

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. Their platform offers real-time security posture monitoring, ensuring compliance with SOC2 reports and attestations. Key features include rostering, data integration, interoperability, and the creation of enterprise data pipelines, enabling edtech developers to build and scale their applications efficiently.

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.

Sparkwise

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Sparkwise develops AI-enabled group learning platforms for enterprise capability building, delivering high-impact, scalable learning by automating structured collaboration at scale, forming small peer groups, guiding critical thinking and deliberate practice without manual moderation, and synthesizing insights in real time. The platform enables live cohort-based learning at reduced cost and complexity while maintaining engagement and quality, built on decades of research into adult learning to make effective learning accessible across teams and roles.

Prof Jim

Venture Round in 2022
Prof Jim is an educational platform that uses artificial intelligence to enhance learning. Founded in 2020 and based in Sunnyvale, California, the company applies AI to personalize content and interactions, aiming to improve engagement and outcomes for students.

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 in Latin America. The company offers training programs in areas such as Product Management, Growth, and Digital Management, taught by industry professionals from leading global tech firms like Amazon, Stripe, and Uber. Kurios serves a diverse clientele, including major enterprises such as Walmart Mexico, Femsa, and Bancolombia, by providing flexible and interactive training that empowers professionals and organizations to thrive in the digital age.

Edgi Learning

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Edgi Learning is a New York-based company that develops an online live learning platform. This platform delivers engaging educational content through short-form videos on topics such as artificial intelligence, synthetic biology, and geopolitics, accompanied by bite-sized quizzes to enhance information retention.

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. Their platform offers real-time security posture monitoring, ensuring compliance with SOC2 reports and attestations. Key features include rostering, data integration, interoperability, and the creation of enterprise data pipelines, enabling edtech developers to build and scale their applications efficiently.

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.

Pencil Spaces

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Pencil Spaces is a technology company that simplifies online learning for educators and students. Its platform offers free tools and resources, including libraries and project planning features, to enhance educational productivity and effectiveness through AI-driven collaboration.

Continuum

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Continuum is a pioneering learning platform that focuses on vocational education by offering short, engaging courses in a format similar to TikTok videos. As the first tokenized learn-to-earn platform, it incentivizes both content creators and learners through the earning of cryptocurrency and NFTs for their participation and engagement. The platform is accessible on various devices, including web, iPhone, and Android, and serves a global audience, with users in 107 countries. By making vocational learning fast, enjoyable, and socially interactive, Continuum aims to enhance educational accessibility and foster a vibrant community of learners.

The Social Institute

Pre Seed Round in 2020
The Social Institute provides educational services designed to help students navigate their social world positively. Their platform offers speeches, interactive workshops, school curricula, brand consulting, and a digital educational forum for parents, empowering students with assertive social skills.

Next Gen HQ

Seed Round in 2019
Next Gen HQ employs artificial intelligence to empower individuals in managing their career trajectories.
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