Lux Capital
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
New York City, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Netherlands
- Singapore
Investment stages
- Seed
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Growth
Industries
- Technology
- Machine Learning
- Robotics
About
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary entrepreneurs at the intersection of science and technology, backing transformative companies in areas such as space, robotics, AI, and life sciences.
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary entrepreneurs at the intersection of science and technology, backing transformative companies in areas such as space, robotics, AI, and life sciences.
Investment Thesis
Lux Capital is a venture firm backing frontier science and emerging-technology companies, especially in biotech, AI, robotics, aerospace, advanced manufacturing, and deep tech. It invests across early to growth stages, partnering with iconoclastic founders to transform high-science breakthroughs into impactful businesses. Its Lux Labs initiative further supports early-stage academic research, committing substantial capital to build companies directly from university labs and underfunded scientific discoveries.
Manager's Experience
Lux Capital, established in 2000 by Peter Hébert, Robert Paull, and Josh Wolfe, broadened its leadership team with high-profile additions such as former McKinsey Senior Partner Richard N. Foster, former CIA Director James Woolsey, and ex-Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler, combining investment expertise with top-level operating experience.
Team
Peter Hébert – Partner and Co-Founder
Josh Wolfe – Partner and Co-Founder
Steven Brody – Partner
Portfolio
Anduril
Applied Intuition
Hugging Face
Runway
Eikon Therapeutics
Databricks
Aera
Cognition
Kallyope
Osmo
Matterport
Benchling
Hadrian
Saildrone
Ramp
Ironclad
Openspace
Recursion Pharma
Maven
Auris Health
Sakana
Chronosphere
Evolutionary Scale
and Physical Intelligence.