# Lise Birikundavyi

> Lise Birikundavyi is a seed investor at BKR Capital backing Artificial Intelligence and Genetics. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [BKR Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bkr-capital)
- Location: Toronto, Canada
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Oct 2025
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisebiri/?originalSubdomain=ca
- Website: https://x.com/LBirikundavyi

Lise Birikundavyi is a seed investor at BKR Capital in Toronto focused on Artificial Intelligence and Genetics. Lise Birikundavyi is based out of Toronto, Ontario, and is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at BKR Capital, and Board of Director at Oasis Learning AI. Lise previously served as the Deputy Country Director at TRECC Program. Lise Birikundavyi attended HEC Montréal. Lise Birikundavyi has received a Certificate in Company Direction, Level 9(SCQF). Lise Birikundavyi has received a Leadership Award.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 50% |
| Genetics | 1 | 25% |
| Training | 1 | 25% |
| E-Learning | 1 | 25% |
| Biotechnology | 1 | 25% |

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 2 | 50% |
| United States | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Oasis Learning AI | Oasis Learning AI provides educational experiences tailored to the distinct needs of both individuals and organizations. The company specializes in custom training solutions for industry leaders. Its mission is to cultivate a safe and respectful environment while transforming workforce training through the utilization of cutting-edge AItechnologies. This approach enables the delivery of personalized, scalable, and continuously updated training programs. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 02, 2025 |  |
| Moneta Health | Moneta Moneta Provides brain health digital therapy platform covered by insurance digital therapy to treat and prevent dementia. | $4.5M | Seed | Feb 13, 2025 |  |
| Simmunome AI | Simmunome is an artificial intelligence-based contract research organization. They develop industry-ready computational models of pathogenesis and immunogenesis of various diseases with a particular focus on oncology and the nervous system. Our models are achieved by annotating cellular interactions at an in-depth, comprehensive molecular level toattain physiological accuracy | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Sep 18, 2023 |  |
| BKR Capital | BKR Capital (formerly Black Innovation Capital) was built with the objective of investing in promising black founders in the tech space. | $3.5M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 01, 2022 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ACET Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acet-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bdc Thrive venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bdc-thrive-venture) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [La Caisse](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/caisse-de-depot-et-placement-du-quebec) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Capital M Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/capital-m-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Centre for Aging + Brain Health Innovation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centre-for-aging-brain-health-innovation-cabhi) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Fondaction](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fondaction) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About BKR Capital

VC Fund · Toronto, Canada

BKR Capital (formerly Black Innovation Capital) was built with the objective of investing in promising black founders in the tech space.

2 contacts available at BKR Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Lise Birikundavyi | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lise-birikundavyi |
| Isaac Jr. Olowolafe | Co-Founder & General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/isaac-jr-olowolafe |

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## FAQ

### What does Lise Birikundavyi invest in?

Lise Birikundavyi invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Genetics and Training startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Lise Birikundavyi last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Lise Birikundavyi closed in Oct 2025. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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