Toronto-based BenchSci, which helps pharmaceutical firms accelerate research and development (R&D) using artificial intelligence (AI), has announced $95 million CAD in Series D funding.

BenchSci plans to use this capital to expand its AI-powered drug-discovery platform.

The round, which was led by Al Gore’s Generation Investment Management with support from existing BenchSci backers Inovia Capital, TCV, Golden Ventures, and F-Prime Capital, brings BenchSci’s total funding to $218 million. The fresh capital comes about 16 months after BenchSci closed $63 million in Series C financing.

In a statement, BenchSci co-founder and CEO Liran Belenzon hailed the company’s Series D round as “validation” of the work its team has done and the traction that BenchSci has generated with large pharma and biotech firms around the world.

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