Investor / VCGreater Los Angeles
Avalon Ventures
Investor / VC · VC
· La Jolla, CA
La Jolla-based seed/early VC. $750M+ invested across 11 funds. Life sciences and tech. Founded by Kevin Kinsella. 125+ companies. Notable: Vertex, Synaptics, Vocera, Onyx Pharma. WSJ top biotech VC.
[merged from 817]: San Diego's pioneering life sciences + tech VC. Founded 1983 by Kevin Kinsella. $750M+ deployed. Separate Avalon BioVentures fund ($135M, 2022) exclusively for early-stage biotech. Managing Partners: Jay Lichter, Sandy Madigan, Tighe Reardon. Accelerator model: incubates companies internally before bringing in co-investors. Notable: Erasca, Janux, Synthorx (acq. Sanofi $2.5B), Calporta (acq. Merck), Nerio (acq. Boehringer-Ingelheim $1.3B).
Founded
1983
Region
Greater Los Angeles
Investors
People
- Jay Lichter
- Kevin Kinsella
- Sandy Madigan
- Tighe Reardon