Relay Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($500K–$10.0M Checks)
Relay Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Toronto, Canada investing in SaaS, AI / ML, Other. The firm typically writes $500K–$10.0M checks and has 9 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$10.0M
- Portfolio
- 9 companies on record
- Partners
- 3 listed
- AUM
- $550M
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, AI / ML, Other
- HQ
- Toronto, Canada
Last verified: 2026-09-08
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $10.0M
$550M
9+ companies
3 partners
Investment Thesis
Relay Ventures is an early-stage venture fund focused on Urbantech (Transportation & Mobility), Proptech, Fintech, and Sportstech across North America, investing at the Pre-Seed, Seed, and Series A stages and writing initial cheques while following on in later rounds. The firm emphasizes support for promising startups headquartered in Canada or the U.S., often led by diverse founders.
How Relay Ventures invests
Relay Ventures is a vc firm based in Toronto, Canada. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on SaaS, AI / ML, Other.
Relay Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$10.0M per investment, backed by approximately $550M in assets under management.
Relay Ventures has backed 9 companies in our records, including BenchSci, Sensibill, ecobee.
Partners & Team
Industry Focus
Invests In
Portfolio Companies (9)
Other
BenchSci
Sensibill
ecobee
Playmaker
Quickplay Media
Q9 Networks
Jelli
Kira Talent
theScore
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, AI / ML, Other — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $10.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jake Cassaday, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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