# John Byard

> John Byard is a seed investor backing Hardware and Smart Home. See 1 investment, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jan 2016
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

John Byard is a seed investor focused on Hardware and Smart Home. John Byard

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Hardware | 1 | 100% |
| Smart Home | 1 | 100% |
| Direct Marketing | 1 | 100% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 100% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Airzai | Started purely as a passion project by a group of experienced entrepreneurs who are a little too passionate about fragrance. What started as a curiosity to solve some fundamental pain points of the current fragrance products available in the market such as synthetic air fresheners, high-maintenance diffusers, and unreliable essential oils, turnedinto a full-fledge venture backed by some of the most renowned investors and world-class team members. The flagship product, AIRZAI Aroma is a patent-pending innovative smart-home diffuser that helps in uplifting mood and transform home into smelling like luxury resort. AIRZAI is designed in California by industry experts in Design, Technology, and Natural Scenting. | $1.1M | Seed | Jan 01, 2016 | https://www.airzai.com |

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## FAQ

### What does John Byard invest in?

John Byard invests primarily in Hardware, Smart Home and Direct Marketing startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 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 Byard last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for John Byard closed in Jan 2016. Shizune tracks 1 investment 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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