Leshika Samarasinghe is a Sri Lankan immigrant and first-generation founder-investor at Twine Ventures who brings an unusual operator background as a former early Google product contributor with multiple granted design patents, giving her deep product and UX expertise that's rare among seed investors. She has simultaneously held roles as Managing Director at The Production Board, investor at Alexandria Venture Investments, and commercialization advisor to ARPA-E, positioning her as a bridge between government-funded deep tech, institutional capital, and startup founders.
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Twine Ventures
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AI, Health, Climate, Future of Work, Insurtech
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Twine Ventures is a $25M seed fund led by Leshika Samarasinghe (formerly of Google, ARPA-E, and The Production Board) and Ethan Yeh (formerly of World Bank, Stripe, and Twitter) that writes $500-750k first checks focused specifically on data, AI, and software infrastructure for healthcare and climate-impacted industries. The fund is backed by groups like California Wellness as part of a capital-redistribution movement supporting women and BIPOC-led companies, and operates as a "partner fund" within Foundry's meta-network of co-investing venture funds.
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