The New Normal Fund
San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2020
The New Normal Fund, now known as Allison Pickens Ventures, primarily invests in seed-stage AI applications and data infrastructure companies, with typical check sizes ranging from $400K-$1M for seed rounds and occasionally $250K-$500K for Series A rounds. The firm's strategy involves the solo GP investor, Allison Pickens, acting as a COO thought partner to founders, offering support in areas like go-to-market strategy, category creation, and business scaling.
Their most common stage is series-a (50% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $10.2M (across 4 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
4
Fund Size
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Top Stage
Series A
Last 12 Mo
0
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
4 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gradient | Seed | $10M | Oct 2023 |
| WWorkHack | Seed | $1.5M | May 2023 |
 Continual | Series A | $14.5M | Jun 2022 |
 LaunchNotes | Series A | $15M | Jun 2022 |
Top Co-Investors
Insight Partners1 shared
Cowboy Ventures1 shared
Atlassian Ventures1 shared
Essence VC1 shared
Bull City Venture Partners1 shared
Amplify Partners1 shared
Innovation Endeavors1 shared
Illuminate Financial1 shared
Inspired Capital1 shared
Founders Fund1 shared
Wing VC1 shared
Mango Capital1 shared
Tokyo Black1 shared
Secure Octane1 shared
Together Fund1 shared
Nexus Venture Partners1 shared
Last updated: 16 April 2026