2021 MaRS entrepreneurs to watch

Evercloak’s CEO, Evelyn Allen, named one of 21 Canadian tech entrepreneurs to watch in 2021 by MaRS Discovery District

The COVID-19 pandemic challenged Canadian tech entrepreneurs like never before. But through great resolve and business savvy, Canada’s innovation community weathered the storm, adding roughly 100,000 STEM jobs between February and October, with many startups transforming their everyday practices to fight the coronavirus. With the end of the crisis now in sight, we’ll need our tech leaders to create more jobs, repair the healthcare system and heal the planet.

Here are 21 Canadian entrepreneurs to watch in 2021.

Read more here -> https://www.marsdd.com/news/21-canadian-tech-entrepreneurs-to-watch-in-2021

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