# Yoshua Bengio

> Yoshua Bengio is a seed investor at Université de Montréal backing Artificial Intelligence. See 8 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Université de Montréal](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/universit-de-montr-al)
- Location: Montréal, Canada
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Sep 2024
- Lead investor: 13%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoshuabengio
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/yoshua.bengio

Yoshua Bengio is a seed investor at Université de Montréal in Montréal focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Yoshua Bengio (PhD in CS, McGill University, 1991), post-docs at M.I.T. (Michael Jordan) and AT&T Bell Labs (Yann LeCun), CS professor at Université de Montréal, Canada Research Chair in Statistical Learning Algorithms, NSERC Chair, CIFAR Fellow, member of NIPS foundation board and former program/general chair, co-created ICLR conference,authored two books and over 300 publications, the most cited being in the areas of deep learning, recurrent networks, probabilistic learning,natural language and manifold learning. He is among the most cited Canadian computer scientists and is or has been associate editor of the top journals in machine learning and neural networks.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.5M–$11M |
| Pre-Seed | $1.5M–$2.5M |
| Series A | $13M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 63% |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| Health Care | 2 | 25% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 25% |
| Medical | 1 | 13% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 38% |
| Series A | 2 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Canada | 3 | 38% |
| United States | 2 | 25% |
| France | 1 | 13% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Entalpic | Entalpic is an AI-driven discovery platform for sustainable industries aiming to optimize carbon-intensive sectors. | $9.4M | Seed | Sep 04, 2024 |  |
| Noetik | Noetik is an AI-native biotechnology company. Noetik leverages in advanced machine learning methods to discover and develop cancer immunotherapies. | $40M | Series A | Aug 28, 2024 |  |
| Reliant AI | Reliant AI operates as an AI generated data analytics software provider. | $11.3M | Seed | Aug 20, 2024 |  |
| Reliant AI | Reliant AI operates as an AI generated data analytics software provider. | $2.2M | Pre-Seed | Nov 01, 2023 |  |
| Abridge | Abridge provides an AI platform that transforms patient-clinician conversations into structured, billable clinical notes. This technology aims to reduce documentation burdens for clinicians and nurses. The system integrates into existing healthcare workflows and electronic health record systems. | $12.5M | Series A | Aug 11, 2022 |  |
| Ubenwa Health | Ubenwa is a Montreal-based startup building the future of automated sound-based medical diagnostics by leveraging cutting-edge AI research. We have developed the first technology for rapid detection of neurological and respiratory conditions in infants using only their cry sounds. We are a team of award-winning scientists, engineers and medicalprofessionals. Our technology is based on years of scientific research in close collaboration with Mila - the Québec AI Institute and the McGill University Health Center. Ubenwa’s technology has applications in primary health care, clinical trials, and in guiding neurodevelopmental care. | $2.5M | Pre-Seed | Jul 25, 2022 |  |
| Armilla AI | Armilla AI is a governance platform that enables algorithmic accountability to drive ethical decisions with transparency.The platform utilizes algorithmic accountability for tracking and governance and allows models to be tested in a matter of hours, vetting both the models themselves and the underlying datasets, helping clients by providingcontinuous monitoring of ongoing performance, accuracy, and algorithmic accountability by detecting errors. | $1.5M | Pre-Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |
| Armilla AI | Armilla AI is a governance platform that enables algorithmic accountability to drive ethical decisions with transparency.The platform utilizes algorithmic accountability for tracking and governance and allows models to be tested in a matter of hours, vetting both the models themselves and the underlying datasets, helping clients by providingcontinuous monitoring of ongoing performance, accuracy, and algorithmic accountability by detecting errors. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 21, 2021 |  |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Inovia Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inovia-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [C2 Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/c2-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Wittington Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wittington-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [11.2 Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/112capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Africa Venture Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/africa-venture-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AIX Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aix-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Université de Montréal

VC Fund · Montréal, Canada

University of Montreal is a research institution serving the statistics and highlighted areas of excellence education to the graduates.It is a major research university, it hosts more than 62,864 students, employs 10,000 people and awards nearly 11,494 degrees at all levels of study. It has two affiliated schools, Polytechnique Montréal and HECMontréal, forms the first university complex in Quebec and the second in Canada.

5 contacts available at Université de Montréal.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Yoshua Bengio | Full Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yoshua-bengio |
| Alain Azzam | Lecturer, Faculty of Aménagement, School of Urban Planning | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alain-azzam |
| Alain Tapp | Full Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alain-tapp |
| Denis Garceau | Guest Lecturer for the Faculty of Pharmacy; Guest Lecturer for the Faculty of Pharmacy | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denis-garceau |
| Hugo Larochelle | Adjunct Professor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hugo-larochelle |

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## FAQ

### What does Yoshua Bengio invest in?

Yoshua Bengio invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Health Care startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 8 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Yoshua Bengio's check size?

Yoshua Bengio typically joins rounds of $1.5M–$11M at Seed, $1.5M–$2.5M at Pre-Seed and $13M–$40M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Yoshua Bengio participates in.

### When did Yoshua Bengio last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Yoshua Bengio closed in Sep 2024. Shizune tracks 8 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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