MaRS reports
White papers on emerging market trends in science, technology and social innovation. Areas of strategic strength also examined.Featured Report
New Business Models in Digital Health
Life sciences and healthcare, 2013
Healthcare is changing. With increased patient access to technology and medical information, and a greater global demand to get better health outcomes for the money being spent, the traditional healthcare business model is being forced to transform. Our current healthcare delivery system, built on a model that focused on hospitals and providers, is no longer viable. Instead, we’re moving toward a model focused on community care settings and patients.
New Business Models in Digital Health
Life sciences and healthcare, 2013
Healthcare is changing. With increased patient access to technology and medical information, and a greater global demand to get better health outcomes for the money being spent, the traditional healthcare business model is being forced to transform. Our current healthcare delivery system, built on a model that focused on hospitals and providers, is no longer [...] Borderless Investments
IT, communications and entertainment, 2013
In this report high-tech entrepreneurs based in Canada will find recommendations on how to properly go about funding and growing their startup. This report attempts to uncover common elements in the fundraising strategies of “successful” Canadian high-tech startups that may have contributed to their success. For example, were all these companies part of an elite [...] Blended Financing for Impact: The Opportunity for Social Finance in Supportive Housing
social innovation, 2013
Driven by the work of the Turning the Key report commissioned by the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC), a number of supportive housing providers in Canada created a Social Finance Working Group in 2012. Their goal was to explore social finance opportunities in the supportive housing sector, and enable supportive housing providers to learn [...] Education Changemakers: Business Models Matter
IT, communications and entertainment, 2013
In this report, MaRS profiles nine education entrepreneurs that have developed unique business models and alternate distribution channels to attract investors. Years ago, the category of education venture capitalists didn’t exist. “I won’t touch education,” investors used to say. The problem, as many edtech entrepreneurs will tell you through clenched teeth, was that the traditional [...] The Data Visualizers
IT, communications and entertainment, 2012
In this report we examine the practice of data visualization and highlight eight Ontario-based startups whose innovative applications are setting the future for data visualization. Data visualization is not a new concept. It has been used for centuries to distill and communicate information. Think about all the maps, graphs and charts in existence, and the [...] Education Changemakers
IT, communications and entertainment, 2012
In the following report we look at the rise of blended learning solutions within the K-20 system in North America. In many cases, successful education startups offer blended learning solutions that have an eye on high tech solutions with a low-tech “anchor”-something that a teacher can use quickly and easily to engage students with an [...] The Market Impact of Accessible Energy Data
Cleantech, 2012
This white paper examines the economic impact, market scope and growth potential of the innovation economy that will be created by establishing appropriate standards and mechanisms to allow data, including electricity consumption data, to be used in new solutions. Through better protocols for the transfer of usage data, innovative companies in Ontario will be better [...] Mod Media Makers: Volume Two
IT, communications and entertainment, 2012
Welcome to the second edition of MaRS’ Mod Media Makers report, our gallery of brilliant ideas, passionate innovators and their quest to create Canada’s future. In this report, entrepreneurs respond to simple questions that can help future innovators better understand the highs and lows of the startup life. Check the videos and read the interviews [...] Merchants of Social
IT, communications and entertainment, 2012
Shopping has always been a social activity, whether it’s shopping with friends for fun, asking colleagues to recommend a service provider or telling your family about a big sale. The only difference today is that these collaborative shopping experiences are being seamlessly shifted from the physical world into the digital world. In this report we [...] Business of Aging: Wellness solutions for our aging workforce
Life sciences and healthcare, 2012
This report presents the case for employers to take action on employee wellness, and provides them with a showcase of Canadian innovations to help their employees prevent or manage chronic disease, thereby keeping them healthy and effective throughout their careers. Health in the workplace has become increasingly important as Canada’s population is in the midst [...] 
