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About us
MaRS is the world's largest urban innovation hub in Toronto that supports startups in the health, cleantech, fintech, and enterprise sectors. When MaRS opened in 2005 this concept of urban innovation was an untested theory. Today, it’s reshaping cities around the world. MaRS has been at the forefront of a wave of change that extends from Melbourne to Amsterdam and runs through San Francisco, London, Medellín, Los Angeles, Paris and New York. These global cities are now striving to create what we have in Toronto: a dense innovation district that co-locates universities, startups, corporates and investors. In this increasingly competitive landscape, scale matters more than ever – the best talent is attracted to the brightest innovation hotspots.
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http://www.marsdd.com
External link for MaRS Discovery District
- Industry
- IT Services and IT Consulting
- Company size
- 51-200 employees
- Headquarters
- Toronto, ON
- Type
- Nonprofit
- Specialties
- Innovation, Business Advisory, Real Estate, Incubator, Entrepreneurship Education, Accelerator, and Startups
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101 College Street
Toronto, ON M5G 1L7, CA
Employees at MaRS Discovery District
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Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at Roga | Neurotech Wearable | Voted World Changing Idea by Fast Company
News Alert: A huge thank you to Josh Scott from BetaKit for covering the biggest news to date from Roga. We are thrilled to announce that we have raised 1.2M USD (1.7M CDN) in pre-seed funding. Roga is an early stage mental healthcare start-up that offers a wearable device and companion app to reduce intense stress and burnout. Since launching last year, we have had early success selling through corporate health benefits. Our latest raise allows us to make a big push in to the market this fall. To read the Betakit article, please go to this link: https://lnkd.in/g4ixpzh3 #betakit #neurotech #healthtech
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Startupfest kicks off this week in Montreal! We’re thrilled to have Christopher K. from Mycro Harvest take the centre stage at the Startup Showcase on July 10, followed by Myra Arshad from ALT TEX at the Impact Showcase on July 11, in partnership with BDC’s Thrive Lab. Throughout the week, we are eager to reconnect with familiar faces and meet new ones in our vibrant startup community. Drop a comment below or reach out to Megha Kandoi (Lead on Founder Programs) and Michelle Peng Greenberg (Lead on Capital Initiatives) to meet with the MaRS Team during Startupfest. We can’t wait to connect and share in this celebration of innovation with you!
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From technology that translates speech into sign language to a robotic gait training device that helps children improve their mobility — here's how seven Canadian companies are helping people living with disabilities experience more active, independent lives. Ft. Seleste, AWL-Electricity, Axtion Independence Mobility Inc., Braze Mobility Inc., Cheelcare, Deaf AI and Trexo Robotics. Toyota North America, Toyota Mobility Foundation
7 Canadian companies helping people with disabilities live more active lives - MaRS Discovery District
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Not all matches are made in heaven! Learn how talent platform Plum is helping businesses and candidates find their perfect fit. Caitlin MacGregor
Professional matchmaker: Tech founder helps make work feel less like a chore
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Mission from MaRS: Better Buildings, is a new initiative aimed at reducing the carbon footprint of the built environment. It is championed through funding from the Peter Gilgan Foundation — its biggest philanthropic contribution to climate efforts to date. Thank you KCI Philanthropy for the major gift recognition.
Major Gift News! / KCI What’s Next.
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On Tuesday June 25th, over 240 participants from across North America joined our Better Buildings virtual launch event! The Peter Gilgan Foundation, in partnership with MaRS Discovery District, is looking to support Canadian clean-tech ventures with market-ready technologies that reduce embodied and/or operational carbon in our built environment, through the Better Buildings Adoption Accelerator. Find more information at the link below.
MaRS Discovery District and Peter Gilgan Foundation present the Better Buildings Mission - Peter Gilgan Foundation
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Thanks to BDC’s Thrive Lab and its co-investment partners, the top 25 women-led social impact startups will pitch on the Startupfest Pitch Stage on Thursday, July 11th at 10am. Don’t miss your chance to meet the startups who will change the world and make money doing it! ⭐ Here are some of the Impact Showcase's pitching startups: • Acuicy nominated by Spring • ALT TEX nominated by MaRS Discovery District • Areto Labs nominated by The51 • Aruna Revolution nominated by YSpace, York University • Asepha nominated by Front Row Ventures • BetterCart Analytics nominated by Startup TNT • Dispersa nominated by Good & Well Inc. • Green Graphite Technologies nominated by Cycle Momentum • Harvest Moon Foods Inc. nominated by Raven Indigenous Capital Partners 👉 Find out more about the pitching startups here: https://bit.ly/3xHShQW
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Head, Sustainability & Public Affairs at Lafarge Canada Inc (East) | Talk to me about #Decarbonization, #Biodiversity, and #Governance
Nice to see Hyperion Global Energy getting a feature story in the Toronto Star. While test quantities have only been produced so far, they are now at TRL-7! They have proven they can produce a quality mineral product from cement plant #CO2 and that it can meet the technical standards for its use in a wide variety of commercial products. This is a huge accomplishment by their team, let by Heather Ward. They're now at the most exciting and most difficult phase of the big leap to TRL-8 and I'm confident they'll continue their successful development in the coming months. #sustainability #circularity https://lnkd.in/gAUU8sKY
This Ontario cement plant doesn’t just capture carbon, it sells it
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Looking to expand your company to the U.S.? Check out this handy roadmap to find out how you can strategically scale your success beyond Canada's borders. https://lnkd.in/e_hgRE7C
Strategic expansion: A roadmap to US capital success
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