Relay Ventures

company

About

Relay Ventures specializes mainly in startup, seed and early stage investments and provides support throughout the lifecycle of a startup.

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Details

Last Funding Type
Series A
Last Funding Money Raised
$15M
Industries
Angel Investment,Finance,Financial Services,Impact Investing,Venture Capital
Founded date
Jan 1, 2008
Number Of Employee
1 - 10
Operating Status
Active
Investor Type
Venture Capital

Relay Ventures is a venture capital firm specializing in start-ups, seed, early-stage, mid venture, late venture, and growth capital investments.

It seeks to invest in the mobile computing industry with a focus on applications and services including mobile commerce such as payments, advertising, retailing, and consumer banking; vertical and horizontal enterprise applications; communications; social networking; location-based and location-aware applications and services such as navigation and mapping; media and entertainment; commercial services and supplies; wireless application service providers; wireless devices software; wireless networking equipment; and lifestyle and personal productivity applications for the BlackBerry and other mobile platforms.

Relay Ventures also focuses on investments in mobile-related software and services and mobile eco-system sectors. It seeks to invest in mobile technology with a focus on software for mobile devices and the connected Internet.

John Albright and Kevin Talbot founded Relay Ventures on January 1, 2010. It has its headquarters in Toronto in Canada, with an additional office in San Francisco and Calgary.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds
Total Funding Amount
1
$15M
Relay Ventures has raised a total of $15M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Dec 23, 2014 from a Series A round.
Announced Date Round Money Raised Number of Investors Lead Investors Post Valuation
Dec 23, 2014 Series A $15M 1 Venture Capital Action Plan Detail

Investments

Number of Investments
Number of Lead Investments
18
5
Relay Ventures has made 18 investments. Their most recent investment was on Aug 4, 2021, when Bird raised 0.
Date Company Name
Round Money Raised Industry Lead Investor
Aug 4, 2021 Bird
Series Unknown Electric Vehicle
May 27, 2021 7shifts
Series B $21.50M Mobile Apps
Oct 1, 2019 7shifts
Series A $6M Mobile Apps Yes
Apr 9, 2019 PubNub
Series D $23M Apps
Feb 22, 2019 Circle Media
Series B $20M Digital Media

Investors

Number of Lead Investors
Number of Investors
1
1
Relay Ventures is funded by 1 investors. Venture Capital Action Plan are the most recent investors.
Investor Name Lead Investor Funding Round
Venture Capital Action Plan Yes Series A