Lance Laking
MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund
Lance is Sr. Investment Director with the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund, a seed-stage venture investor, http://www.marsiaf.com/ and a General Partner with StandUp Ventures. StandUp invests in Women led seed-stage technology companies. https://www.standupvc.com/ Lance is also a mentor, advisor and facilitator of Entrepreneurship Programs for MaRS Venture Services. In addition to MaRS, Lance is a member of the Board at Expertfile, and an active Angel Investor. He previously served as President and CEO of BTI Systems where he was responsible for securing more than US$55M in growth capital (BTI acquired by Juniper Networks in January 2016).
Education:
- University of Waterloo, BA (Accounting and Economics)
- Certified Professional Accountant / Chartered Accountant
- Queens University, Executive Development Program
- University of Western Ontario, Ivey School of Business, Quantum Shift Program