Avalanche

‘Historical change is like an avalanche. All changes take place under the surface and are rather invisible.’

[Workback.ai @workbackai]

Yesterday Zanichelli won the 2026 ABC International Excellence Award for Accessible Publishing. We've been working together since 2025 to bring AI-powered accessibility to their web products. Congratulations to the entire team.

https://t.co/6T9DtBUkHR

[Soon @soontechnology]

American nuclear startups are racing to build working reactors by July 4th.

We went inside one of the frontrunners, @AaloAtomics, to find out how they're balancing safety and speed in the push to power data centers.

[Katelyn Donnelly @krdonnelly]

👏👏 well done @AaloAtomics!

[Katelyn Donnelly @krdonnelly]

Congrats @maxhodak_! Congrats @ScienceCorp_!

[Andreas Klinger 🦾 @andreasklinger]

It only needs a few crazy ones to fix a continent… Let's be crazy… I got something to announce:

We're launching PROTOTYPE: a new fund, fully focused on Europe.

A small fund that punches way above it's size.

With it we back what Europe is world-class at: robotics, automation, manufacturing, and anything that requires hard engineering.

First check. First round. As early as it gets.

Europe invented industry. We're the birthplace of precision manufacturing. The second largest manufacturing hub on the planet. Leaders in automation and robotics.

And yet…

We sell out our best tech to China. We export our best founders & most of our investment money to the US. That's insanity.

What should we do instead?

Build the next trillion euro companies in robotics, manufacturing, automation right here: in Europe. Showcase to young founders what is possible and change the system around them where needed.

What we will do:

→ Publish all our fund updates and build in public: https://t.co/JROaYikB2Y

→ Showcase Europe’s Most Ambitious Startups on Youtube: https://t.co/l3xVkjtbox

→ Launch & support more projects like @euinc_petition. Enough talking about Europe. Time to build it: Startups, makerspaces, student clubs, and much more.

→ And most importantly, invest into the best founders in Europe. Same model as our previous funds that are in their top 1-5% cohorts worldwide.

We won’t do a VC fund in the classic sense.

This will be a community of hyper-ambitious people who want to actively change Europe for the better.

It only needs a few crazy ones to fix a continent… Let's be crazy.

Check out https://t.co/h2lPmypoaM!

[Avalanche @avalanchevc]

This year has been incredible for growth:

In 2025, we:
✔️ Added 10 portco
✔️Had 8+ received follow-on financings at higher valuations.
✔️More grew with no new capitial
✔️Added SPVs

🙏 to all our founders, limited partners, and co-investors

More: https://t.co/Zm2BoysmzH

[Alex Smereczniak @AlexfromFranzy]

Not everyone is built for entrepreneurship, and that’s okay.

The real win is finding a place where you can be yourself, grow, and thrive without carrying the full weight alone.

[GeekWire @geekwire]

Uncommon Thinkers: Bluesky CEO Jay Graber is planting the seeds for a decentralized digital world https://t.co/IPQbd1Nty4

[Science Corporation @ScienceCorp_]

“We weren’t founded around commercializing a single asset; we had this broad mandate to explore and use the toolbox of neural engineering to restore, improve, and extend life.”

Science founder and CEO @maxhodak_ joined @Cookie at @TechCrunch’s StrictlyVC in Palo Alto to discuss the future of neural engineering – from restoring vision to building technologies that could reshape how humans think, learn, and interface with the world.

https://t.co/R3KnsidB6Z

[USLege @USLege_ai]

Today we are raising the bar for legislative intelligence in New York.

USLege and @hearst_np have officially launched Capitol Confidential Pro, powered by USLege, uniting Hearst’s trusted Albany political reporting, @TUCapCon, directly into the USLege platform.

This gives New York policy professionals and government relations teams a single source of truth. One platform for award-winning journalism, real-time legislative tracking alerts, live statehouse and local video, searchable video transcripts, and AI powered analysis.

This is what it looks like when great technology meets journalism excellence in service of government affairs teams.

Explore more: https://t.co/OsRk4QaDcX

@DanClarkReports
@timesunion

[Yasir Arafat @yasir_fission]

Great coverage of @AaloAtomics from @Forbes

https://t.co/i0kOkPYtg8

[Alex Smereczniak @AlexfromFranzy]

This week, the Franzy team was on the ground at the Restaurant Finance & Development Conference (RFDC) earlier this week.

We connected with some of the strongest operators, lenders, and innovators shaping the future of franchising.

RFDC has always been a hub for serious deal-makers, and this year’s conversations were all about efficiency, smarter capital, and the shift toward tech-enabled growth.

Exactly the space Franzy was built to serve.

From portfolio operators exploring recession-resistant brands to first-time buyers navigating today’s lending landscape, one thing is clear:

Interest in franchise ownership is at an all-time high, and people want better tools, better data, and better guidance.

Proud of our team for representing Franzy and excited for what’s ahead!

[Avalanche @avalanchevc]

Avalanche of effiacious edutainment and alternative education right here.

Love it.

[Ben Somers @ben_m_somers]

Does anyone wanna teach kids extremely advanced Factorio for $200/hr??

$100/hr if you’re great at the game but don’t have an engineering background

$200/hr if you studied industrial engineering or similar

[Joe Connor @josephjconnor]

Nationwide, all recent ESA expansion bills include clear steps to full universal expansion over several years.

Most programs end up capping eligibility in the first few years (see Iowa), or cap the overall spending (see Tennessee).

[Science Corporation @ScienceCorp_]

"This brought me hope,” a PRIMA patient said. “It literally changed my life.”

[Avalanche @avalanchevc]

👏👏👏

[Science Corporation @ScienceCorp_]

@BBCNews followed one of the patients at @Moorfields in London who participated in our landmark clinical trial of PRIMA. She began losing her sight more than three decades ago due to age-related macular degeneration. Now she can read again for the first time in years.

@NEJM published the results of this trial yesterday in a new peer-reviewed original paper.

[Katelyn Donnelly @krdonnelly]

Great to see Starbridge crush the government procurement @avalanchevc .

Proud earliest investor :)

[Katelyn Donnelly @krdonnelly]

Amazing!! Congrats to @maxhodak_ and the whole team at @ScienceCorp_

[Katelyn Donnelly @krdonnelly]

👏👏👏huge win for Texas, parents, and @WithOdyssey_

[Obviously The Future @obviouslyfuture]

A persistent worldwide power shortage impedes the growth of the global data center market.

We discuss the challenges on the power grid, why nuclear is the obvious solution, and our investment in @AaloAtomics , a company making modular nuclear reactors.

https://t.co/CXPv9HEHxC