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What does Avalon Ventures invest in?
Avalon Ventures invests most often at Series A and Series B (70% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Life Science and Information Technology.
Avalon Ventures highlights
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124 rounds on record
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Mostly Series A and Series B: 70% of its rounds
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Sole investor in 19 rounds, median $3.3M
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19 exits from the portfolio
What they do
Avalon's long-standing and successful focus has been on seed and early stage companies, including many it formed in the life science and information technology sectors.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries A
- Sectors
- Life ScienceInformation Technology
- Based in
- La Jolla, United States
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first124 appearances
- 2019
1 round
- Jul
- 2017
1 round
- Oct
- 2016
2 rounds
- Sept
- Jul
- 2015
12 rounds
- Dec
- Aug
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- Jun
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- 2014
20 rounds
- Nov
- Oct
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Sept
- Aug
- Jul
- Jun
- May
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Mar
- Feb
- Jan
- Jan
- Jan
- 2013
14 rounds
- Dec
- Dec
- Nov
- Oct
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 registration12 named
BMBraden Mack BohrmannManager Member of Masthead Venture Partners, LLC, ManageriFiling they signed
DDDouglas DownsMember of Avalon Ventures Viii GP, LLC (Relying Adviser)iForm ADV
JMJay M. LichterManaging Director and Member of Avalon Ventures Viii GP, LLC (Relying Adviser)iForm ADV
KPKevin Patrick KinsellaManaging Director and Member of Avalon Ventures Management, LLC (Filing Adviser)iForm ADV
KDKim DeandaMember of Abv Spv II GP, LLC (Relying Advisor)iForm ADV
RWRichard William LevandovManaging Director and Member of Avalon Ventures Viii GP, LLC (Relying Adviser)iForm ADV
SGSheila GujrathiMember of Abv Spv I GP, LLC (Relying Advisor)iForm ADV
SEStephen ElmendorfMember of Abv Spv II GP, LLC (Relying Advisor)iForm ADV
SKStephen K SmithManager Member of Masthead Venture Partners, LLC, ManageriFiling they signed
SLStephen L. TomlinManaging Director and Member of Avalon Ventures Management, LLC (Filing Adviser)iForm ADV
TRTighe ReardonChief Financial Officer of Avalon Ventures Management, LLC (Filing Adviser)iForm ADV
TPTimothy P AgnewPrincipal of Masthead Venture Partners LLC, ManageriFiling they signed
We also hold 16 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.
What the register says
From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law
$236Mgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
- Legal name
- Avalon Ventures Management, LLC
- SEC number
- CRD 161930
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed19 in all
BackupifyBought by DattoUndisclosedDec 2014
Proximal DataBought by Samsung ElectronicsUndisclosedNov 2014
Ambit BiosciencesBought by Daiichi Sankyo$410MSept 2014
BylinerBought by PronounUndisclosedSept 2014
TwinStrataBought by EMCUndisclosedJul 2014
Shelby.tvBought by Samsung ElectronicsUndisclosedJun 2014
CloudantBought by IBM (International Business Machines)UndisclosedFeb 2014
Standing CloudBought by AppDirect$9.0MSept 2013
Aratana TherapeuticsListed$51MMay 2013
Ortiva WirelessBought by Allot CommunicationsUndisclosedMay 2012
Vocera CommunicationsListedUndisclosedMar 2012
ZyngaListedUndisclosedDec 2011
Amira PharmaceuticalsBought by Bristol-Myers Squibb$325MJul 2011
JustSpottedBought by GoogleUndisclosedJul 2011
Pictela, now ONE by AOL: CreativeBought by AOL$20MDec 2010
IntercastingBought by Good TechnologyUndisclosedMay 2009
InogenListed$86MDec 2008
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.