> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # MaRS Discovery District - URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/mars-discovery-district/ - Published: 1999-01-02T19:38:00.000Z - Updated: 2025-07-14T04:04:08.000Z - Author: Liam Sturgess - Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization **MaRS Discovery District** is a Canadian not-for-profit corporation based in Toronto, Ontario. ## History MaRS hosted MaRS HealthKick 2014 on May 15, 2014.[\[1\]](#fn1) ## Organization MaRS Discovery District is a member of the Ontario Network of Entrepreneurs.[\[2\]](#fn2) MaRS administers the [MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/MaRS-Investment-Accelerator-Fund) using funding from the [Government of Ontario](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Government-of-Ontario).[\[3\]](#fn3) ### Portfolio Companies in MaRS' venture portfolio include:[\[4\]](#fn4)[\[5\]](#fn5)[\[6\]](#fn6) - Antibe Therapeutics - Biotagenics - [BlueDot](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/BlueDot) - BresoTec - Canopy Health Innovations - Cloud DX - Conavi Medical - CoreFour - Cyclica - Damiva - [Deep Genomics](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Deep-Genomics) - Dialogue - DNAstack - Dose Biosystems - Dot Health - eSight - Eve Medical - Figure 1 - Geneseeq - GeneYouIn - Health Espresso - Highland Therapeutics - Input Health - Intellijoint Surgical - InteraXon - Interface Biologics - Lucky Iron Fish - ManagingLife - Maple - Mavencare - MedChart - MEMOTEXT - MetricAid - MolecuLight - Mozzaz - Newtopia - Pattern Pharma - Perimeter Medical Imaging - Phoenix Digital Health - PlantForm - PocketHealth - Precision Biomonitoring - Precision Nutrition - Profound Medical - Pulse Infoframe - Real Tech - Reformulary Group - Reveal Surgical - Self Care Catalysts - Sensory Technologies - Smart Nora - Spiderwort - Synaptive Medical - Tecla - Tevosol - Think Research - Thornhill Medical - uFluidix - Vielight - Wealthsimple ### Tenants Companies that have operated out of MaRS Discovery District include:[\[3:1\]](#fn3) - ArcticDx - AvidBiologics - Blueline Bioscience - Canadian Venture Capital & Private Equity Association (CVCA) - Celtic House Venture Partners - Cytochroma - Etsy - GE HealthCare - GlaxoSmithKline - Grand Challenges Canada - Inmotive - Interface Biologics - Merck - National Angel Capital Organization (NACO) - Norton Rose Fulbright - Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) - [Public Health Ontario](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Public-Health-Ontario) (PHO) - Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence ### Funding Funding for MaRS Discovery District has come from:[\[7\]](#fn7)[\[8\]](#fn8)[\[2:1\]](#fn2)[\[3:2\]](#fn3)[\[4:1\]](#fn4) - AIC - Allan Slaight - Allscripts - Allstream - [Amgen](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Amgen) - Arthur Labatt - Ashoka Canada - [AstraZeneca](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/AstraZeneca) - Avie Bennett - [Baxter International](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Baxter-International) - Baycrest Health Sciences - BDC Venture Capital - Brock University Faculty of Education - Bullfrog Power - Business + Higher Education Roundtable - Canada Health Infoway - Canadian Electricity Association - Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce (CIBC) - Cancer Care Ontario - Capgemini - CFC Media Lab - Chisholm Thomson Family Foundation - Cisco - City of Toronto - Compass Group Canada - Co-operators Community Funds - Consulate General of the Netherlands in Toronto - [Deloitte](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Deloitte) - Demac Media - Edelman - [Eli Lilly](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Eli-Lilly) - Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) - Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) - Fight Against Cancer Innovation Trust (FACIT) - FleishmanHillard - Friends of the Greebelt Foundation - Gerald Heffernan - Gilbert's LLP - GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) - [Government of Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Government-of-Canada) - [Government of Ontario](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Government-of-Ontario) - [Gowling WLG](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Gowling-WLG) - GuruLink - Hamilton Community Foundation - Henry White Kinnear Foundation - Hill+Knowlton Strategies - HSBC - Ilse Treurnicht - Ivey Foundation - [Janssen](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Janssen) - John Evans - [Johnson & Johnson](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Johnson-&-Johnson) - Joseph Rotman - J.W. McConnell Family Foundation - KPMG - Lawrence Bloomberg - [MaRS Innovation](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Toronto-Innovation-Acceleration-Partners) - [Mastercard](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Mastercard) - McConnell Foundation - McKesson - Meridian Credit Union - Metcalf Foundation - Microsoft - Miller Thomson - MindShare Learning - MNP - Mobilicity - Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship - Nordion - Norton Rose Fulbright - Novartis - NPS Pharmaceuticals - OneConnect - Ontario Brain Institute (OBI) - Ontario Genomics Institute - Ontario Trillium Foundation - Pearson - Peter Gilgan Foundation - Peter Monk - Pharmexx - Postmedia Network - Procura - Quanta Research Institute - RBC Foundation - RBC Tech for Nature - Richard Ivey - Roche - Rockefeller Foundation - Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) - Saint Elizabeth Health Care - Saint Joseph's University (SJU) - Samsung Electronics - SAP - Scottish Development International (SDI) - Siemens - St. Michael's Hospital - Suncor Energy - Suncor Energy Foundation - The Working Group (TWG) - Thistledown Foundation - TMX Group - Toronto Foundation - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute - Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) - Torys - Trottier Family Foundation - TSX Venture Exchange - University of Toronto - Vancity - Versant Ventures - Welch - William and Nona Heaslip Foundation - William Wilder - Wind Mobile ## External links - [Campfire Wiki](https://www.campfire.wiki/doku.php?id=mars%5Fdiscovery%5Fdistrict) - [Website](https://www.marsdd.com/) - [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MaRS%5FDiscovery%5FDistrict) --- 1. *Canada’s largest healthcare venture showcase.* MaRS Healthkick. Retrieved March 5, 2014, from [↩︎](#fnref1) 2. *Meet Our Supporters.* MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved April 6, 2019, from [↩︎](#fnref2) [↩︎](#fnref2:1) 3. Treurnicht, I., & Nixon, G. (2014, December 9). *2012 MaRS Annual Report.* Issuu; MaRS. [↩︎](#fnref3) [↩︎](#fnref3:1) [↩︎](#fnref3:2) 4. Treurnicht, I., & Nixon, G. (2014, December 9). *2013 MaRS Annual Report.* Issuu; MaRS Discovery District. [↩︎](#fnref4) [↩︎](#fnref4:1) 5. *MaRS Health.* MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved July 12, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref5) 6. *Who We Work With.* MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved May 3, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref6) 7. Wu, Y. *MaRS Donor Report April 1, 2021 - March 31, 2022.* MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved January 22, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref7) 8. *Meet Our Supporters.* MaRS Discovery District. Retrieved January 12, 2023, from [↩︎](#fnref8)