About MaRS Discovery District

As North America’s largest urban innovation hub, MaRS purpose is to help innovators create a better world. We supports high-growth start-ups, scale-ups, and innovators at large who are tackling key issues in health, cleantech, fintech and other sectors. In addition, MaRS convenes all members of the tech ecosystem to drive breakthrough discoveries, grow the economy and make an impact by solving real problems for real people — in Canada and around the world.

The work carried out by our community is making innovation mean something again. Innovators at MaRS help streamline our healthcare system, reduce the effects of climate change, unlock new cures for disease, envision the jobs of the future, improve mobility in crowded cities, and provide food and clean water for a growing population.

We believe we can be the engine for Canada to lead in the innovation economy, and we drive positive global impact as the partner of choice for entrepreneurs and the innovation community in that pursuit.