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Toronto Metropolitan University's investment arm running startup support and accelerator programmes in Canada, Vietnam and India

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About DMZ

DMZ is a startup support organisation linked to Toronto Metropolitan University. Its for-profit investment arm, DMZ Ventures, was formerly called Ryerson Futures. The team helps founders build foundations, make connections and grow, and it works with partners around the world.

What DMZ offers

  • Startup equity management — looking after the equity held in DMZ's portfolio companies, following a move to an equity-based model in 2021.
  • Zone Startups network — accelerator programmes run under this brand outside Canada.
  • Angel investor programme — a scheme to help build Canada's startup investment landscape.
  • Seed-stage venture funding — investment in high-potential technology startups; details are listed as coming soon.

Who it works with

Early-stage technology startups and their founders, in Canada and through accelerators in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, and Mumbai, India. The Mumbai programme is run in partnership with the Bombay Stock Exchange.

Key facts

  • Based in: downtown Toronto, Canada
  • Parent: Toronto Metropolitan University
  • Former name of the investment arm: Ryerson Futures

Profile written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Oct 2026.

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