Bench IQ, a Toronto, Canada-based AI-powered judicial intelligence platform, has raised $5.3 million in a seed funding round.
Investors
The round was led by Battery Ventures and Inovia Capital, with participation from CIBC Innovation Banking, MVP Ventures, Maple VC, and Haystack VC.
Battery Ventures is a global investment firm specializing in technology-focused venture capital and private equity. Founded in 1983 in Boston, it invests across sectors such as software, consumer technology, industrial technology, and life sciences. The firm provides capital and strategic support to companies at all stages early, growth, and buyout, helping them scale globally. With offices in the U.S., Europe, and Israel, Battery Ventures has backed over 450 companies.
Bench IQ Use of Funds
The company will use the funding to expand its proprietary dataset, advance its AI agents, and grow its team in the U.S. and Canada.
About Bench IQ
Founded in 2023 by Jimoh Ovbiagele, Maxim Isakov, and Jeffrey Gettleman, Bench IQ is an AI-powered judicial intelligence platform to assist legal professionals in understanding how judges make decisions. The platform aggregates and analyzes proprietary judicial data, using AI agents to identify patterns in judges’ reasoning and deliver actionable insights. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Bench IQ has created a proprietary dataset capturing unreported judicial reasoning and leverages AI agents to convert it into actionable insights.
Funding Details
Company: Bench IQ
Raised: $5.3M
Round: Seed
Funding Date: August 2025
Lead Investors: Battery Ventures, Inovia Capital
Additional Investors: CIBC Innovation Banking, MVP Ventures, Maple VC, Haystack VC
Company Website: https://www.benchiq.com/
Software Category: Legal AI / Judicial Intelligence
Source: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20250827577224/en