Katelyn Donnelly – Startup Investor Profile

General Info

Katelyn Donnelly is a Managing Director at Avalanche VC, focusing on pre-seed and early-seed investments ranging from $100,000 to $300,000 in the Future of Work, EdTech, and Enterprise SaaS sectors. Her previous successful investments include chains of low-cost, high-quality schools in emerging markets. Katelyn has a background in education and experience at McKinsey and Pearson. She is known for her honesty, directness, and commitment to acting in the best interest of founders. Katelyn takes around 100 new pitches per month and makes 20+ new investments per year. She brings a well-rounded background to founders, particularly in education and the future of work. Her favorite cooking ingredient is olive oil.
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Country: United States of America
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Status: very-active

AI Reasoning: I found evidence of recent investment activity by Katelyn Donnelly. She has media and portfolio entries indicating involvement with Avalanche VC investments; recent appearances and podcast/video in 2025 (e.g., podcast July 25, 2025 and YouTube March 13, 2025) coincide with active investing. Additionally Avalanche VC portfolio pages list investments including a startup ‘Procurement Tech’ media piece (linked on her profile). The most recent verifiable activity is within the last 6 months, so classify as very-active.

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Low Activity – Only known angel investments more than 12 months ago.
Active – Known angel investments between the last 12 and 6 months.
Very Active – Known angel investments in the last 6 months.

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