John Albright
Co-Founder & Managing Partner @ Relay Ventures
Toronto, Canada
John Albright is a seed investor at Relay Ventures in Toronto focused on Software and Mobile. John Albright is based out of Toronto, Ontario, and is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Relay Ventures and an independent director of Canaccord Genuity Group. John previously worked at Playmaker Capital as a Board Member. John Albright attended the Schulich School of Business - York University. John Albright has been certified as a CFA Institute Charterholder.
- Total investments:
- 56
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 39%
Last updated:
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Industries John Albright invests in
Stages John Albright invests in
Countries John Albright invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 11 (20%)
- Mobile 5 (9%)
- SaaS 4 (7%)
- Sports 4 (7%)
- Advertising 4 (7%)
Stage
- Seed 10 (18%)
- Series A 8 (14%)
- Series B 8 (14%)
- Funding Round 8 (14%)
- Series C 6 (11%)
Country
- Canada 18 (32%)
- United States 10 (18%)
- United Kingdom 1 (2%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Endodeals is the first platform designed to value endorsement deals, giving you a credible, defensible estimate of a deal’s worth before negotiations begin. | $571.8K / Pre-Seed / Oct 07, 2026 | ||
| Friendlier is simplifying the world's transition from single-use to reusable packaging, starting with food service packaging. Our technology empowers brands to use and reuse circular packaging with individual tracking, supply chain data analytics, and sustainability impact tracking. | $3.3M / Seed / Aug 07, 2025 | ||
| ALT Sports Data offers comprehensive solutions for modeling sports betting markets and provides an auto-manual trading platform for real-time betting data. The company focuses on developing a robust database and diverse league portfolio in alternative sports, which facilitates access for sports book operators. Through its innovative approach, ALTSports Data enhances the decision-making process for sales teams and sales development representatives by delivering accurate and timely information. The partnership with Formula 1 positions the company as a key player in the sports betting landscape, promoting engagement and growth in this sector. Overall, ALT Sports Data supports clients in navigating the complexities of sports betting with valuable insights and data-driven tools. | $5M / Seed / Apr 21, 2025 | ||
| The Curling Group is a sports business venture that aims to revolutionize curling through strategic investments, innovation, and content development. | $5M / Seed / Sep 26, 2024 | ||
| Friendlier is simplifying the world's transition from single-use to reusable packaging, starting with food service packaging. Our technology empowers brands to use and reuse circular packaging with individual tracking, supply chain data analytics, and sustainability impact tracking. | $3.7M / Seed / Dec 12, 2023 | ||
| FanUp gamifies sports and esports for every fan.FanUp is, Fantasy sports and esports re-imagined; with fun, interactive, and pop-culture styled contests. Our brands, prizes and social features, cater to causal fans and a younger demographic, ensuring we grow the entire market.We’re not a betting app, we’re far greater.Most apps focus on35-60-year-old middle-age men.FanUp was created for 18-34 year-old social fans and young professionals.Our users:- Love sports and esports gaming - Are 2.5x more likely to game and compete w/ social features - Are more diverse (43% are women) - Want to interact with pop-culture, brands and influencersOur mantra: Fans and innovation first, always.We’re leading a transformative shift in sports and culture.Squad up and compete year-round in contests for your fav sports & esports leagues.FanUp, and may the best fans win. | $4M / Seed / Dec 09, 2021 | ||
| Alate Partners empowers entrepreneurs who are rethinking real estate. Founded through a partnership between Dream and Relay Ventures, Alate focuses on innovative technology companies that enhance how commercial, residential, and industrial real estate is designed, built, and managed. In addition to capital, Alate provides unique access to expertiseand customers through its network of influential real estate owners, operators, and managers. | $40M / Seed / Nov 13, 2018 | ||
| TheScore’s mission is to create highly-engaging digital products and content that empower the sports fan’s experience. Its flagship mobile app ‘theScore’ is one of the most popular multi-sport news and data apps in North America, serving millions of fans a month. The Company also creates innovative digital sports experiences through its web, socialand esports platforms. | $6.5M / Post-IPO Equity / Oct 30, 2018 | ||
| TouchBistro is an iPad-based restaurant point-of-sale system enabling owners to manage reservations and take orders instantly. Instead of servers repeatedly moving between customers and terminals for order management, servers can remain with customers and instantly submit orders to the kitchen and bar. Servers no longer need to write down an orderand then enter it into a distant terminal. TouchBistro's single entry system reduces errors and increases efficiency. Menu items can be presented in vibrant color with every detail captured and can be quickly and easily updated and even published to the Web, providing more dynamic impact than a traditional menu can provide. | $54.9M / Series D / Jun 14, 2018 | ||
| Ecobee is a provider of Wi-Fi enabled smart thermostats for residential and commercial applications, delivering energy conservation solutions. The company offers ecobee Smart Thermostat, a digital programmable thermostat that helps in customizing temperature settings. The thermostat connects the clients to their WiFi, and gives them remote accessto the thermostat settings from any computer and helps in energy conservation. Its products are used in single family homes, multi-family dwellings, and offices. The company accepts orders online. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Toronto, Canada. | $62M / Series C / Mar 07, 2018 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Relay Ventures
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.
Relay Ventures Contacts
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John Occhipinti
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Alex Baker
Partner
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Chevonae Walcott
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Irfhan Rawji
Venture Partner
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Jeannette Wiltse
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What does John Albright invest in?
John Albright invests primarily in Software, Mobile and SaaS startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 56 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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When did John Albright last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for John Albright closed in Oct 2026. Shizune tracks 56 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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