Note: The full article on this topic first appeared on Inc. You can read it here. It is truly an exciting time. The venture capital landscape is changing more now than in the entire history of VC. For early stage… Read More
Note: The full article on this topic first appeared on Mashable. You can read it here. We’re seeing a number of new ways in which early stage companies are raising capital, and an increase in the number of people… Read More
Yesterday our portfolio company Kinvey announced their Series B raise. Our decision to continue to invest was simple. With uncanny accuracy, Kinvey has constantly predicted the features, timing and pace of needs of enterprise clients to accelerate their support of… Read More
“Every successful company needs exceptional people, product and money, with the continuation of the Sidecar funding and the addition of some exceptional new investors, we are going to rock this trillion dollar market.” Rich Levandov Often in the startup world,… Read More
I’ve always loved the Star Trek communicator – direct contact between individuals seamlessly enabled by the ship’s communication system. Now the real world can use this same functionality communicating hands free with an idea we love, OnBeep. Yesterday, OnBeep announced… Read More
Kevin Kinsella, founder of Avalon Ventures, along with other VCs of respective firms, recently shared traits they believed to be vital to successful founding teams. Although the VCs came from different firms, all put an emphasis on the importance… Read More
There are several conversations currently on what VCs could do better in our relationships with future and current founders. Brad Feld posted about an entrepreneur’s frustration with a VC’s conflicting actions before, and then during, fundraising. Bijan Sabet challenged that… Read More
Will It Work? Can I Win? Is it Worth It? I first heard these three questions from Dick Hale, a former colleague and mentor of mine. Dick is a look-you-in-the-eye, firm-handshake, straight-talking kind of guy who cut his teeth as… Read More
When Andy Palmer and Sunil Dhaliwal, two trusted colleagues of ours, separately introduced us to the founding team at Conjur after saying, “You must meet these guys; they are amazing,” we took notice. After meeting Elizabeth Lawler and Kevin Gilpin and hearing… Read More
Avalon Ventures is a seed and early stage technology-focused venture fund with an emphasis on information technology and life sciences. Quite often we are asked to define our early stage investment focus. There is no one-size-fits-all definition of what “early… Read More