# Market Readiness

> Market Readiness is a VC fund in Toronto backing Robotics, Health Care and Social Impact. See 1 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 1
- Last investment: Jun 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://www.oc-innovation.ca/programs/market-readiness-co-investment-fund/

Market Readiness is a VC fund in Toronto focused on Robotics and Health Care. Market Readiness Co-Investment Fund provides direct investment to Ontario companies and passionate entrepreneurs with competitive/transformational IP building disruptive/next generation technologies to support their growth into scalable businesses.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Robotics | 1 | 100% |
| Health Care | 1 | 100% |
| Social Impact | 1 | 100% |
| Medical Device | 1 | 100% |
| Computer Vision | 1 | 100% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Able Innovations | Able Innovations is developing advanced medical devices to tackle the pressing problem of patient transfer in healthcare. Their technology is revolutionizing the quality of care provision - providing a safe, efficient, and dignified care experience for patients and caregivers. | $3.5M | Seed | Jun 13, 2022 | https://www.ableinnovations.com/ |

1 of 1 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [NorthSpring Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/northspring-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ontario Centres of Excellence](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ontario-centres-of-excellence) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Velocity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/velocity-4) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Market Readiness invest in?

Market Readiness invests primarily in Robotics, Health Care and Social Impact startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 1 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Market Readiness last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Market Readiness closed in Jun 2022. Shizune tracks 1 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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