MaRS Mornings - Hard truth: The funding gap facing climate startups

Join us on May 29 to learn how climate solutions can get the support they need.

With tight investor deadlines and complex development stages, hard-tech climate startups struggle to commercialize their solutions. Yet these technologies are the ones that could have the biggest impact on the planet. This event will delve into how Canada can close that gap.

Location: MaRS Centre - LIVE Lounge, 661 University Ave, Toronto, ON

Agenda:

9: 00 - 9: 15 a. m. — Registration, coffee and networking

9: 15 - 9: 20 a. m. — Opening remarks

9: 20 - 9: 55 a. m. — Fireside chat

9: 55 - 10: 00 a. m. — Audience Q&A

10: 00 - 11: 00 a. m. — Networking

Speakers:

Mary Dimou, General Partner at Nadarra Ventures.

Mary Dimou has been a recognized leader in the agri-food investment landscape as a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and executive-level operator for over a decade specializing in agriculture, food, and the life sciences. Throughout her career, Mary has managed corporate, institutional, and public venture capital funds globally. She has held governance roles with some of agritechnologies' fastest scaling companies and is a strategic and technical Advisor in the innovation ecosystem. A former entrepreneur and inventor herself with a successful exit of a Premier's Award for Agri-Food Innovation-winning agritechnology, she is compassionate to the entrepreneurs' journey and applies a founder-focused mindset to her investment and portfolio theses.