Manny Padda
Executive Chairman & Founder @ SmileInnovations
Vancouver, Canada
Manny Padda is a seed investor at SmileInnovations in Vancouver focused on Software and Marketing. Manny Padda is the Executive Chairman & Founder at Smile Innovations Group Inc. He attended Queen's University and Simon Fraser University.
- Total investments:
- 9
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 11%
Last updated:
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Industries Manny Padda invests in
Stages Manny Padda invests in
Countries Manny Padda invests in
Round sizes
Round size
- Seed
- $500k–$1.5M
- Angel
- $551k–$1M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (33%)
- Marketing 2 (22%)
- Communities 2 (22%)
- B2B 1 (11%)
- SaaS 1 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (56%)
- Angel 3 (33%)
Country
- Canada 7 (78%)
- United States 1 (11%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Layers
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Layers was created by a team with extensive experience in merchandising, product discovery, suggestions, analytics, and storefront optimization. | Seed / Jun 03, 2026 | |
Frenter
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Frenter is an all-in-one platform providing a comprehensive technical infrastructure for the rental industry. With Frenter, rental businesses have access to a suite of tools that allow them to make data-driven decisions, reduce risk, and have real-time insights into their business. Companies can use Frenter to monitor their equipment in real timein even the most remote areas, using cellular and satellite GPS, and receive real-time data on equipment usage and health. | $1M / Seed / May 15, 2023 | |
Blossom Social
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Blossom is a startup that is developing social broking. Blossom is supported by verifiable stock holdings and performance, allowing you to focus on the ideas that are worth listening to. | $551K / Angel / Oct 31, 2022 | |
WFHomie
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WFHomie is an employee engagement and culture-building platform for remote teams. WFHomie team leaders build informal connections between remote employees through a whole range of services, including our epic virtual icebreaker activities. | $1.5M / Seed / Dec 15, 2021 | |
Surf
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Surf provides brands a better way to engage and understand consumers while compensating consumers for their data.Surf’s revolutionary browser extension passively rewards people for their everyday browsing and helps them save when shopping with their favourite brands. The extension is growing quickly and on track to be at 800,000 users by the endof 2022. Download the extension on joinsurf.com.Surf’s enterprise division provides high fidelity data and commerce enablement opportunities to some of the world’s biggest brands like Netflix, NBA, Sony Music, L’Oreal, Electronic Arts, etc. To learn more about our data or how to get in front of Surf consumers, schedule a call on joinsurf.com/brands.Surf’s vision is to build an equitable data economy for consumers that want to receive value in both a Web2 and Web3 environment. Surf is backed by several investors including Moneta Ventures, Round13 Capital, MAGIC Fund, Kyle Kuzma (Washington Wizards), Cody Ko (popular creator) and unicorn founders like Devon Townsend (Co-Founder, Cameo), Roham Gharegozlou (Co-Founder, Dapper Labs), Ryan Holmes (Founder, Hootsuite), Brad Shaw (CEO, Shaw Communications), Michele Romanow (President, Clearco), and Jason Robins (CEO, DraftKings). | $500K / Seed / Oct 01, 2018 | |
CareCru
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CareCru is the creator of Donna™, A virtual dental practice assistant, powered by AI, that grows and manages dental practices. Through Donna, dental practices are able to more effectively grow and manage their business, while drastically enhancing their patients’ experience. Hiring Donna is like adding three world-class team members to yourpractice—a front office assistant, a marketing specialist, and a practice consultant.Donna needs no supervision. She manages a task from start to completion, with intelligence. She logs her correspondence and notes directly in your practice management software the same way you would train a staff member to do so.By managing some of the more tedious, mundane tasks, Donna allows the front office team to focus their efforts on higher-value activities, such as patient interaction and treatment acceptance. Donna is the front office’s new favorite team member because she sees an area that needs improvement, she rolls up her sleeves and gets right to work.The culture? We are an ambitious team of no-nonsense, risktakers that thrive in a swing for the fences culture. We are positive, passionate, and a lot of fun to work with. We take no shortcuts and constantly strive to be the best in the world at what we do.We’re always looking for fresh talent to join our amazing team of hackers, hipsters, and hustlers. Think you have what it takes to join the Cru? Get in touch—we’re always up for connecting with new faces. | Seed / Mar 12, 2018 | |
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CareCru
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CareCru is the creator of Donna™, A virtual dental practice assistant, powered by AI, that grows and manages dental practices. Through Donna, dental practices are able to more effectively grow and manage their business, while drastically enhancing their patients’ experience. Hiring Donna is like adding three world-class team members to yourpractice—a front office assistant, a marketing specialist, and a practice consultant.Donna needs no supervision. She manages a task from start to completion, with intelligence. She logs her correspondence and notes directly in your practice management software the same way you would train a staff member to do so.By managing some of the more tedious, mundane tasks, Donna allows the front office team to focus their efforts on higher-value activities, such as patient interaction and treatment acceptance. Donna is the front office’s new favorite team member because she sees an area that needs improvement, she rolls up her sleeves and gets right to work.The culture? We are an ambitious team of no-nonsense, risktakers that thrive in a swing for the fences culture. We are positive, passionate, and a lot of fun to work with. We take no shortcuts and constantly strive to be the best in the world at what we do.We’re always looking for fresh talent to join our amazing team of hackers, hipsters, and hustlers. Think you have what it takes to join the Cru? Get in touch—we’re always up for connecting with new faces. | Seed / Mar 12, 2018 | |
Guiides
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Guiides provide a frictionless online experience of discovering adventures and booking a local guide to take you there. | $1M / Angel / Jan 01, 2016 | |
ShareShed
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ShareShed empowers people to live an environmentally conscience, affordable, and community minded lifestyle by facilitating effortless community gear sharing. ShareShed’s online marketplace allows users to rent outdoor adventure equipment like kayaks and tents through its website and mobile app. | $1M / Angel / Jul 15, 2015 |
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FAQ
What does Manny Padda invest in?
Manny Padda invests primarily in Software, Marketing and Communities startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is Manny Padda's check size?
Manny Padda typically joins rounds of $500k–$1.5M at Seed and $551k–$1M at Angel. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Manny Padda participates in.
When did Manny Padda last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Manny Padda closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 9 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
Is Shizune's investor data accurate?
Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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