# Leshika Samarasinghe

> Leshika Samarasinghe is a Series A investor at Twine Ventures backing Medical and Health Care. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Twine Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/twine-ventures)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leshika/

Leshika Samarasinghe is a Series A investor at Twine Ventures in San Francisco focused on Medical and Health Care. Leshika Samarasinghe is the Founder and General Partner of Twine Ventures. She attended Harvard Business School.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Medical | 3 | 100% |
| Health Care | 3 | 100% |
| Sensor | 1 | 33% |
| Fitness | 1 | 33% |
| Software | 1 | 33% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 67% |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Teiko.bio | Teiko.bio is an immune profiling platform that enables clinicians to make informed decisions around patient response. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Salt Lake City, Utah. |  | Seed | Mar 29, 2022 |  |
| Rupa Health | Rupa Health is a telehealth solution that makes it easier to practice root-cause medicine. It simplifies lab test ordering and management, integrating with lab companies. Their platform allows effortless ordering, tracking, and billing with EHR integration, supporting both in-person and telehealth patients. The company is involved in custom labbundles, flexible payment options, and robust practitioner and patient support to enhance efficiency and care. | $20M | Series A | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Apella Technology | Apella is an AI startup that brings modern engineering to improve surgery. It collects data from operating rooms in hospitals via sensors and puts artificial intelligence to the task of analyzing that information and spits it out in a way that that the startup says can be interpreted by hospitals to improve operations, surgical quality, training,and even real-time decision-making.Apella was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $21M | Series A | Dec 20, 2021 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Altitude Lab](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/altitude-lab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bessemer Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bessemer-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Casdin Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/casdin-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Floodgate](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/floodgate) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Hustle Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hustle-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Twine Ventures

VC Fund · San Francisco, United States

Twine Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that focuses on human health, climate, and financial empowerment. The firm was founded by Leshika Samarasinghe in 2021 and is based in San Francisco, California, United States.

1 contacts available at Twine Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Leshika Samarasinghe | Founder and General Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/leshika-samarasinghe-669c |

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## FAQ

### What does Leshika Samarasinghe invest in?

Leshika Samarasinghe invests primarily in Medical, Health Care and Sensor startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 3 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 Leshika Samarasinghe last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Leshika Samarasinghe closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 3 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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