# Avalanche Foundation: portfolio, investments and team > Avalanche Foundation is a vc firm based in United States. 5 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Mar 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/avalanche-foundation (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Avalanche Foundation Last cheque observed Mar 2026; 5 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $202M, Dec 2021 VC firm Seed Series A Follow Avalanche Foundation and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Favalanche-foundation) Deploying now **25%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **243** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$18M** Rounds led **0 of 5** Pitch Avalanche Foundation ## Avalanche Foundation highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed and Series A: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > Filed 1 private fund offering with the SEC, the most recent in 2021-12 From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Based in:** United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2026** 1 round - **Mar** **[Akave](https://millionrounds.com/company/akave)** Seed · US · TechStartups **$6.7M** With 8 others - **2025** 3 rounds - **Oct** **[KITEAI](https://millionrounds.com/company/kiteai)** Series A · Ventureburn **$18M** With 14 others - **Sept** **[Kite](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite)** Series A · TechStartups **$18M** With 15 others - **Aug** **[Exotic Vaults](https://millionrounds.com/company/exotic-vaults)** Seed · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** With 1 other - **2022** 1 round - **Oct** **[Beam+ Lab](https://millionrounds.com/company/beam-lab)** Seed · HK · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** With 2 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **4 named** CL **Chris Lavery** Executive Officer i Filing they signed EG **Emin Gun Sirer** Executive Officer i Filing they signed JG **John Gun Wu** Executive Officer i Filing they signed LA **Lee A. Schneider** Executive Officer i Filing they signed We also hold **14** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. New fund on file **$202M** raised in Dec 2021 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$18M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 5 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Mar 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed *3* - Series A *2* Cheques by month Led Joined Nov 2023 Oct 2026 Often in the room with - [8VC](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc) 2 - [Alchemy](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemy) 2 - [Alumni Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund) 2 - [Animoca Brands](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands) 2 - [General Catalyst](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst) 2 - [HashKey Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hashkey-capital-2) 2 **Pitching Avalanche Foundation?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Avalanche Foundation. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**8VC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/8vc)[**Alchemy** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/alchemy)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Animoca Brands** Accelerator **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/animoca-brands)[**General Catalyst** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/general-catalyst)[**HashKey Capital** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hashkey-capital-2)[**Hashed** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/hashed)[**PayPal Ventures** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/paypal-ventures)[**Samsung Next** Corporate VC **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/samsung-next) ## Recently backed The latest companies Avalanche Foundation put money into. [**Akave** $6.7M · Mar 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/akave)[**Kite** $18M · Sept 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/kite) ## Quick answers about Avalanche Foundation ### What does Avalanche Foundation invest in? Avalanche Foundation invests most often at Seed and Series A (100% of the rounds on record). ### How active is Avalanche Foundation? 5 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Mar 2026. ### What has Avalanche Foundation invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Akave (Seed, Mar 2026), KITEAI (Series A, Oct 2025) and Kite (Series A, Sept 2025). ### How big are Avalanche Foundation's cheques? The median round it joins is $18M. ### Does Avalanche Foundation lead rounds? Rarely, if at all: none of its 5 investments on record names it as the lead. ### Is Avalanche Foundation investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Avalanche Foundation invest alongside? Most often 8VC (2 rounds together), Alchemy (2 rounds together) and Alumni Ventures (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Avalanche Foundation? Avalanche Foundation is a VC firm based in United States. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=avalanche-foundation) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=avalanche-foundation)