Toronto, September 26, 2025— BenchSci, a world leader in AI solutions for preclinical research and drug discovery, is pleased to announce its inclusion in the 2025 Report on Business magazine’s ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies, for the second year in a row.

Canada’s Top Growing Companies ranks Canadian companies on three-year revenue growth. BenchSci earned its spot with a three-year growth of 180%.

“Being named one of Canada’s Top Growing Companies for the second consecutive year is more than a recognition of our momentum—it reflects the extraordinary talent and dedication of our team, who are tackling one of the most pressing challenges in drug discovery,” said Liran Belenzon, CEO & Co-founder of BenchSci. “AI enables us to reimagine the path from discovery to treatment. Together with our partners, we’re leading a transformation that will bring life-changing therapies to patients faster than ever before.”

BenchSci’s inclusion on the list reflects its role as a global leader in transforming drug discovery with AI. The company’s ASCEND platform is the first neurosymbolic AI designed specifically for preclinical research. At its core is the Biological Evidence Knowledge Graph (BEKG), rigorously curated by experts to ensure every connection is grounded in experimental evidence. By integrating publications, multi-omics, and clinical trial data into a unified view of disease and combining this with advanced foundation models, ASCEND creates unbiased maps of disease biology that unravel its complexities at scale, serving as an AI copilot for preclinical scientists. The result is a significant increase in productivity across the preclinical R&D pipeline, helping bring new medicines to patients faster.

Canada’s Top Growing Companies is an editorial ranking that was launched in 2019 to celebrate the achievements of innovative businesses in Canada. To qualify for this voluntary program; companies had to complete an in-depth application process and fulfill revenue requirements. In total, 400 companies earned a spot on this year’s ranking. 

The full list of 2025 winners along with editorial coverage is published in the October issue of Report on Business magazine. The list is also published online here.

“Our annual ranking of Canada’s Top Growing Companies reflects the sector-spanning ingenuity of this country’s entrepreneurs and corporate leaders,” says Dawn Calleja, Editor of Report on Business magazine. “And we think it’s important to tell their stories, to help inspire the next generation of up-and-comers across the country.”

About BenchSci 

BenchSci is a world leader in AI solutions for drug discovery on a mission to exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving R&D to help bring new medicines to patients faster. We apply AI to understand how disease biology works throughout the drug discovery pipeline to solve the number one reason drug discovery projects fail—getting the biology wrong. Our platform, ASCEND, acts as a scalable AI assistant for preclinical organizations, increasing the productivity of the preclinical R&D pipeline across therapeutic areas. Backed by top-tier investors, including Generation Investment Management, iNovia Capital, TCV, F-Prime, Gradient Ventures (Google’s AI fund), and Golden Ventures, BenchSci has raised over $200 million. Our platform accelerates science at 16 top-20 pharmaceutical companies and over 4,500 leading research centers worldwide. We’re a Deloitte Technology Fast 50™ and Fast 500™ winner and a certified Great Place to Work®. For more information about BenchSci, visit www.benchsci.com. 


About The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is Canada’s foremost news media company, leading the national discussion and causing policy change through brave and independent journalism since 1844. With our award-winning coverage of business, politics and national affairs, The Globe and Mail newspaper reaches 6.1 million readers every week in our print or digital formats, and Report on Business magazine reaches 2.7 million readers in print and digital every issue. Our investment in innovative data science means that as the world continues to change, so does The Globe. The Globe and Mail is owned by Woodbridge, the investment arm of the Thomson family.

For more information, please contact Christina Peck at cpeck@benchsci.com.