Continuous Ventures

Mila Ventures is building the Venture Scientist platform: an integrated venture-creation engine designed to translate frontier AI research into world-class companies - rooted in Canada, built for the world. Mila Ventures operates within Mila, a prestigious AI research institute based in Montréal, founded by Yoshua Bengio, one of the godfathers of modern artificial intelligence and a pioneer of deep learning. The platform brings together: Mila Venture Studio (co-creating companies with professors, students, and entrepreneurs) Mila Accelerator (early company building and scaling) Venture Scientist Academy (training researchers to become venture builders) The Mila Venture Fund (in formation) We operate at the intersection of AI research, venture creation, and capital, working closely with Mila's globally renowned researchers, students, founders, investors, corporate partners, and public institutions.

We invent + invest in companies that unlock human potential. We create new business concepts, enable traction, provide seed funding, and drive acceleration through strategic partnerships with top influencers, corporations, and investors. Building one company is hard. We are building multiple ventures and the infrastructure to repeatedly discover, ideate, experiment, build, and scale them. We do not take on this challenge lightly. Core to our thesis is that we work with exceptional talent using systems, methodologies, and networks that act as force multipliers, letting us do more with less. We know that changing the way companies are created, in a space as impactful as the future of living and work, is a big undertaking. That’s why we build from a place of curiosity and we work with intentionality. We ask ourselves how to: Make entrepreneurship more inclusive and hire exceptional talent Uncover solutions to substantial, but overlooked problems Collaborate with corporations, institutions, and influencers Use data and technology for determining deployment of resources into starting, building, and scaling ventures Build systems and methodologies that enable teams to do more with less

You choose. Invest in our venture capital fund and spread your risk over a portfolio of startups and/or build your own diversified portfolio co-investing with us. As sector insiders, we offer you unique access to startups in the strongest position to produce outstanding returns. Our due diligence is rigorous. We negotiate terms structured to protect investors and incentivise founders, and we provide the ongoing benefit of our expertise and networks to the companies we invest in. We are fully incentivised on investment performance; we don’t charge startups fees and we invest our own funds so you can trust that we only offer you what we judge to be the strongest investment opportunities in this exciting asset class. And you can be confident in our expertise – meet our team here. You leverage our access to deal flow, expertise and connections, and we do the work for you.

We invest both directly and in funds. We are sector agnostic, and have a strong background in digital technology. We invest in:Public Equities Private Equity & Venture Capital Direct Loans & Asset-based lending & Private Debt Cash & Cash Equivalents Direct Company Investments (minority & majority) Litigation Financing Incubation of new concepts Philanthropy

We’re a team of builders, investors, operators, and corporate innovators. We’ve been in the trenches, through the ups and downs of building strong companies. Our team helped launch more than 150 startups, invested in more than 300 companies, and supported 70+ successful exits. We are here to help you. Want to change the world? We can help. We’ve built a best-in-breed investor startup studio with a vision of making the Midwest a powerful magnet for diverse, high-growth startups. Our clients are building products that solve real problems for markets in need of real solutions.

2080 Ventures provides top-tier startup acceleration tailored to the local markets, leveraging managing partners' backgrounds at global accelerators like Techstars and 500 Global, as well as experience in startups, investments, and exits - 2 startup exits (1 IPO, 1 M&A). Partners have also invested in 3 unicorns (Animoca Brands, SpaceX, Cerebras) and as many as 20+ early and growth-stage companies. HOW WE HELP:Acceleration programs online, on-site & hybrid Investments Community & events Advising: mentorship, one-on-one sessions & office hours, growth, product, sales, design, export innovation, entry market strategies, and much more! Build a startup ecosystem from the ground up for corporate & government WHY US:10+ years of team experience at global accelerators, first-hand experience growing startups as founders & VCs. 15+ countries where the team already run programs from San Francisco, CIS, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia and more. 2500+ mentors available via our network from 500 Global, Techstars, Alibaba, Google, Uber, and many more.