MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF)

MaRS board member and director of Royal Bank of Canada; a 30-year Goldman Sachs veteran who sits on the investment committee of cleantech VC firm ArcTern Ventures.

Leads Tricon Residential's Canadian multi-family rental platform; previously held senior roles at CPP Investments, Hines and Goldman Sachs.

Chair of the MaRS board and Chair & CEO of energy storage company NRStor Inc.; former president of The Home Depot Canada.

Leads government affairs and public policy for MaRS, with a background in charitable, government and corporate sectors including roles at Second Harvest and Walmart Canada.

Leads government affairs and public policy at MaRS, with a background across the charitable, government and corporate sectors including roles at Second Harvest and Walmart Canada.

CEO of cybersecurity company Protexxa and a former CIO at BMO; co-launched the women-focused angel fund and network Phoenix Fire & The Firehood.

PwC Canada alumna and former GTA managing partner with over 30 years in professional services and financial services.

President of Mandukwe Inc. and co-founder of several financial companies including Tricon Capital Group and NexGen Financial Corporation.

CEO of MaRS Discovery District, overseeing the teams, partnerships and infrastructure that help science- and technology-based ventures scale, with a focus on health, climate and emerging technologies.

Venture partner at 1517 Fund and Amplify Capital, Lab2Market advisor, and co-founder/CEO of Medella Health, focused on pitching for capital, term sheet negotiations and mentorship.

CEO of AMS Healthcare and MaRS board member; former Deputy Minister of Health for Ontario who led the province's COVID-19 response.

Oversees product offerings and services for ventures and partners, including accelerator programs and corporate innovation; a professional engineer with decades of experience mentoring startups in hardware, cleantech, medical devices and advanced manufacturing.

Entrepreneur and angel investor, co-founder and CEO of Aida (acquired by Vision Critical) and Metafor Software (acquired by Splunk), and former BDC Capital investor. Holds an engineering degree from UBC and an INSEAD MBA.

Investor experienced with seed to Series E startups at Wittington and Maverick Ventures and private equity at Madison Dearborn, focused on digital health, commerce technologies and SaaS. Former Goldman Sachs healthcare investment banker.

Program lead who has advised on venture deals as a startup lawyer and has experience as a founder and angel investor, helping startups navigate fundraising.

Director of Venture Growth at MaRS, leading programming and advisory services across the portfolio. Background spans insurance underwriting, corporate development, investment banking and heading capital services at Communitech.

Neuroscientist and 17th President of the University of Toronto, former Dean of Arts & Science.

Executive in Residence and former CEO of Argus Software and GuestLogix, and a former ranked Wall Street analyst and managing director at RBC Capital Markets. Holds MIT engineering degrees and a Harvard MBA.

University of Toronto professor holding the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in tissue engineering and co-founder of three spin-off companies.

Responsible for MaRS Centre operations, tenant satisfaction and leasing; she was the first employee of MaRS, joining in 2000.

CEO of Ekagrata and principal of investment firm In Colour Capital Inc.; former McKinsey partner who held senior roles at BDC.

Advisor with experience leading in-house investment banking platforms at Orrick, Perkins Coie and DLA Piper, plus roles as Chief Sustainability Officer at Hycrete and principal at NJTC Venture Fund. Founder of the EDGE accelerator for Black and Brown founders.

Partner at Sectoral Asset Management leading biotechnology private equity; previously a venture partner with Versant Ventures and founding CEO of Northern Biologics.

President of the Canada School of Public Service and former Associate Secretary of the Treasury Board of Canada.

Cleantech advisor and former COO/Acting CEO of Sustainable Development Technology Canada and EVP at Iogen, with 25+ years in cleantech innovation, impact investing and technology commercialization.