MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

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Investment Firm

Overview

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) is an early stage venture capital firm based in Toronto. Since 2008, we have partnered with over 150 companies built by extraordinary founders. For more information, please visit www.marsiaf.com

Highlights

Founded

2008

Industry

Venture Capital

Employees

11-50

Investment

226

Lead Investment

25

Exits

64

Stages

Seed, Early Stage Venture

Investor Type

Venture Capital

Location

North America

Contact Information

Social

Profile Resume

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, established in 2008 and headquartered in North America., specializes in Seed, Early Stage Venture investments across Social Media, Analytics, Business Intelligence, Financial Services, Venture Capital, FinTech, Finance, Non Profit, Training, Software. The organization boasts a portfolio of 225 investments, with an average round size of $3.5M and 64 successful exits. Their recent investments include Sysomos, GrowthWorks Capital, Ontario Centres of Excellence, DossierView, McMaster University. The highest investment round they participated in was $32.1B. Among their most notable exits are Sysomos and GrowthWorks Capital. Explore their portfolio in detail, see who is connected to them, and find their contact information on our platform.

Employees

imagePlace Barry Gekiere

Barry Gekiere

Managing Director

imagePlace Ingrid Gahol

Ingrid Gahol

Manager, Portfolio Administration

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Michael Ho

Entrepreneur In Residence

imagePlace Craig Leonard

Craig Leonard

Sr. Investment Director, IAF

imagePlace Aaron Bast

Aaron Bast

Investment Director

imagePlace Mackenzie Puklicz

Mackenzie Puklicz

Associate

Investment portfolio

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund has made 226 investments. Their most recent investment was on May 14, 2024, when Nfinite Nanotech raised $6.5M.

investments

226

Diversity investments

1

Lead investments

25

Number of exits

64

Investments

226

Annouced DateOrganization NameIndustryMoney Raised
Feb 13, 2024
Sibli Sibli
Software4.5M
Apr 23, 2024
Forcen Forcen
Health Care6.1M
May 14, 2024
Nfinite Nanotech Nfinite Nanotech
Nanotechnology6.5M
Jul 17, 2024--2.2M

Exits

64

Funding Timeline

Funding rounds

226

Investors

0

Funds

3

Funding Rounds

226

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund has raised 226 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 17, 2024 from a Seed Round - ReliON round.

Annouced DateTransaction NameNumber of InvestorsMoney RaisedLead Investor
Feb 13, 2024
Seed Round - Sibli Seed Round - Sibli
-4.5M-
Apr 23, 2024
Series A - Forcen Series A - Forcen
-6.1M-
May 14, 2024
Seed Round - Nfinite Nanotech Seed Round - Nfinite Nanotech
-6.5M-
Jul 17, 2024
Seed Round - ReliON Seed Round - ReliON
-2.2M-

Investors

0

There is no funding round available on this profile

Fund raised

2

Susa Ventures has raised a total of $590M across 6 funds, their latest being Susa Ventures Opportunities II. This fund was announced on Aug 30, 2021 and raised a total of $250M.

Annouced DateFund NameMoney Raised
May 10, 2013
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1.0M
May 11, 2013
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1.0M

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