Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed, Series A
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2026
Industry Focus
Industries
MedtechAIRoboticsAdvanced ManufacturingBiotechEnergy TechAdvanced Materials
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeGeneralist
ExposureSome DeepTech Investments
Bio
Twine Ventures was founded in 2021 in San Francisco by Leshika Samarasinghe, previously on an early product team at Google, a founding member of the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Energy, and Managing Partner at The Production Board. Ethan Yeh, PhD, formerly Head of Data Science at Stripe, joined as managing partner. The firm raised a $25 million debut fund and acts as a first-check investo...
Notable Investments
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Apella TechnologyA
AlaffiaT
Teiko BioF
Frontier MachinesW
Waltz HealthR
Rupa HealthR
RowspaceW
WaymarkA
Ava FinanceQ
Quantum ElectricN
Nexus IntelligenceD
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