Investing Profile

Lewis Pinault

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General Partner, Chief Scientist at AV
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Networks Lewis is a member of
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
524 CONNECTIONS
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Network
524 CONNECTIONS
IBM Network
308 CONNECTIONS
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) Network
305 CONNECTIONS
IBM India Private Limited Network
39 CONNECTIONS

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Current Investing Position
Avalon Ventures General Partner
Investment Range
$100K - $5.0M
Sweet Spot
$1.5M
Investments On Record
9
Current Fund Size
$116M

Lewis Pinault is on these Sector & Stage Rankings

Lewis Pinault's Investments On Record (7)

CompanyStageDateRound SizeTotal Raised
HelicitySpace
SeedDec 2023$5M
$5M
Co-investors: Chris Moran (Applied Materials)
Telexistence
Series BJul 2023$160M
Series ANov 2018$18M
$180M
Transcelestial Technologies
Series AFeb 2023$10M
$22M
Co-investors: Nicolas El Baze (Partech Ventures), John Henderson (AirTree Ventures), Michael Seibel (Y Combinator), Josh Manchester (Champion Hill Ventures), Vishal Harnal (500 Global), Charlie Songhurst
Koniku
Series ADec 2021$37M
$37M
Co-investors: Rob May (PJC), Sahin Boydas (Angel investor), Arvind Gupta (Mayfield Fund)
Q-CTRL
Series BNov 2021$25M
$130M
Co-investors: Ben Yu (Sierra Ventures), Steven Ji (Sequoia Capital), James Hardiman (DCVC (Data Collective)), Phil Morle (Main Sequence Ventures), Chris Moran (Applied Materials), Brian Keil (Chestnut Street Ventures), Robert Keith (Salesforce Ventures), Damien Petty (Morpheus Ventures)
Infostellar
Convertible NoteApr 2020$4M
Series ASep 2017$7M
$11M
Atlas AI
Series AApr 2020$7M
$7M

Lewis Pinault's Experience

Research Fellow UCLPresent
Senior Innovation Fellow Imperial College Public Awareness and Social Service SocietyPresent
Space Innovations Advisor Satellite Applications CatapultPresent
Senior Innovation Fellow Imperial College LondonPresent
Director, Corporate Development Spire Global, IncPresent
Director, Corporate Development SpirePresent
Board Director InfostellarPresent
Member of the Seraphim Space Advisory Board Seraphim CapitalPresent
Member of the Seraphim Space Advisory Board Seraphim SpacePresent
Board Director Telexistence IncPresent
Board Director TelexistencePresent
Board Observer TranscelestialPresent
Chairman and Board Director Atlas AIPresent
Board Director TranscelestialPresent
Board Observer LeoLabs, Inc.Present
Board Observer LeoLabsPresent
Board Director Q-CTRLPresent
Affiliate Scientist SETI InstitutePresent
Strategic Advisor Bifrost AIPresent
Financial Institutions Director and Partner IBM India Private LimitedPresent
Financial Institutions Director and Partner IBMPresent
Founder and Managing Director Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change & the EnvironmentPresent
Founder and Managing Director London School of EconomicsPresent
Partner, Japan & Asia Pacific AVPresent
General Partner, Chief Scientist AVPresent

Lewis Pinault's Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science Bachelor, UN Scholar Political Science, Ocean Engineering, Far East Studies
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Science Bachelor UN Scholar, Political Science, Ocean Engineering, Far East Studies
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) MSc Sea-Use Law, Fulbright Scholar
University of Hawaii at Manoa Juris Doctorate, NASA Space Grant Fellow International Public Law and Planetary Geophysics
University of Hawaii at Manoa Juris Doctorate NASA Space Grant Fellow, International Public Law and Planetary Geophysics
Birkbeck, University of London PhD Candidate Geology

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