MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
VC Fund
Toronto, Canada
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
- Total investments:
- 180
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 17%
- Fund size:
- $8.5M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund invests in
SoftwareAnalyticsArtificial IntelligenceHealth CareInformation Technology
Stages MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund invests in
SeedPre-SeedSeries AVenture - Series UnknownSeries B
Countries MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund invests in
CanadaUnited States
Round sizes
Seed $375k–$4MPre-Seed $409k–$1.5MSeries A $2.3M–$14M
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $375k–$4M
- Pre-Seed
- $409k–$1.5M
- Series A
- $2.3M–$14M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 61 (34%)
- Analytics 23 (13%)
- Artificial Intelligence 23 (13%)
- Health Care 21 (12%)
- Information Technology 19 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 109 (61%)
- Pre-Seed 21 (12%)
- Series A 16 (9%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 8 (4%)
- Series B 7 (4%)
Country
- Canada 136 (76%)
- United States 6 (3%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Gekiere
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 1 | Find email | |
Emil Savov
Managing Director
|
Managing Director | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
William Ma
Director, Investments
|
Director, Investments | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
|
Zeeshan Ali
Snr Director, Investments
|
Snr Director, Investments | Total investments: 1 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sprout Family is a digital concierge service based in Canada, focusing on assisting individuals and families on their journey to build a family. The company offers a range of services tailored to personal family-building needs, including insurance and employee benefit funds. With a team of 10 employees, Sprout Family aims to provide comprehensivesupport and resources for Canadians looking to navigate the complexities of family planning and growth. The platform offers users the ability to access their Sprout benefits online, ensuring a seamless and supportive experience. | $2.5M / Seed / Oct 15, 2026 | ||
| Daedal Systems delivers instrumentation integration and contract development services for the clean tech nuclear sector. The company focuses on fusion energy and small modular reactor projects that require specialized plasma and reactor diagnostics. Its teams design and integrate diagnostic suites that provide parametric, temporal, and spatial coverage of plasma behavior to support measurement and validation. Offerings include neutron-hardened instrumentation, temperature sensing, and coolant analysis tailored for next-generation nuclear systems. Daedal Systems supports reactor developers by acting as an outsourced partner for diagnostics architecture so customers can concentrate on core power plant systems. The company also provides neutronics modeling and engineering services for both fission and fusion hardware design. | $4M / Seed / Sep 28, 2026 | ||
| Thri5 develops software that connects retail data, people, and AI agents through a System of Actions. The platform monitors sales, margin, inventory, availability, and other operational data to identify exceptions and opportunities. It prioritizes signals, assigns ownership, coordinates workflows across retail teams, and supports execution through copilots and automation. The system also provides traceability and measures outcomes such as sales, margin, and inventory accuracy. | $5.4M / Seed / Sep 21, 2026 | ||
| SELLIT9 lets online shoppers trade in used items for instant store credit at checkout — with zero inventory burden for the merchant.SELLIT9 is the leading trade-in platform built for e-commerce merchants. It integrates directly into online stores (Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, Wix, Custom, etc.) enabling customers to trade in used items forinstant store credit redeemable at checkout, so consumers can apply trade-in value toward their next purchase.Unlike traditional buyback programs, SELLIT9 is fully merchant-side: merchants never touch, collect, or resell traded items (unless they want to). SELLIT9 manages the entire trade-in logistics end-to-end, reimbursing merchants directly while handling item assessment, customer communication, and fulfillment. The result is a zero-hassle revenue channel that boosts conversion rates, increases average order value, drives repeat purchases, and builds customer loyalty.Why merchants choose SELLIT9: -Seamless integration: installs directly into stores via the respective app store or a few lines of code; customers see trade-in options and can increase purchasing power while they shop -Zero inventory burden: merchants never handle traded goods (unless they want them); SELLIT9 manages all logistics -Instant credits for checkout: customers receive store credit immediately to use in that session (via discount code, gift card, coupon code, etc.), increasing purchasing intent -Configurable category support: electronics, cameras, lenses, scooters, and expanding across consumer goods categories — configurable by merchant -Sustainability edge: appeals to eco-conscious shoppers by keeping products in the circular economy- -Proven merchant results: trusted by brands across Canada with 5/5 stars across all merchant reviews to dateBest described as "Affirm for trade-ins," SELLIT9 introduces trade-in credit as a new form of purchasing currency, the same way BNPL transformed payments.Founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Backed by Northside Ventures, Drive Capital, and MaRS IAF (Pre-Seed). | $2.9M / Seed / Jun 22, 2026 | ||
| TimeSmart.AI provides a comprehensive solution developed with the guidance of physicians and compliance professionals to help improve organizational efficiencies.TimeSmart.AI delivers a robust, all-in-one solution crafted with input from physicians and compliance experts. It streamlines organizational workflows to boost efficiencies acrosshealthcare operations. Designed for real-world reliability, it helps teams save time while upholding the highest standards of care and regulation. | Venture - Series Unknown / Apr 01, 2026 | ||
| the merchant protocol layer for Agentic Commerce in the era of Personal Shopping Agents | $4M / Seed / Dec 04, 2025 | ||
| medreddie simplifies clinical procurement and market research to drive the future of healthcare. | $1.1M / Seed / Nov 25, 2025 | ||
| Falcon is a design platform that offers an app to create visuals, photoshop, and edit content in real time. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Nov 12, 2025 | ||
| Enurgen is a modeling software for power systems. Enurgen captures and distributes energy resources from cells to systems. Their bifacial resource from front to back is a bifacial performance model that calculates optical and electrical performance based on a physically representative array geometry. | $4.1M / Seed / Oct 08, 2025 | ||
| SELLIT9 lets online shoppers trade in used items for instant store credit at checkout — with zero inventory burden for the merchant.SELLIT9 is the leading trade-in platform built for e-commerce merchants. It integrates directly into online stores (Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, Wix, Custom, etc.) enabling customers to trade in used items forinstant store credit redeemable at checkout, so consumers can apply trade-in value toward their next purchase.Unlike traditional buyback programs, SELLIT9 is fully merchant-side: merchants never touch, collect, or resell traded items (unless they want to). SELLIT9 manages the entire trade-in logistics end-to-end, reimbursing merchants directly while handling item assessment, customer communication, and fulfillment. The result is a zero-hassle revenue channel that boosts conversion rates, increases average order value, drives repeat purchases, and builds customer loyalty.Why merchants choose SELLIT9: -Seamless integration: installs directly into stores via the respective app store or a few lines of code; customers see trade-in options and can increase purchasing power while they shop -Zero inventory burden: merchants never handle traded goods (unless they want them); SELLIT9 manages all logistics -Instant credits for checkout: customers receive store credit immediately to use in that session (via discount code, gift card, coupon code, etc.), increasing purchasing intent -Configurable category support: electronics, cameras, lenses, scooters, and expanding across consumer goods categories — configurable by merchant -Sustainability edge: appeals to eco-conscious shoppers by keeping products in the circular economy- -Proven merchant results: trusted by brands across Canada with 5/5 stars across all merchant reviews to dateBest described as "Affirm for trade-ins," SELLIT9 introduces trade-in credit as a new form of purchasing currency, the same way BNPL transformed payments.Founded in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Backed by Northside Ventures, Drive Capital, and MaRS IAF (Pre-Seed). | $368.3K / Pre-Seed / Jul 04, 2025 | ||
| See all 180 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund invest in?
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund invests primarily in Software, Analytics and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 180 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund invest in?
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund typically joins rounds of $375k–$4M at Seed, $409k–$1.5M at Pre-Seed and $2.3M–$14M at Series A. These are whole funding-round sizes, not MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund took part in.
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Who are the partners at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund?
The team at MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund includes Barry Gekiere (Managing Director), Emil Savov (Managing Director) and William Ma (Director, Investments). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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