Sounds like things are going very well, good work! 1 m is not very much for something that is demonstrably successful, if it can scale. There should be people that can pony up the money in Toronto, they are just fewer of them.

Having said that, why not just hire some people to help you run things while you take a week to put together some pitch materials and start making calls? Or just run it for a bit more, then put it on hold while raising funds? Capital raising will take much more than a week in total, but again, why not just hire people? Surely you can get enough money together to pay for a few interns, overseen by you?

In any case, if you managed to launch it so quickly, you probably don't need to worry about pausing it for a few weeks. Just make sure to gather enough data so you can make a convincing pitch!