# Leonis Capital

> Leonis Capital is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/leonis-capital-vc/about/
- Website: https://www.leoniscap.com/

Leonis Capital is a research-driven VC fund based in Silicon Valley.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Leonis Capital. Shizune tracks 3 team members at Leonis Capital. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/leonis-capital?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 14 | 33% |
| Software | 11 | 26% |
| Information Technology | 7 | 17% |
| SaaS | 4 | 10% |
| Machine Learning | 4 | 10% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 22 | 52% |
| Pre-Seed | 8 | 19% |
| Series A | 6 | 14% |
| Series B | 2 | 5% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 5% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 29 | 69% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jay Zhao | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-zhao |
| Jay Zhao | Founding Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jay-zhao-bd67 |
| Jenny Xiao | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jenny-xiao-7bee |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Viktor | Viktor is an AI‑driven platform that acts as a virtual coworker inside messaging and collaboration tools, connecting to a broad set of business‑software systems to automate workflows, run tasks, and support knowledge‑work operations across marketing, operations, and engineering functions. | $75M | Series A | May 19, 2026 |  |
| Blank Bio | Blank Bio develops a computational toolkit for RNA therapeutics that applies foundation models. | $7.2M | Seed | May 19, 2026 |  |
| ArcPrime | ArcPrime is an AI Legal Tech for Intellectual Property Lawyers | $4M | Seed | Oct 29, 2025 |  |
| Motion | Motion is an AI time management platform that provides real-time interventions, reminders, and analytics. Motion mark sites as distracting to limit the time on them in the future.The company's tool keeps users from becoming distracted while browsing the web by providing real-time interventions, reminders, and analytics, as well as calendar,tab management, and focus tools. | $8.1M | Series C | Sep 08, 2025 |  |
| Onlook | Onlook is turning every product team into an engineering team. Onlook is equipping the next generation of builders with the ultimate tool for collaborating in code. Onlook offers software development tools that could potentially empower non-engineers to contribute to software products. | $500K | Pre-Seed | Mar 12, 2025 |  |
| Landscape | Landscape platform enables founders to leave honest, authentic reviews about their interactions with VCs and accelerators. | $1.9M | Seed | Nov 01, 2024 |  |
| Describe | One platform to manage credentialing, recruitment, scheduling, payroll, and provider metrics. | $660K | Pre-Seed | Oct 07, 2024 |  |
| Spline | Easily create and publish 3D web experiences. Build and iterate fast with production-ready results. | $10M | Series A | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| Zeta Labs | Zeta Labs develops autonomous agents capable of performing browser-based tasks efficiently. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Jun 13, 2024 |  |
| Unify | Combine All Models for Faster, Cheaper, and Better Responses Than Any Single Model | $8M | Seed | May 22, 2024 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 19 deals together
- [SignalFire](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/signal-fire) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Soma Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/soma-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Goodwater Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/goodwater-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Samsung NEXT](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/samsungnext) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

## FAQ

### What does Leonis Capital invest in?

Leonis Capital invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 42 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Leonis Capital?

Public channels for Leonis Capital include LinkedIn and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Leonis Capital?

The team at Leonis Capital includes Jay Zhao (Founding Partner), Jay Zhao (Founding Partner) and Jenny Xiao (Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co