Sunflower Capital
Sunflower Capital is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in West Hollywood, California. Founded in 2022 by Liu Jiang, a former partner at Sequoia Capital, the firm specializes in investing in early-stage B2B startups. It focuses on companies that are developing foundational infrastructure for modern enterprises and critical industries. The firm invests in areas such as enterprise infrastructure, AI-native software, B2B SaaS, developer tooling, data, machine learning, and vertical-specific business tools. Sunflower Capital takes a concentrated, hands-on approach, often leading or co-leadin
Investing activity
Sunflower Capital appears in 3 AI deals tracked by the AI Lounge deals desk, rounds totalling $20M, and led 2 of them. The rounds are mostly Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round size of $7M and the largest at $20M. The most recent are Sonata (Seed, $7M, Jul 2026), Ponder AI (Pre-seed, $2.5M, May 2026) and Ciridae (Seed, $20M, May 2026).
Sunflower Capital most often invests alongside Lux Capital, Linear Capital, BoxGroup and Matt Hartman, and the companies it backs on AI Lounge are mostly in AI.
Deals
Frequently asked questions about Sunflower Capital
What AI companies has Sunflower Capital invested in?
Sunflower Capital's AI investments include Sonata, Ponder AI and Ciridae. The 3 rounds on AI Lounge are listed on this page with amounts, dates and co-investors.
Where is Sunflower Capital based?
Sunflower Capital is based in United States.
What stage does Sunflower Capital invest at?
In the rounds tracked on AI Lounge, Sunflower Capital has invested at Seed and Pre-seed, with a median round of $7M. Sunflower Capital led 2 of those rounds.
Who does Sunflower Capital co-invest with?
Sunflower Capital's most frequent co-investors on AI Lounge are Lux Capital (1 deal), Linear Capital (1 deal), BoxGroup (1 deal), Matt Hartman (1 deal) and Josh Browder (1 deal).
How can founders reach Sunflower Capital?
Founders on AI Lounge can see Sunflower Capital's contact details in AI Investor Contacts (paid plans), check for a warm introduction through members who worked with the firm under Warm Paths, and add Sunflower Capital to their Investor Pipeline to track the conversation.