Ministry of Research and Innovation
MRI maintains the government's commitment to innovation. Its mandate is to:
- develop an integrated innovation strategy and guide its delivery
- invest in both policies and programs to deliver innovation strategy
- foster a culture of innovation & showcase it to world
- listener to advice of experts
- matchmaker between innovators and investors
- supporter for researchers and innovators (school, culture, business)
- promoter of research (lab to marketplace)
- pursuer of big ideas (funds)
- outreach, promotion, and business development
- innovation
- research
- commercialization
MORE FUNDING & FINANCING RESOURCES
- Premier's Summit Awards
- Sustainable Development Technology Canada
- Ontario BioAuto Investment Fund
- Creating an Early Stage Series A Pitch
- Ernst & Young Venture Capital Insight Report
- Small Business Profiles: Informally Financed Entrepreneurs
- The Economic Impact of Venture Capital
- Profitability of Venture Capital Investment in Europe and the United States
- The Path to Prosperity: Canada's Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- CIHR
- Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada: Opportunity Program
- Valuing Pre-revenue Companies
- Returns of Angel Investors in Groups
- Ontario Environmental Technology Advancement
- CGA Ontario's Tax Tips for R&D
- SME Financing Data Initiative
- Global Trends in Venture Capital
- Ministry of Research and Innovation
- VCReporter
MaRS FACTS
MaRS provides entrepreneurs with the resources and tools they need to take their ideas and inventions to market.