We help innovators change the world.

MaRS supports Canada’s most promising startups — helping them grow, create jobs and solve society’s greatest challenges.

How we help startups

How Tulip Retail pivoted to meet the changing needs of retailers

How eLeapPower built a small but mighty team

How Opus One Solutions went from fledgling startup to global scale-up

How IoT startup AOMS partnered with renewable-energy leader OPG

How Livestock Water Recycling is exporting its agtech solution — to the world

Startups in the MaRS ecosystem

People employed by MaRS-supported companies in 2020

Lives positively impacted through MaRS programs

FOCUS AREAS

MaRS works with startups and partners in four main sectors:

Health

Improving the healthcare system and helping people enjoy longer, healthier lives.

Cleantech

Tackling climate change and making organizations and businesses more sustainable.

Fintech

Modernizing traditional financial transactions and keeping people’s hard-earned money safe.

Enterprise

Optimizing work and employee engagement to make businesses more agile, competitive and relevant.

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EVENTS

Entrepreneurs, investors, corporates, scientists and more — MaRS brings together all members of the innovation community.

Launching Mission from MaRS: Carbon Management

Thu, Jun 15
11:00 am - 1:00 pm
online

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STARTUPS WE SUPPORT

The MaRS ecosystem is made up of some of Canada’s greatest success stories.

Li-Cycle

Li-Cycle has developed a recycling method to capture precious resources from old lithium-ion batteries.

BioConnect

BioConnect provides a security platform that establishes trust when verifying a person's identity across physical, IoT and digital applications.

Figure 1

Figure 1 is a free mobile app that helps millions of healthcare professionals in more than 190 countries connect, communicate and collaborate.

Borealis Wind

Borealis Wind’s tech heats the blades of wind turbines, reducing energy loss to icing, which costs wind farms $300M each year in lost revenue.

Magnovate

Magnovate has developed a low-cost maglev technology that enables the high-speed, on-demand transport of people and goods in urban settings.

Xesto

Xesto is building a smartphone tool that recommends clothing sizes based on scans of users’ feet, hands or body.

Livestock Water Recycling

On-farm waste treatment technology that takes livestock manure and turns it into high-quality fertilizers, biogas feedstock and clean water.

Nugget AI

Nugget.ai connects talent to opportunity, quantifying people skills to help companies hire and develop top talent through online challenges.

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