Avalon Ventures


Avalon Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm focused on seed and early-stage equity investments, primarily in life sciences and information technology. The firm emphasizes company formation, alliance-driven R&D collaborations, and hands-on support during company formation and early growth.

Avalon Ventures

La Jolla, California, United States, North America


Services

Early-stage and seed equity investments

Provides capital to seed and early-stage companies, including leading Series A rounds and participating in follow-on financings.

Company formation and alliance-driven R&D support

Forms new companies in collaboration with strategic partners and provides initial financings and structured R&D support under alliance arrangements.

Strategic guidance and board support

Advises portfolio companies on board composition, fundraising strategy and growth planning; provides investor and board-level mentorship.

Industry and corporate partnerships

Arranges strategic collaborations between portfolio companies and corporate partners to support R&D, commercialization and milestone-based funding.

Network and go-to-market support

Connects portfolio companies with customers, strategic investors and potential acquirers across technology and life-science markets.


Portfolio

Avalon led an early Series A; company subsequently raised additional rounds.

#Backend-as-a-Service / Mobile & web application backend

Raised institutional funding and was later acquired by IBM.

#Database-as-a-Service (DBaaS)

Raised institutional funding to scale targeted TV advertising products.

#Ad technology / Targeted TV advertising

Raised a Series B to expand ad automation across platforms and geographies.

#Digital and mobile advertising software

Provides drone-based surveying and data platforms for construction and mining.

#Drone data / Enterprise robotics

Formed to commercialize synthetic biology technologies involving an expanded genetic alphabet.

#Synthetic biology / Expanded genetic code

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