Investor Forum

Investor Forum: Connecting Toronto’s Top Founders with Investors during Toronto Tech Week

Planned as part of Toronto Tech Week 2026, a weeklong citywide collection of events to connect and celebrate the builders. May 25 → May 29, 2026 | torontotechweek.com

The Investor Forum is a curated platform designed to foster powerful connections between forward-thinking founders and leading investors. Hosted between MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) and YSpace, this exclusive forum offers an opportunity to explore potential partnerships and investment opportunities that drive growth and innovation within the startup ecosystem.

Key Details

Application Deadline: May 14th at 5:00 PM EST

Event Date: May 27, 2025

​How It Works for Founders:

​Apply by May 14th ​Receive your personalized schedule by May 20​Join us in-person May 27 from 1:00 – 4:00 PM

​How it Works for Investors:

​Apply by May 14th ​Join us in-person on May 27th for your 1-on-1s

Admission Policy

​Participation in the Investor Forum is application-based. All founder must submit their forms by May 14, 2026 at 5:00 PM EST to be considered.

​👉 Please note:Participating investors will review founder applications and select ventures based on interest and alignment. As this is a curated forum, not all applicants will be selected for 1-on-1 meetings.

Questions?

If you have additional questions, contact us at yspace@yorku.ca

About the Hosts

MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) is a leading seed stage fund investing in high-potential IT, health and cleantech companies in Ontario. IAF has over a 20-year history of successfully providing innovative firms with the capital, mentorship, and networks needed to validate ideas and bring products to market. Its mission is to keep Ontario’s talent and technology local while helping its companies go global.

YSpace is York University’s pan-university entrepreneurship and innovation hub supporting startups and entrepreneurs from a variety of sectors and communities. Our programming spans across scaling innovative technologies through customer and investor capital to scaling agri-food businesses into mass retail to diversity-focused initiatives like **ELLA powered by Desjardins** for women-led businesses and Black Entrepreneurship Alliance (BEA) for Black-led businesses. Additionally with our Start-Up Visa program, we are building a robust ecosystem, driving positive change and empowering entrepreneurs to shape the future. We are also home to two physical hubs in the City of Markham and the Town of Georgina.

Toronto Tech Week is a citywide celebration of the people building what’s next. From May 25–29, 2026, founders, investors, and builders come together for hundreds of community-led events across Toronto, connecting tens of thousands of people around Canadian tech.