# Leif Danielsen

> Leif Danielsen is a seed investor at Acequia Capital (AceCap) backing Artificial Intelligence. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Acequia Capital (AceCap)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/acequia-capital)
- Location: Greater Seattle Area, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: May 2025
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leif-danielsen-35a56550/

Leif Danielsen is a seed investor at Acequia Capital (AceCap) in Greater Seattle Area focused on Artificial Intelligence and Robotics. Leif Danielsen is the General Partner at Acequia Capital. Leif Danielsen attended Michael G. Foster School of Business.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 60% |
| Robotics | 2 | 40% |
| Software | 2 | 40% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| Mining | 1 | 20% |

17 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Angel | 1 | 20% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 40% |
| Germany | 1 | 20% |
| United States | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| sensmore | Sensmore develops embodied physical AI and VLAM systems for use in heavy machinery. Its technologies are applied in sectors such as mining, construction, and related industries. The company focuses on enabling autonomous operations by integrating AI with machinery to support decision-making and navigation in complex environments. It designs itssystems to function under conditions where traditional automation methods may be limited. These solutions contribute to operational efficiency and reduce reliance on manual control. | $7.3M |  | May 20, 2025 |  |
| Unicorn Biotechnologies | Unicorn Biotechnologies has built the turing machine for biology that read and writes scientific endeavour in iterative loops automatically by combining state of the art hardware, software and machine learning approaches. | $3.2M | Seed | Apr 21, 2022 |  |
| Rivelin Robotics | Rivelin's AI, NetShape®, teaches robots to autonomously cut, grind & polish metal. | $355.4K | Angel | Apr 01, 2022 |  |
| MovieBot | MovieBot is the AI creative hub for gen-z video creators. Our mission is to empower creators to bring their ideas to life with interactive 3D movies. We envision a future where teenagers can create the next Avatar from their bedroom. MovieBot transforms your text into animated video instantly. Simply type a story topic and MovieBot will generate aninteractive 3D movie with talking characters based on your prompt. Every video is also a fully customizable 3D world that lets you modify your story, characters, environment, and cameras. Teleportal began as WiTag. | $1.7M | Seed | Jul 16, 2021 |  |
| MovieBot | MovieBot is the AI creative hub for gen-z video creators. Our mission is to empower creators to bring their ideas to life with interactive 3D movies. We envision a future where teenagers can create the next Avatar from their bedroom. MovieBot transforms your text into animated video instantly. Simply type a story topic and MovieBot will generate aninteractive 3D movie with talking characters based on your prompt. Every video is also a fully customizable 3D world that lets you modify your story, characters, environment, and cameras. Teleportal began as WiTag. | $1.7M | Pre-Seed | Jul 16, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Dorm Room Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dorm-room-fund) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Betaworks Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/betaworks-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Age Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-age-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Redbeard Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/redbeard-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

## About Acequia Capital (AceCap)

VC Fund · Seattle, United States

The Acequia Capital partnership and distributed network is agile, diversified, and market tested. We are at the center of a global ecosystem that attracts and fuels the technical founders and product teams building the next wave of global businesses.

5 contacts available at Acequia Capital (AceCap).

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fritz Lanman | Angel Investor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fritz-lanman |
| Hank Vigil | Co-Founder, General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hank-vigil |
| Leif Danielsen | General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leif-danielsen |
| Rauten Hofmeyr | COO | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rauten-hofmeyr |
| Rio Caraeff | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rio-caraeff |

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## FAQ

### What does Leif Danielsen invest in?

Leif Danielsen invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Software startups, most often at Seed and Angel stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Leif Danielsen last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leif Danielsen closed in May 2025. Shizune tracks 5 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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