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    Director, Investments - Toronto, Canada - MaRS Discovery District

    MaRS Discovery District
    MaRS Discovery District Toronto, Canada

    3 weeks ago

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    About MaRS

    MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD) in Toronto is one of the world's largest urban innovation hubs.

    MaRS supports promising high-growth companies to scale their businesses globally, while tackling key societal challenges in areas such as Health, Cleantech, Finance, Transportation, AI, and others. In addition to helping start-ups launch, grow and scale, the MaRS community is dedicated to cross-disciplinary collaboration, commercialization of discoveries, and driving ideas to impact.

    MaRS is the place where you can play a meaningful role in our innovation economy.

    We understand qualifications on a job posting can be daunting. If you're passionate about the role and believe you can make a meaningful impact, we want to hear from you, even if you don't meet every listed qualification. We're always looking for great talent to join our team on planet MaRS.

    We actively encourage all candidates, including equity-deserving communities, including those who identify as BIPOC, racialized, women, people with disabilities, and people with diverse gender identities, expressions and sexual orientations.

    We want you to be comfortable being your most authentic self throughout our recruitment process. Please reach out to if there's anything we can do to make your experience more accessible and inclusive, including accommodations. Include 'Accessibility Request' in your subject line.

    About the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund

    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 10-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.

    About the Position

    The Director, Investments is at the front line of IAF's investment activities. The Director, Investments will lead investment opportunities to execution while playing an active role in providing support to investee companies. They qualify investment opportunities and manage the due diligence process to evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the investment opportunity.

    Key Responsibilities

    Investment Ownership

  • Responsible for actively managing a pipeline of investment opportunities and playing an active role in sourcing deal flow for IAF
  • Identify opportunities appropriate to IAF and lead the end-to-end deal process from sourcing to investment execution
  • Presents investment opportunities to the IAF Investment Committee and leads the development of investment memoranda to relevant parties

    • Portfolio Management

  • Oversees and assesses the outcomes of IAF investments, actively involved in taking opportunities to the next phase of growth, development or follow-on investment
  • Interacts with investee companies to develop a strategy and tactical plan to ensure achievement of operational milestones necessary to secure subsequent financing or become self-sufficient
  • Monitors reporting from investee companies through exit of IAF's investment, helping companies to achieve scale and enable success

    • Ecosystem Engagement

  • Provides coaching and guidance to less experienced members of the team, enabling a dynamic and results-driven work culture
  • Engages and coordinates with ecosystem partners and investment communities with a view to developing consistent sources of deal flow and opportunities for initial and follow-on investments
  • Contributes to and maintains a network of technology and domain experts that can be called upon to help evaluate a wide range of deal flow and assist with due diligence

    • Qualifications

  • Minimum bachelor's degree in business, engineering or equivalent
  • Bachelor's degree + professional designation (MBA, PEng, CBV, CFA, CPA, etc.) an asset
  • 8+ years of related work experience
  • Investment experience with preference given to experience in assessing early-stage technology companies
  • Strong business development and collaboration skills (investment syndicates)
  • Experience with corporate governance and legal structures
  • Superior negotiations skills
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills
  • Personal integrity and professionalism

    • Applications close May 7, 2024 at 5pm EDT.

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