# BenchSci funding: rounds and investors

> BenchSci has raised $98M across 3 rounds since 2018. Investors include Inovia Capital, TCV and Gradient. Every round with its source.

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/benchsci (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

Canada · [Series D startup](https://millionrounds.com/companies)

# Who invested in *BenchSci*

3 rounds we have observed, with the 8 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

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Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$98M** raised across 3 rounds since 2018, from 3 sources

**$8.0M** Series A **$21M** Round **$70M** Series D

- **Latest round:** Series D, $70M May 2023
- **Step-up i:** 3.4×
- **Investors:** 8 (1 led)

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

**$8.0M** Series A

**$21M** Round

**$70M** Series D

- **First round:** Series A, $8.0M
- **Biggest round:** $70M
- **Usual gap between rounds:** 3.8 years

## The rounds

- **May 2023** Series D **$70M** *2 new* *1 returning* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) [Radical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical-ventures) Source recorded
- **Jun 2019** Round **$21M** *2 new* [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) Lead [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) Reported by Prweb
- **May 2018** Series A **$8.0M** *4 new* [Afore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afore-capital) [RADiCAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical) Novia Capital/ Gradient. Golden Real Reported by FinSMEs

## Founders and team

From BenchSci's own website: 7 on the team.

- **Liran Belenzon** Chief Executive Officer
- **Bryn Knox** Chief Financial Officer
- **Chad Malek** Chief Commercial Officer
- **John Jackson** Chief Technology Officer
- **Tom Leung** Chief Science Officer
- **Rasheed Ahmed** VP, Company Operations
- **Tony Solon** VP, Data & ML Platform

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Series A** 2018 **Round** 2019 **Series D** 2023 [Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) L [TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) [Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) [Afore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afore-capital) [Radical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical-ventures) [RADiCAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical) Novia Capital/ Gradient. Golden Real

## Everyone who backed them

[Inovia Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/inovia-capital) VC firm **2** rounds, led 1

[TCV](https://millionrounds.com/fund/tcv) Private equity **1** round

[Gradient](https://millionrounds.com/fund/gradient-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[Afore Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/afore-capital) VC firm **1** round

[Radical Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical-ventures) VC firm **1** round

[RADiCAL](https://millionrounds.com/fund/radical) VC firm **1** round

Novia Capital/ Gradient. Golden no record of our own yet **1** round

Real no record of our own yet **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 3 firms list BenchSci as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Real Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/real-ventures) VC firm Per its own site

[Bert Amato](https://millionrounds.com/fund/bert-amato) VC firm Per its own site

[Rep Matters Angel Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/rep-matters-angel-network) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about BenchSci

### Who invested in BenchSci?

BenchSci's investors include Inovia Capital, TCV, Gradient, Afore Capital and Radical Ventures, and 3 more on record.

### How much has BenchSci raised?

BenchSci has raised $98M across 3 rounds since 2018.

### When did BenchSci last raise?

BenchSci's most recent round was a Series D of $70M in May 2023.

### What was BenchSci's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $70M in May 2023, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed BenchSci first?

BenchSci's first round on record, in May 2018, was backed by Afore Capital, RADiCAL and Novia Capital/ Gradient. Golden and 1 others.

### What stage is BenchSci at?

BenchSci's latest named round is a Series D, in May 2023.

### Where is BenchSci based?

BenchSci is based in Canada.

### Who led BenchSci's rounds?

Inovia Capital led the Undisclosed round in 2019.

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