MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) is a leading seed stage fund investing in high-potential IT, health and cleantech companies in Ontario. IAF has over a 10-year history of successfully providing innovative firms with the capital, mentorship, and networks needed to validate ideas and bring products to market. Its mission is to keep Ontario’s talent and technology local while helping its companies go global.
Location: Canada, Ontario, Toronto
Employees: 11-50
Founded date: 2005
Investment Type: Venture Capital; Accelerator
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 21.03.2022 | MedMe Heal... | medmehealth.com | $3.17M | Canada |
| 03.09.2020 | ProNavigat... | pronavigator.ai | $17.6M | Canada, On... |
| 06.05.2020 | Doorr | doorr.com | $1.75M | Canada, On... |
| - | Verold | verold.com | $1.6M | Canada, On... |
| - | Authentic ... | authenticweb.com | - | Canada, On... |
| - | Odaia | odaia.ai | $65.45M | Canada, On... |
| - | Figure 1 | figure1.com | $34M | Canada, On... |
| - | C2C Link C... | c2clink.com | - | - |
| - | LearnExper... | learnexperts.ai | $1.25M | Canada, On... |
| - | Swift Medi... | swiftmedical.io | - | Canada |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 02.04.2026 | TimeSmartAI: Additional Funding Raised To Scale Physician Contract Compliance Infrastructure | TimeSmartAI, a Canada-based healthcare technology company focused on physician contract compliance and compensation, has secured additional funding to accelerate the expansion of its platform and operations. The round was led by Graphite Ve... |
| 01.04.2026 | TimeSmartAI Closes Additional Funding | TimeSmartAI Inc., a Kitchener, Ontario, Canada-based healthcare technology company that focuses on physician contract compliance and compensation, raised an additional funding. The round was led by Graphite Ventures, with participation from... |
| 20.08.2025 | CIBC Innovation Banking Provides Growth Capital Financing to MedMe Health | TORONTO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–August 20, 2025– CIBC Innovation Banking announced today that it has provided a growth-focused credit facility to MedMe Health (“MedMe”). The company will use the financing to expand its product suite and scale its o... |
| 17.03.2022 | Health Technology Start-up MedMe Health Secures $2.7 Million Seed Investment led by M12 – Microsoft’s Venture Fund | MedMe Health With our expansion in the US, we are keen to support pharmacies in offering expanded services, collaborative practice models, and bridging the primary care gap; particularly for those in communities with underserved or uninsure... |
| 13.09.2021 | LearnExperts Transforms Online Training Solutions Through AI, Raises $1.25M | OTTAWA, Sept. 13, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- LearnExperts, developers of a creator platform that achieves rapid course creation through artificial intelligence (AI), announced the close of its oversubscribed $1.25M seed round with participati... |
| 01.04.2021 | Pharmacy Clinical Services Technology Start-Up MedMe Health Announces Pre-Seed Financing led by MaRS IAF | MedMe Health Pharmacy Clinical Services Platform Whether large or small, pharmacies need reliable technology that supports streamlined processes and provides a digital experience that every patient can confidently access and navigate. TORON... |
| 04.02.2021 | Data Discovery and Cybersecurity Start-up Cavelo Inc. Announces $1.3M CAD Pre-seed Funding Round | Cavelo The Cavelo platform offers businesses an affordable and scalable solution to support data protection and achieve regulatory compliance. WATERLOO, Ontario (PRWEB) February 04, 2021 Cavelo Inc. today announced $1.3M CAD in pre-seed fin... |
| 17.12.2020 | Energy storage investments 2020: VC and equity firms put more than $500 million in these 25 battery startups | With U.S. energy storage growing a lot this year, and poised to accelerate next, conditions are fertile for VC investors to look for startup innovation.Source: Wood Mackenzie Here’s a long and incomplete list of where venture firms are putt... |
| 16.09.2020 | Maple raises 75M CAD in funding | Maple was founded in 2015 by Stuart Starr, Roxana Zaman, and Brett Belchetz and enables Canadians to access a doctor online within minutes. Its platform is available 24/7 where patients also get an option to either communicate to their doct... |
| 17.06.2020 | Digital marketing startup Funnelytics raises $1.5 million CAD in seed funding | Toronto-based Funnelytics has raised $1.5 million CAD as it looks to capitalize on the growth of online advertising amid COVID-19. The seed financing round was co-led by GreenSky Capital, through GreenSky Accelerator Fund III, and the MaRS ... |
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