# Helen Boniske

> Helen Boniske is a seed investor at Lemnos VC (San Francisco) backing Software and Computer Vision. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lemnos VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lemnos-labs)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Dec 2021
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/helenzelman
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/helen.zelman

Helen Boniske is a seed investor at Lemnos VC in San Francisco focused on Software and Computer Vision. Helen Zelman Boniske is based out of New City, New York, and is the partner of Lemnos VC. Helen previously worked at the Arizona Diamondbacks as a baseball operations & scouting intern. Helen Zelman Boniske attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Computer Vision | 2 | 29% |
| Machine Learning | 2 | 29% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 29% |
| Web3 | 1 | 14% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 4 | 57% |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| BlockJoy | BlockJoy is a venture-backed Web3 infrastructure company that enables to run their own blockchain nodes on any infrastructure they prefer. | $2.1M | Seed | Dec 01, 2021 |  |
| Dishcraft Robotics | Dishcraft is revolutionizing commercial kitchens with robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and innovative mechanical design. It provides a dishwashing delivery service that uses robotics and AI to increase productivity and reduce waste in commercial food service operations.Dishcraft Robotics was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in SanCarlos, California. | $20M | Series A | May 29, 2020 |  |
| Quartz Systems | Quartz identifies, tracks, and predicts everything that moves on a construction site, making construction measurably safer and gives managers never-before-collected insights into how work is accomplished on their sites. Their cameras and sensors collect information, and their computer vision and advanced analytics help the site track any process orprocedures in real time. | $7.8M | Seed | May 13, 2020 |  |
| Dishcraft Robotics | Dishcraft is revolutionizing commercial kitchens with robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and innovative mechanical design. It provides a dishwashing delivery service that uses robotics and AI to increase productivity and reduce waste in commercial food service operations.Dishcraft Robotics was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in SanCarlos, California. | $20M | Series A | Jun 18, 2019 |  |
| Enview | Enview is a 3D Geospatial Analytics company protecting people and critical infrastructure, and enhancing national security by mapping the world in 3D. The company’s solutions combine expertise in remote sensing, computer vision, and geospatial big data to enable energy and government customers to predict future threats, and prevent those threatsfrom becoming incidents. | $6M | Series A | Nov 08, 2017 |  |
| Dishcraft Robotics | Dishcraft is revolutionizing commercial kitchens with robotics, computer vision, machine learning, and innovative mechanical design. It provides a dishwashing delivery service that uses robotics and AI to increase productivity and reduce waste in commercial food service operations.Dishcraft Robotics was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in SanCarlos, California. | $5.2M | Seed | May 17, 2017 |  |
| Enview | Enview is a 3D Geospatial Analytics company protecting people and critical infrastructure, and enhancing national security by mapping the world in 3D. The company’s solutions combine expertise in remote sensing, computer vision, and geospatial big data to enable energy and government customers to predict future threats, and prevent those threatsfrom becoming incidents. | $2.5M | Seed | Jun 04, 2015 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Baseline Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/baseline-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Promus Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/promus-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Active Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/active-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Ahoy Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ahoy-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lemnos VC

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Lemnos VC they focuses on engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and financial capital, turning ideas into successful hardware companies.

5 contacts available at Lemnos VC.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Helen Boniske | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/helen-zelman |
| Marion Sharpe | Operations Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marion-sharpe |
| David Merrill | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/david-merrill |
| John Cook | Mentor & Coach | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-cook-7b03 |
| John Cook | Mentor & Coach | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-cook-4 |

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## FAQ

### What does Helen Boniske invest in?

Helen Boniske invests primarily in Software, Computer Vision and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Helen Boniske last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Helen Boniske closed in Dec 2021. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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