# New Avenue Capital

> New Avenue Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Computer. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Oct 2021
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: http://www.newavenuecapital.com

New Avenue Capital is an investment firm which provides capital to growing businesses.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for New Avenue Capital. Shizune tracks 1 team members at New Avenue Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/new-avenue-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 67% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |
| Marketing | 1 | 33% |
| Sales Automation | 1 | 33% |

8 industries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Manny Padda | Founder | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manny-padda |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pocketed | Pocketed aims to help eliminate financial barriers for entrepreneurs through its platform, which connects businesses to eligible grants and tax credits, and helps them apply for these opportunities through its marketplace. | $808.3K | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| Dooly | Dooly is a provider of sales enablement platform that collects customer information essential to close business sales.The cloud-based platform uses artificial intelligence to capture, share, and find the customer information and with its algorithm, syncs digital notes, fields, and tasks straight to Salesforce, while providing salespeople andcustomer success teams with the information they need. It enables customer-facing teams to reduce time spent on administrative tasks and close sales.In 2016, Justin Vaillancourt and Kris Hartvigsen founded Dooly in Vancouver, British Columbia. | $2M | Seed | May 22, 2018 |  |
| CareCru | 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 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Hardy Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hardy-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Operator Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/operator-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Pallasite Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pallasite-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Panache Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/panache-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Reshape](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/reshape-co) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does New Avenue Capital invest in?

New Avenue Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Computer and Software startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact New Avenue Capital?

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### Who are the partners at New Avenue Capital?

The team at New Avenue Capital includes Manny Padda (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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