What we offer
Expert guidance: Partner with a team of seasoned experts, including successful VCs and founders who have raised millions of dollars. We act as an extension of your team, providing curated, one-on-one support and actionable strategies to accelerate your fundraising process.
Access to global investors: Connect with an unparalleled network of investors. We help pre-qualify VCs and prepare for term sheet negotiations, ensuring you maximize your funding opportunities and secure the right partnerships.
Market intelligence and resources: Get exclusive access to premium data, proprietary market analysis and curated investor lists.
Sprint-paced, customized support: Experience the difference tailored support makes to secure capital faster. We deliver the expertise and resources to guide you through every stage of your raise.
What we offer
Why choose the MaRS Capital Program?
Our program doesn’t just prepare you for fundraising — it fast-tracks your journey to success. Join the ranks of top Canadian ventures that have raised millions of dollars and secured global partnerships.
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Farzin Mou
Client Engagement Manager
Farzin leads MaRS' Intensive Capital Program for Seed and Series A startups improving the odds of success for Canada's highest potential ventures. She works across cleantech, health, digital and emerging technologies, helping ventures navigate their fundraising strategy and investor readiness. Prior to MaRS, Farzin rose up the ranks at RS Energy Group, an energy analytics SaaS scale-up, which was acquired by US-owned Enverus for $1 billion. From roles in investment research to customer success and product management, Farzin married her data-driven nature with delivering customer-centric technology solutions. Before that, she worked at Suncor Energy and Imperial Oil after graduating from the University of Calgary's Mechanical Engineering program.
Richard Bozzato
Executive in Residence
Scale-up Experience: Head of Drug Development at Allelix Biopharmaceuticals
- Successful product development partnership with multinational Pharma
- Team member raising venture capital financing and eventual IPO
- Early-stage research through to clinical development
- Growth of drug development programs from 10 staff to over 200.
- Successful regulatory approval and marketing authorization
- Founder of Advanced Regenerative Medicine and Tissue Engineering Consortium - industry-academic partnership
- Integrated multi-site contract manufacturing and clinical development facilities
- Biotech strategic partnerships
- Therapeutics product development strategies
- VC interactions and financing
- Product licensing (in-/out)
Jenny Yang
Senior Advisor, MaRS Enterprise
An entrepreneur angel investor, Jenny brings vast experience to the Enterprise team. Prior to joining MaRS, she was co-founder and CEO of Aida (acquired by Vision Critical) and Metafor Software (acquired by Splunk). Jenny also worked for BDC Capital where she led investments in technology startups, and was a consultant with both the Boston Consulting Group and Bain & Company. Jenny holds a bachelor of applied science in electrical engineering from the University of British Columbia and an MBA from INSEAD.
Harry Gandhi
Capital Experience:
- Venture Partner at 1517 Fund
- Venture Partner at Amplify Capital
- Advisor - Lab2Market Program
- Co-Founder and CEO of Medella Health where he raised funds from 1517 Fund, Jaan Tallinn, GTAN, Garage Capital, BDC Seed Fund, etc.
- Pitching for capital
- Term sheet negotiations
- Mentorship and community building
Hilary Kilgour
Capital Experience:
- Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Audaxa Ventures
- Advisor for Future Capital (formerly Female Funders), Highline Beta’s venture studio, Spring's first National Investor Challenge, VentureLAB's Capital Investment Program, and Elevate’s Women+ Entrepreneur Incubator.
- Supported ventures in accessing more than $48.2 million in capital across Canada, United States, and Australia.
- Played a vital role developing the Hardware Investors Network with ventureLAB
- Pitching for capital
- Product development strategies
- VC interactions and financing
- Strategic Planning & partnerships