Avalanche
1177 Avenue of the Americas 5th Floor, Suite 50922, New York, NY, 10036, United States
Overview
Avalanche is an open-source platform for launching highly decentralized applications, new financial primitives, and new interoperable blockchains.
- Total investments
- 17
- Lead investments
- 2
- Investments · 12mo
- 3
- Active investors
- 1
Sector focus
- Apps
- Blockchain
- Information Technology
- Internet
- Web3
Investment portfolio
- KOR Protocol
Participated · Series A · Jul 2026
KOR Protocol offers an end-to-end platform intended to serve as a clearinghouse for creative assets and talent in the AI era. Its product stack centers on three layers—production (establishing origin, authenticity, ownership, and clearance), distribution (intelligence and workflow tools to route talent and content), and monetization (payments, splits, licensing flows, and revenue management). Several apps already build on the protocol, including KORUS (music remixing and release packs), Pacer (an AI operating system for music release and audience management), VRSNS, Streamline, and KOR Hubs. Since launch the company reports over 1 million lifetime sign-ups, 400,000 connected wallets, 1,000+ IP partners (including Black Mirror, Beatport, mau5trap, Imogen Heap, Banijay Group, and KDDI), and more than $2 million in gross revenue. Ritty Quin was appointed CEO late in the prior year to lead the company’s growth across technology and the creator economy. KOR intends to expand licensed IP supply, deepen its protocol and products, scale partnerships across music and entertainment, and onboard more creators and commercial partners as it builds toward a larger network rollout.
- Banza
Participated · Seed · Jun 2026
Banza is developing a personal AI Twin that adapts to a user's preferences, habits, and context by unifying fragmented digital data. The platform aims to give users ownership of their data so an AI can become more useful over time across everyday decisions like what to eat, watch, buy, or where to go. The company was founded in January by Mehdi A and Aditya Vijayakumar and is based in Bengaluru. Banza raised $1 million in a pre-seed round led by Campus Fund with participation from Avalanche and angel investors. The startup plans to deploy the funding to speed product development, improve user experience, grow the team, and build the foundation for its personal AI category.
- Oumla
Participated · Seed · Sep 2025
Oumla is a Saudi digital asset custody infrastructure provider focused on secure key management, portfolio and transaction operations, and governance controls tailored to corporate and public-sector environments. Its platform is being built to support private blockchain networks that meet the Kingdom’s data-localization and operational-sovereignty requirements. The company works closely with banks, regulatory bodies, and government entities to ensure high compliance standards while enabling secure adoption of digital assets. Oumla also targets the financial and real-estate sectors, aiming to deepen blockchain integration across these industries. Recent funding will accelerate the development of its in-Kingdom infrastructure and expand partnerships with institutions. In September, the startup secured a $2.4 million seed round, providing initial capital to grow its team and strengthen regional partnerships. The latest financing extends that seed raise, further bolstering Oumla’s resources to scale its technology and market reach.
- Cointel
Led · Equity · Aug 2025
Cointel operates an AI-native crypto intelligence and education platform that unites gamified learning, predictive analytics, and real-time market intelligence into a subscription ecosystem. The platform pairs engaging education with institutional-grade tools to deliver insights, scam protection, and data-driven predictions. It offers real-time trading support alongside its educational products. Cointel says it is on a mission to onboard and empower the next 100 million users in digital assets. The company intends to use the new funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Cointel is based in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- Feature
Participated · Equity · May 2024
Feature is a Web3 entertainment studio and technology developer. It builds and deploys Smart Content™ smart contract technology to connect audiences with brands via interactive touchpoints. Those touchpoints can be seamlessly embedded into content that users enjoy. Each interaction automatically generates rewards, creating revenue opportunities for both users and brands. The company recently announced a $1.9M strategic investment. Investors named in the report include Intervest, 2PunksCapital, Avalanche, Acme Innovation and Sterling VC.
Team
Chris Lavery
Chief Financial Officer
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