Firms

Lux Capital

New York, New York, US

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Lux Capital invests in frontier physical, computational and life sciences from company formation through growth. The firm reported USD 7 billion managed capital on 2026-01-07, separately from its closed USD 1.5 billion Lux Ventures IX fund. Individual check policy remains unverified.

Founded: 2000
Type: Venture capital

Funds6

Lux Ventures IX2026-01-072026-01-07$1.5B
Announced USD 1.5 billion fund; closed status corroborated by official Q4 report published 2026-02-21. Every-stage strategy.
Lux Ventures VIII2023-04-132023-04-13$1.15B
Successful close of USD 1.15 billion LP commitments; historical early-stage-focused vehicle, not firm AUM.
Lux Total Opportunities2021-06-032021-06-03$800M
Opportunity fund supports growth investments within and outside existing portfolio.
Lux Ventures VII2021-06-032021-06-03$675M
Seventh early-stage fund; counsel confirms closing.
Lux Opportunity Fund II2019-08-012019-08-01$550M
Second opportunity fund focuses on growth-stage investment.
Lux Ventures VI2019-08-012019-08-01$500M
Sixth early-stage fund announced with separate opportunity vehicle.

Team

Investments

$28M2018-05-30	CTRL-labs	Lux Capital, Founders Fund, GV, Spark Capital, Breyer Capital, Fuel Ventures
$—Unknown date	CTRL-labs	Lux Capital
$251M2026-09-30	Varda Space Industries	Lux Capital
$260M2026-08-06	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, CapitalG, Andreessen Horowitz, 137 Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Apollo Global Management, Inc., Lux Capital
$800M2026-07-02	Together.xyz	General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Emergence Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Vista Equity Partners, Lux Capital
$25M2026-06-16	Traysar	Lux Capital, Jackson Moses
$465M2026-06-04	Helion	Thrive Capital, Alta Park Capital, Anti Fund, BoxGroup, Lux Capital, Peak XV Partners, Bill Ford, Capricorn Technology Impact Fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Mithril Capital, Good Ventures Foundation, SoftBank Vision Fund 2
$20M2026-06-01	Waypoint Bio	General Catalyst, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Village Global, Time BioVentures, Amplify Partners, Lux Capital, Hummingbird Ventures
$90M2026-05-28	Observable Space	Upfront Ventures, Lux Capital, Shahin Farshchi, Nick Kim
$1B2026-05-27	Cognition	Founders Fund, 8VC, Atreides Management, General Catalyst, Soma Capital, Ribbit Capital, Lux Capital
$300M2026-05-20	Advanced Manufacturing Company of America	Lightspeed, Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Construct Venture
$230M2026-05-19	Armada	Founders Fund, 8090 Industries, Mitsui & Co., Ltd., Veriten, Marlinspike, Silent Ventures, Felicis, Lux Capital, Shahin Farshchi, Jackson Moses, Viviana Faga, Garuda Ventures
$60M2026-03-31	Crosby Legal	Lux Capital, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, 01 Advisors, Bain Capital Ventures, Elad Gil
$375M2026-03-19	Cloaked	General Catalyst, Human Ventures, Fifth Growth Fund, LG Technology Ventures, Assurant Ventures, Marquee Ventures, Lux Capital
$27M2026-03-18	Hanover Park	Lux Capital
$80M2026-03-06	Nominal	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, Red Glass Ventures, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Lightspeed, Sequoia
$—2026-03-04	Anduril	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, Altimeter Capital Management, LP, Sands Capital, Baillie Gifford
$22M2026-02-16	Terra Industries	Lux Capital, 8VC
$30M2026-01-27	Fiddler AI	Lightspeed, Angelini Ventures, LDV Capital, LG Technology Ventures, Mozilla Ventures, Benhamou Global Ventures, Lux Capital
$82M2026-01-22	Mendra	8VC, Lux Capital
$11M2026-01-12	Terra Industries	8VC, Lux Capital
$180M2026-01-09	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, D1 Capital Partners, Lux Capital, T. Rowe Price, Altimeter Capital Management, LP, StepStone Group
$350M2026-01-05	Erebor Bank	Founders Fund, 8VC, Human Ventures, Lux Capital
$350M2026-01-05	Erebor	Founders Fund, 8VC, Lux Capital, Human Ventures
$90M2026	Observable Space	Lux Capital, Upfront Ventures
$20M2026	SkyPilot	Amplify Partners, Lux Capital
$70M2026	XDOF	Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital
$30M2026	Fiddler	Lightspeed, LG Technology Ventures, Mozilla Ventures, Lux Capital, Benhamou Global Ventures, LDV Partners
$60M2026	Crosby	Bain Capital, Lux Capital, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia, Bain Capital Ventures
$1B2026	Physical Intelligence	Alphabet Inc., Lux Capital, Redpoint Ventures, BOND, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, OpenAI Startup Fund, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia
$—2025-12-22	Erebor	Founders Fund, 8VC, Human Ventures, Lux Capital
$—2025-12-22	Erebor	Founders Fund, 8VC, Lux Capital, Human Ventures
$120M2025-12-18	Atavistik Bio	Lux Capital
$52M2025-12-11	Medra	Human Capital, Lux Capital, Neo, NFDG, Catalio Capital Management, Menlo Ventures, Seven Seven Six
$—2025-12-09	Unconventional AI	Lightspeed, DCVC, Lux Capital
$78M2025-12-04	Paradigm Health	ARCH Venture Partners, DFJ Growth, GV, F-Prime Capital, General Catalyst, Mubadala Ventures, Lux Capital
$300M2025-12-01	BFL	Bain Capital, Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited, BroadLight Capital, Earlybird Venture Capital, Samsung Next, Salesforce Ventures, Creandum, Bain Capital Ventures, General Catalyst, S32, Cherry Ventures, Lux Capital, Northzone, Notion Capital, Section 32
$600M2025-11-21	Physical Intelligence	Lux Capital, CapitalG, Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, T. Rowe Price, Emergence Capital, eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners AG
$—2025-11-17	Ramp	Lightspeed, 137 Ventures, Definition, Avenir, BoxGroup, Lux Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Alpha Wave Global, Anti Fund, 8VC, Robinhood Ventures, Iconiq Capital, LLC, Coral Capital, Stripes, Sands Capital, Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, 1789 Capital, T. Rowe Price, General Catalyst, Emerson Collective, Soma Capital, Sutter Hill Ventures, Coatue Management LLC, GIC, Glade Brook Capital Partners, Definition Capital, GIC Private Limited
$135M2025-11-17	Sakana AI	Khosla Ventures, Vinod Khosla, Macquarie Capital, Lux Capital, New Enterprise Associates, In-Q-Tel, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, Inc.
$100M2025-11-11	Majestic Labs	Lux Capital, Upfront Ventures
$75M2025-11-04	Tenzai	Lux Capital
$104M2025-10-31	EnduroSat	Lux Capital
$30M2025-10-29	Valthos	Founders Fund, Lux Capital, OpenAI Startup Fund
$101M2025-10-08	NILO Therapeutics	DCVC, Lux Capital
$1B2025-10-06	Unconventional AI	Lightspeed, Lux Capital, Databricks Ventures
$—2025-09-29	Modal	Lux Capital
$58M2025-09-22	Until	Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Fuel Ventures
$58M2025-09-22	Until Labs	Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Fuel Ventures
$—2025-09-08	Cognition	Founders Fund, John Luttig, 8VC, Lux Capital, Definition Capital, Swift Ventures, Notion Capital
$8M2025-08-19	Convoke	Audacious Ventures, Lux Capital
$—2025-07-30	Ramp	137 Ventures, Definition, Avenir, Lux Capital, D1 Capital Partners, Altimeter Capital, 8VC, Iconiq Capital, LLC, Lightspeed, Operator Collective, Stripes, Sands Capital, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, T. Rowe Price, General Catalyst, Emerson Collective, Sutter Hill Ventures, GV (Google Ventures), Coatue Management LLC, GIC, Definition Capital, GIC Private Limited
$131M2025-07-24	Armada	Founders Fund, 8090 Industries, Veriten, M12, Marlinspike, Silent Ventures, Felicis, Lux Capital
$260M2025-07-17	Hadrian Automation	Founders Fund, Lux Capital
$—2025-07-17	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital
$—2025-07-10	Cambridge Aerospace	Accel, Lakestar, Lux Capital
$187M2025-07-10	Varda Opportunity	Founders Fund, Talis Capital, Nauta Capital, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Shrug Capital
$187M2025-07-10	Varda Space Industries	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Delian Asparouhov, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Talis Capital, Nauta Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Shrug Capital
$50M2025-06-18	MavenAGI	Lux Capital
$600M2025-06-17	Applied Intuition	General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Stripes, Franklin Templeton, 137 Ventures, Fidelity Investments, Lux Capital, Hemant Taneja
$200M2025-06-17	Ramp	Founders Fund, Matias Van Thienen, Amin Mirzadegan, Stripes, 8VC, D1 Capital Partners, Definition Capital, GIC Private Limited, General Catalyst, Khosla Ventures, ICONIQ Capital, Lux Capital
$11M2025-05-28	Context	General Catalyst, Qualcomm Ventures, Lux Capital
$20M2025-05-14	Reflect Orbital	Sequoia, Lux Capital, Venture Stars
$25M2025-05-07	Inductive Bio	Lux Capital
$25M2025-05-07	Inductive	S32, Obvious Ventures, Amino Collective, Lux Capital, Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) Bio + Health, Character Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Section 32
$4M2025-04-03	Phonic	Lux Capital, Grace Isford
$150M2025-03-03	Ramp	137 Ventures, Definition, Avenir, Lux Capital, Stripes, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, GIC, Definition Capital, GIC Private Limited, Avenir Growth, Alex Tran
$350M2025-02-26	Eikon Therapeutics	General Catalyst, T. Rowe Price, Alexandria Venture Investments, StepStone Group, Soros Fund Management, UC Investments, Lux Capital
$305M2025-02-20	Together AI	General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, March Capital, Emergence Capital, Definition Capital, Long Journey Ventures, Lux Capital
$25M2025-02-19	Atrandi Biosciences	Lux Capital, Vsquared Ventures
$75M2025	Tenzai	Lux Capital
$150M2025	Enveda Biosciences	Lux Capital
$6M2025	BeSound	Kindred Ventures, Lux Capital
$187M2025	Varda	Founders Fund, Side Door Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Shrug Capital
$187M2025	Varda Space Industries	Founders Fund, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Khosla Ventures, Shrug Capital
$187M2025	Varda	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Delian Asparouhov, Side Door Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures, Shrug Capital
$10M2024-12-20	Bluenote	Lux Capital
$50M2024-12-09	Cala Health	Lux Capital
$16M2024-11-12	Shiru	Lux Capital
$125M2024-10-08	Maven	General Catalyst, Dragoneer Investment Group, StepStone Group, Icon Ventures, Y Combinator, Oak HC/FT, Lux Capital
$125M2024-10-08	Maven Clinic	General Catalyst, Dragoneer Investment Group, StepStone Group, Icon Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Lux Capital, Sequoia
$150M2024-10-01	Impulse Space	Founders Fund, Airbus Ventures, Alumni Ventures, DCVC, 137 Ventures, Balerion Space Ventures, Lux Capital, Jackson Moses
$24M2024-09-16	11x	Benchmark, Lux Capital, Project A Ventures
$200M2024-09-04	Sakana AI	Khosla Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Lux Capital, NVIDIA
$25M2024-07-30	Perchwell	Lux Capital, Flex Capital, Peter Hebert
$4M2024-07-10	Lekko	BoxGroup, Lux Capital
$142M2024-06-25	EvolutionaryScale	Lux Capital
$20M2024-05-29	MavenAGI	Lux Capital
$—2024-05-21	LabGenius Therapeutics	Atomico, Kindred Ventures, Lux Capital
$9M2024-05-10	Layup Parts	Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Haystack
$11M2024-04-23	Summer Health	Sequoia, Metrodora Ventures, Leaps by Bayer, 7wire Ventures, Lux Capital, BoxGroup
$7M2024-04-23	Nominal	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, Lux Capital
$150M2024-04-16	Ramp	Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Sequoia, Greylock Partners, 8VC, Thrive, General Catalyst, D1 Capital Partners, Lux Capital, ICONIQ, Contrary, ICONIQ Capital
$100M2024-04-10	Collaborative Robotics	General Catalyst, 1984 Ventures, Industry Ventures, MVP Ventures, Icon Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia, Calibrate Ventures, Lux Capital, Paul Kwan, Sven Strohband
$90M2024-04-05	Varda Opportunity	Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures
$90M2024-04-05	Varda Space Industries	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Delian Asparouhov, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures
$150M2024-04-01	Ramp	Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Matias Van Thienen, Amin Mirzadegan, 8VC, D1 Capital Partners, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst, Definition Capital, Iconiq Capital, LLC, Sequoia, ICONIQ Capital, Lux Capital
$250M2024-03-12	Applied Intuition	General Catalyst, Human Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, BOND, Porsche AG
$70M2024-03-12	Physical Intelligence	Thrive, Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, OpenAI, Sequoia, Brandon Reeves
$117M2024-02-21	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Constructor Capital, Silent Ventures, Bracket Capital
$53M2024-02-15	Higharc	Lux Capital
$30M2024-01-16	Sakana AI	Lux Capital, Vinod Khosla, Khosla Ventures, Brandon Reeves, Basis Set Ventures
$42M2024	Nomic Bio	Y Combinator, Real Ventures, Lux Capital, SR One, Amplitude Ventures
$250M2024	Applied Intuition	General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital
$4M2023-12-13	Inductive Bio	Bessemer Venture Partners, Lux Capital
$—2023-12-11	Armada	Founders Fund, 8090 Industries, Lux Capital, Contrary, Marlinspike, Shield Capital
$5M2023-11-02	Factory	Sequoia, Lux Capital, BoxGroup, SV Angel, Databricks Ventures
$35M2023-10-13	Ripcord	Lux Capital
$16M2023-10-10	Modal	General Catalyst, Definition Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Amplify Partners, Notion Capital, Lux Capital
$6M2023-08-22	Novig	Lux Capital, Y Combinator, eCAPITAL Entrepreneurial Partners AG, Innospark Ventures, Soma Capital, True Culture Fund, Palm Drive Capital
$102M2023-08-17	Pivotal Commware	Lux Capital
$5M2023-08-02	Reflex	Y Combinator, Abstract Ventures, Picus Capital, Lux Capital, BoxGroup, Outset Capital, Grace Isford
$45M2023-07-24	Impulse Space	Founders Fund, Airbus Ventures, Lux Capital, NewSpace Capital, XTX Markets, Shahin Farshchi
$30M2023-06-27	Impulse Space	Founders Fund, Lux Capital
$20M2023-05-15	Together	Lux Capital, First Round, Root Ventures
$10M2023-05-10	Triumph	General Catalyst, Strike Capital, Valhalla Ventures, Lux Capital, Hanover Technology Investment Management, NOMO Ventures, BoxGroup
$13M2023-03-09	Mythic	DCVC, Lux Capital, Catapult Ventures, Hermann Hauser, Rouz Jazayeri, Shahin Farshchi, Matt Ocko
$6M2023-02-15	Thatch	Lux Capital, Julie Yoo
$—2023-01-30	Paradigm	ARCH Venture Partners, General Catalyst, F-Prime Capital, GV, Mubadala Ventures, Lux Capital, Magnetic
$115M2023-01-10	Chronosphere	Founders Fund, Geodesic Capital, General Atlantic, Greylock Partners, GV, General Catalyst, Lux Capital
$60M2023-01-01	OSMO	Lux Capital
$3M2023	Instock	Lux Capital
$102M2023	Pivotal Commware	Lux Capital
$7M2023	Parallel Markets	ENIAC Ventures, Lux Capital
$13M2023	Daybreak	Lightspeed, Union Square Ventures, Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Maven Ventures
$1.48B2022-12-02	Anduril	Valor Equity Partners, Lightspeed, Founders Fund, 8VC, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Thrive, DFJ Growth, Elad Gil, Lachy Groom, Marlinspike, Human Capital, WCM Investment Management, MVP Ventures, US Innovative Technology
$1.48B2022-12-01	Anduril	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, 8VC, DFJ Growth, MVP Ventures, Human Ventures, Marlinspike, General Catalyst, Lightspeed, Lux Capital
$96M2022-11-29	Cajal Neuroscience	Lux Capital, Ian Peikon
$20M2022-11-15	Impulse	Lux Capital
$90M2022-11-14	Maven Clinic	General Catalyst, CVS Health, Dragoneer Investment Group, Icon Ventures, La Famiglia, MedMountain Ventures, Sequoia, Lux Capital, Deena Shakir
$—2022-11-09	WellTheory	Accel, BoxGroup, Lux Capital
$45M2022-10-11	Stairwell	S32, Section 32, Angel Invest, Accel, Lux Capital, Gradient Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia, Eric Schmidt, Darian Shirazi
$11M2022-09-27	Tactic	Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Coinbase Ventures, Definition Capital, Notion Capital, Exponent Founders Capital
$35M2022-09-12	lumafield	DCVC, Lux Capital
$8M2022-08-19	W4 Games	Lux Capital
$5M2022-08-18	Trial Library	Lux Capital, Deena Shakir
$—2022-08-09	Column	Lux Capital
$26M2022-07-21	Zededa	Lux Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$20M2022-06-21	Rivet	Lux Capital
$25M2022-06-08	Fruitful	Founders Fund, 8VC, Lux Capital, Emigrant Bank, Kimmy Scotti, Brandon Reeves
$30M2022-05-31	Vendia	Lux Capital
$120M2022-05-10	Stord	Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, Dynamo, Franklin Templeton, Strike Capital, 137 Ventures, Lux Capital
$100M2022-05-09	Huggingface	Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, Coatue, Addition, A Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks, AIX Ventures, Kevin Durant, Rich Kleiman, Olivier Pomel
$100M2022-05-09	Hugging Face	Sequoia, Coatue Management LLC, Max Ventures, Addition, Lux Capital, Betaworks
$15M2022-04-13	Umba	Lux Capital, ACT Venture Capital
$90M2022-03-31	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, 137 Ventures, Construct Venture, Katherine Boyle, Brandon Reeves
$25M2022-03-29	Cloaked	Lux Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$22M2022-03-22	Alife	Lux Capital, Deena Shakir
$200M2022-03-21	Ramp	Founders Fund, Matias Van Thienen, Amin Mirzadegan, D1 Capital Partners, Definition Capital, Coatue Management LLC, 137 Ventures, Decarbonization Partners, General Catalyst, ICONIQ Capital, Lux Capital
$40M2022-03-08	Creyon Bio	DCVC, Lux Capital
$102M2022-03-02	OpenSpace	Lux Capital
$200M2022-02-28	Aurora Solar	ICONIQ Capital, Lux Capital
$102M2022-02-23	Plexium	CRV, DCVC, Lux Capital
$250M2022-02-16	Flutterwave	Lux Capital
$10M2022-02-10	neo.tax	Lux Capital, Uncork Capital, Deena Shakir, Andy McLoughlin
$40M2022-02-03	Mos	Sequoia, Plural Platform, Lux Capital, Tiger Global Management, LLC, Emerson Collective, Khaled Helioui, Deena Shakir
$2M2022-01-26	Epsilon3	Y Combinator, Scale Venture Partners, Village Global, Pioneer Fund, MaC Venture Capital, Soma Capital, Lux Capital
$150M2022-01-18	Ironclad	Sequoia, Emergence Capital, Franklin Templeton, Haystack, Accel, Lux Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$20M2022-01-10	Gameto	Lux Capital
$—2022-01-06	Eikon	General Catalyst, Innovation Endeavors, Horizons Ventures, BECO Capital, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Soros Fund Management, Lux Capital
$35M2022-01-05	mPharma	Lux Capital
$45M2022-01-04	Waymark	Lux Capital, Vineeta Agarwala
$32M2022	OpenStore	Lux Capital
$28M2022	LatchBio	Fifty Years, Coatue Management LLC, Mantis VC, Haystack, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Hummingbird Ventures
$350M2021-12-15	Anchorage Digital	Lux Capital
$15M2021-12-08	Perchwell	Founders Fund, Lux Capital, Peter Hebert, Keith Rabois
$100M2021-11-16	H1	Flex Capital, Lux Capital
$175M2021-11-11	Applied Intuition	General Catalyst, Coatue Management LLC, Andreessen Horowitz, Addition, Lux Capital
$5M2021-11-08	Meow	Lux Capital, Brandon Reeves
$4M2021-11-03	Archive.AI	Lux Capital
$100M2021-11-01	H1	Flex Capital, Lux Capital
$17M2021-10-27	Shiru	Y Combinator, CPT Capital, Scale Venture Partners, S2G Investments, XFactor Ventures, Emles Venture Partners, Lux Capital
$3M2021-10-25	Bild	Lux Capital
$100M2021-10-18	Saildrone	Lux Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$60M2021-10-15	Clarifai	Lux Capital
$200M2021-10-07	Chronosphere	Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Addition, Brandon Reeves
$14M2021-10-05	Copia	Lux Capital
$—2021-10-01	LatchBio	Lux Capital, Fifty Years
$64M2021-10	MosaicML	DCVC, Frontline Ventures, Lux Capital, Playground Global
$70M2021-09-21	Pager Health	Lux Capital
$50M2021-09-16	StateSpace	Bessemer Venture Partners, Lux Capital
$90M2021-09-14	Stord	Founders Fund, Kleiner Perkins, D1 Capital Partners, Lux Capital, BOND, Dynamo
$300M2021-08-24	Ramp	Founders Fund, Matias Van Thienen, Amin Mirzadegan, D1 Capital Partners, Redpoint Ventures, Definition Capital, Coatue Management LLC, Altimeter Capital Management, LP, ICONIQ Capital, Lux Capital, Keith Rabois, Brandon Reeves, Deena Shakir
$110M2021-08-17	Maven Clinic	Sequoia, Dragoneer Investment Group, Icon Ventures, Oak HC/FT, Lux Capital, BOND, Deena Shakir
$—2021-07-30	DoNotPay	Day One Ventures, Felicis, Lux Capital
$42M2021-07-29	Varda Opportunity	Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital
$42M2021-07-29	Varda Space Industries	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Delian Asparouhov, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Khosla Ventures
$—2021-07-15	Genvid	Lux Capital
$7M2021-07-12	Whisper Aero	Kindred Ventures, Lux Capital
$32M2021-06-17	Fiddler AI	Lightspeed, Haystack, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Amazon Alexa Fund, Lux Capital, Bloomberg Beta
$450M2021-06-17	Anduril	Elad Gil, Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, 8VC, D1 Capital Partners, General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Andreessen Horowitz
$12M2021-06-01	HumanFirst	Lux Capital
$100M2021-05-06	Dyno Therapeutics	CRV, Lux Capital, Jorge Conde
$9M2021-05-05	Alife	Lux Capital
$13M2021-05-04	Pawp	Lux Capital, Zack Schildhorn
$55M2021-04-28	OpenSpace	Lux Capital, Ryan Shmeizer, Bilal Zuberi
$2M2021-04-19	Adyn	Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Civilization Ventures, M13, CIV
$9M2021-04-15	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Delian Asparouhov, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital, Construct Venture
$40M2021-03-11	Hugging Face	Lux Capital, Richard Socher
$—2021-01-22	Noble	Lux Capital
$35M2021-01-21	Plexium	Lux Capital, DCVC
$100M2021-01-14	Ironclad	Sequoia, Emergence Capital, Accel, Lux Capital, BOND
$—2021-01-13	Shadow	Founders Fund, Firstminute Capital, Lux Capital, humbition
$43M2021-01-05	Chronosphere	Lux Capital
$60M2021-01-01	Clarifai	Lux Capital
$113M2021	Genvid	Lux Capital
$50M2021	AllStripes	Lux Capital
$20M2021	Buf	Lightspeed, Haystack, Addition, Lux Capital, Garage Capital, Digital Garage, Inc.
$20M2021	Multiply Labs	Founders Fund, Casdin Capital, Fifty Years, Y Combinator, Lux Capital, Pathfinder
$58M2020-12-17	H1	Y Combinator, Transformation Capital, Menlo Ventures, Institutional Venture Partners, Lux Capital, Lead Edge Capital
$9M2020-12-08	Varda Opportunity	Founders Fund, Fifty Years, Talis Capital, Lux Capital
$9M2020-12-08	Varda Space Industries	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Delian Asparouhov, Fifty Years, Lux Capital, Talis Capital
$175M2020-12-03	Everlywell	Lux Capital
$5M2020-11-20	Paceline	Lux Capital
$239M2020-09-09	Recursion Pharmaceuticals	DCVC, Felicis, Lux Capital, Laurion Capital Management
$40M2020-08-20	Science 37	Lux Capital
$200M2020-07-01	Anduril	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, 8VC, Human Capital, Valor Equity Partners, Lux Capital, Elad Gil
$15M2020-05-22	StateSpace	Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, FirstMark Capital, Social Starts, Expa, Joyance Partners, Samir Kaul
$15M2020-05-22	Statespace	Khosla Ventures, Lux Capital, FirstMark Capital, Expa
$9M2020-05-07	Braid Health	Lux Capital
$8M2020-03-10	Rivet	Lux Capital
$30M2020-01-08	Evolv Technology	General Catalyst, DCVC, Lux Capital, SineWave Ventures
$—2020-01-08	Evolv Technologies	General Catalyst, DCVC, Lux Capital, Osage University Partners, SineWave Ventures
$15M2019-12-17	Hugging Face	Lux Capital, Richard Socher, Brandon Reeves
$11M2019-12-11	Tines	Accel, Felicis, Lux Capital
$33M2019-10-29	Shadow	Founders Fund, Firstminute Capital, Lux Capital, humbition, Western Digital, Serena
$10M2019-10-22	LabGenius Therapeutics	Lux Capital, Felicis, Inovia Capital
$10M2019-09-25	Fiddler AI	Lightspeed, Haystack, Lux Capital, Bloomberg Beta
$40M2019-09-12	Applied Intuition	General Catalyst, Kleiner Perkins, Floodgate, M12, Andreessen Horowitz, La Famiglia, Lux Capital, Marc Andreessen, Bilal Zuberi
$10M2019-09-11	Caper	Y Combinator, HCVC, First Round Capital, Lux Capital, FundersClub, Sidekick Partners, First Round
$2M2019-08-08	StateSpace	Lux Capital
$—2019-07-15	Citizen	Founders Fund, 8VC, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, Kapor Capital, Slow Ventures
$50M2019-06-24	Drone Racing League	Lux Capital
$30M2019-06-12	Mythic	DCVC, Lux Capital, Shahin Farshchi, Matt Ocko
$—2019-05-14	Tempo Automation	Lux Capital, Uncork Capital
$48M2019-03-05	Matterport	Lux Capital, Peter Hebert
$70M2018-08-22	Latch	Lux Capital, Primary Venture Partners
$4M2018-06-12	Strangeworks	Lightspeed, Redpoint Ventures, Amplify Partners, Ecliptic Capital, Lux Capital, BoxGroup, Lisha Li, David Beyer, Lenny Pruss, Adam Rothenberg, David Tisch, Bilal Zuberi
$3M2018-05-22	Novel Effect	Lux Capital, Amazon Alexa Fund
$60M2018-05-15	Saildrone	Lux Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$40M2018-03-20	Mythic	DCVC, Lux Capital, Shahin Farshchi, Matt Ocko
$53M2018-02-27	Senti Biosciences	Lux Capital, Pear VC, Alex Kolicich
$10M2018	Arraiy	Lux Capital
$—2018	Auris Health	Lux Capital
$5M2017-11-21	Lightform	Lux Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$2M2017-11-16	Physera	Innovation Endeavors, Lux Capital
$60M2017-10-03	Recursion Pharmaceuticals	DCVC, CRV, Felicis, Lux Capital
$20M2017-06-12	Drone Racing League	Lux Capital
$7M2017-04-28	Deep Sentinel	Lux Capital
$29M2017-04-25	Science 37	Lux Capital
$64M2017-03-28	Rigetti	Andreessen Horowitz, DCVC, Lux Capital
$18M2017-03-14	Evolv Technologies	General Catalyst, DCVC, Lux Capital, Gates Ventures
$4M2017-01-05	Stacks	Compound, Union Square Ventures, Lux Capital, Version One Ventures, Digital Currency Group
$24M2017	Rigetti	Y Combinator, DCVC, Sutter Hill Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Streamlined Ventures, Lux Capital
$4M2017	Blockstack	Compound, Foundation Capital, Union Square Ventures, OpenOcean, Lux Capital, Version One Ventures
$9M2016-12-31	Mythic	DCVC, Lux Capital
$50M2016-12-13	Survios	Lux Capital, Felicis, Shahin Farshchi
$31M2016-10-18	Science 37	Lux Capital
$200M2016-06-30	zoox	Lux Capital
$8M2016-06-29	Tempo Automation	Lux Capital, Uncork Capital
$15M2016-04-07	AirMap	General Catalyst, TenOneTen Ventures, Social Capital, Lux Capital, Bullpen Capital, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Bilal Zuberi
$10M2016-02-10	Latch	Lux Capital
$5M2016-01-07	Hometeam	Lux Capital
$12M2016	Gridco Systems	General Catalyst, Lux Capital, North Bridge Venture Partners
$44M2015-12-10	Kallyope	Lux Capital
$6M2015-10-20	Science 37	Lux Capital
$30M2015-06-25	Matterport	Felicis, Lux Capital, Peter Hebert, Sundeep Peechu
$118M2015-04-13	Planet	Founders Fund, Innovation Endeavors, Industry Ventures, DCVC, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, First Round Capital, Felicis, First Round, Lux Capital
$240M2014-11-01	zoox	Lux Capital
$6M2014-04-29	Sols	Founders Fund, Trae Stephens, Lux Capital, RRE Ventures, Felicis
$1M2014-01-27	Sols	Lux Capital, Felicis, Silicon Badia
$52M2013-12-18	Planet	Felicis, Lux Capital, Chris Boshuizen, Shahin Farshchi, Zachary Bogue, Rob Hayes
$11M2013	Kala Pharmaceuticals	Lux Capital
$52M2013	Planet Labs	Felicis, Lux Capital
$6M2012-03-14	Kala Pharmaceuticals	Lux Capital
$15MUnknown date	Conductor AI	Lux Capital
$21MUnknown date	Luxtera, Inc.	Lux Capital
$90MUnknown date	Observable	Lux Capital
$125MUnknown date	Genius AI	Lux Capital
$96MUnknown date	Cajal	Lux Capital
$5MUnknown date	Neptune Mutual	Lux Capital
$239MUnknown date	Recursion	Lux Capital
$7MUnknown date	Vosbor	Lux Capital
$3MUnknown date	AlphaLit	Lux Capital
$10MUnknown date	Lanai	Lux Capital
$40MUnknown date	Gandeeva Therapeutics	Lux Capital
$25MUnknown date	Corridor	Lux Capital
$60MUnknown date	Shift	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	LabGenius	Lux Capital
$16MUnknown date	Strateos	Lux Capital
$65MUnknown date	Vesta Healthcare	Lux Capital
$21MUnknown date	Kinetic	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Noon Home	Lux Capital
$2MUnknown date	tldraw	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Aeva	Lux Capital
$71MUnknown date	Majestic Labs	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Braid Health	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Echodyne	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Tines	Lux Capital
$3MUnknown date	Coris	Y Combinator, Blank Ventures, Lux Capital, Exponent Founders Capital
$6MUnknown date	airweave	Y Combinator, Pioneer Fund, Lux Capital, Orange Collective
$4MUnknown date	Theseus	Y Combinator, First Round Capital, Lux Capital
$13MUnknown date	Mos	Sequoia, Lux Capital, Emerson Collective, Expa
$100MUnknown date	Huggingface	Sequoia, Coatue Management LLC, Addition, Lux Capital, SV Angel, Betaworks
$4MUnknown date	Replai	Sequoia, Hoxton Ventures, Accel, Lux Capital
$16MUnknown date	Delphi AI	Sequoia, Menlo Ventures, MVP Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Lux Capital, Proximity Capital
$18MUnknown date	Fiddler	Lightspeed, Samsung Next, Lux Capital, Dentsu Ventures, Alpha Square Group, Essence
$500MUnknown date	Helion Energy	Lightspeed, Anti Fund, Y Combinator, Lux Capital, BoxGroup, Mithril Capital Management, Alta Park Capital
$100MUnknown date	Proxie	General Catalyst, 1984 Ventures, Industry Ventures, Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Applied Intuition	General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital
$34MUnknown date	Common Networks	General Catalyst, Lux Capital, Eclipse
$90MUnknown date	Hadrian	Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Construct Venture
$24MUnknown date	Mendaera	Founders Fund, Operator Partners, Lux Capital, Allen & Company LLC
$—Unknown date	Shadow	Founders Fund, humbition, Firstminute Capital, Lux Capital
$117MUnknown date	Hadrian	Founders Fund, Constructor Capital, Silent Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Bracket Capital
$—Unknown date	Armada	Founders Fund, Marlinspike, 8090 Industries, Lux Capital, Shield Capital, Contrary
$—Unknown date	Citizen	Founders Fund, Slow Ventures, 8VC, Lux Capital, Sequoia Capital, Kapor Capital, Sequoia
$90MUnknown date	Hadrian Automation	Founders Fund, 137 Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital, Construct Venture
$30MUnknown date	Impulse Space	Founders Fund, Lux Capital
$255MUnknown date	Chronosphere	Founders Fund, General Atlantic, Greylock Partners, General Catalyst, Addition, Lux Capital
$60MUnknown date	Crosby Legal	Bain Capital, Operator Partners, Lux Capital, Index Ventures, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia, Bain Capital Ventures
$9MUnknown date	SkySelect	Bain Capital, Plug and Play Tech Center, Lux Capital, RockCreek
$193MUnknown date	Aera Therapeutics	ARCH Venture Partners, GV, Alphabet Inc., Lux Capital
$193MUnknown date	Aera Therapeutics	ARCH Venture Partners, GV, Alphabet Inc., Lux Capital
$400MUnknown date	Physical Intelligence	Lux Capital, Redpoint Ventures, BOND, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, OpenAI Startup Fund, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia
$—Unknown date	Physical Intelligence	Lux Capital, BOND, Khosla Ventures, Thrive Capital, OpenAI Startup Fund, Sequoia Capital, Sequoia
$191MUnknown date	eGenesis	Leaps by Bayer, Polaris Partners, Lux Capital, DaVita Venture Group, Farallon Capital Management, Alta Partners, Khosla Ventures, ARCH Venture Partners
$3.8BUnknown date	Ramp	137 Ventures, Definition, Avenir, Lux Capital, D1 Capital Partners, 8VC, Robinhood Ventures, Iconiq Capital, LLC, Coral Capital, Stripes, Sands Capital, Khosla Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Thrive Capital, Founders Fund, 1789 Capital, General Catalyst, GIC, Definition Capital, GIC Private Limited
$27M2026-03-18	Hanover	Lux Capital
$40M2026	Monogram AI	Gradient Ventures, Lux Capital
$—2025-08-20	Vigil	Lux Capital
$32M2025	Frontera Health	Lightspeed, Menlo Ventures, Lux Capital, Inspired Capital
$24M2024-09-16	11x AI	Benchmark, Lux Capital, Project A Ventures
$130M2024	Enveda Therapeutics	Lux Capital
$14M2021-10-05	Copia Automation	Lux Capital
$61M2021-08-11	Mahana Therapeutics	Lux Capital
$7M2021-07-29	HiHello, Inc.	Lux Capital
$—2021-07-15	Genvid Entertainment	Lux Capital
$—2021-07-15	Genvid Technologies	Lux Capital
$2M2021-04-01	Adyn Health	Lux Capital
$55M2021-03-22	Flex Logix	Eclipse, Lux Capital
$113M2021	Genvid Entertainment	Lux Capital
$81M2021	Mahana	Lux Capital
$350M2021	Anchorage	Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital
$5M2020	Paceline Fit	Lux Capital
$121M2019-07-15	Recursion Pharma	CRV, Felicis, Lux Capital
$3M2018-08-20	RDMD	Lux Capital, Garuda Ventures
$13M2018-01-31	Halo Neuroscience	Lux Capital
$280M2017-08-04	Auris Surgical Robotics	Lux Capital
$71M2017	Rigetti Quantum Computing	Andreessen Horowitz, Lux Capital
$14M2016-07-11	3scan	Lux Capital
$10M2015-07-29	AltSpaceVR	Lux Capital
$10M2015	Happiest Baby, Inc.	Felicis, Lux Capital
$7M2013-11	CyPhy Works	Lux Capital
$12MUnknown date	Miga Health	Lux Capital
$27MUnknown date	Formic Technologies	Lux Capital
$2MUnknown date	Copia Automation	Lux Capital
$7MUnknown date	Vosbor Exchange	Lux Capital
$9MUnknown date	Halo Neuroscience	Lux Capital
$20MUnknown date	Nervana Systems	Lux Capital
$2MUnknown date	Cryptonumerics	Lux Capital
$—Unknown date	Flex Logix	Lux Capital
$2MUnknown date	Elektra Labs	Lux Capital
$5MUnknown date	AltSpaceVR	Lux Capital

team@apexlogos.ai17 hours ago
Investment-fund research reviewed 2026-10-06. Publicly identified funds, dates, amounts and fundraising status are below. Undisclosed commitments remain unknown; this is not a complete register of private SPVs or parallel entities. Fund size and stages | Vehicle or metric | Amount and status | Date and evidence | Interpretation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Lux Ventures IX / ninth Lux fund | USD 1.5 billion; announced and closed | [Official announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/announcing-lux-ventures-ix), 2026-01-07; [Q4 report](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-q4-2025-report), published 2026-02-21, explicitly says closed | Latest-known named fund found in searches through 2026-10-06, not a target. | | Firm-wide capital managed | USD 7 billion | Same official IX announcement and Q4 report | Separate firm-wide metric, not IX size or remaining deployable capital. Announcement does not provide audited valuation methodology. | | Lux Ventures VIII / Lux 8 | USD 1.15 billion in LP commitments; successful close, early-stage focused | [Official VIII announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-8-infinite-potential), 2023-04-13 | Historical predecessor; firm said more than USD 5 billion committed capital then. Keep that historical metric separate from 2026 managed-capital figure. | The 2026 IX announcement expressly describes backing companies at every stage, including the first USD 100,000 and last USD 100 million, and lists aerospace, biotech, defense, industrials and transportation. This is a broad strategy statement, **not evidence of binding check limits or a typical initial check**. The 2023 VIII announcement explicitly called that vehicle early-stage focused; it identified backing founders at seed or Series A. Current intent and historical vehicle mandate should be stored separately. Current company formation is also supported by the Q4 report, which describes creating companies de novo and spinouts. Historical transaction evidence below spans Series A, B, D, F and growth. [IX announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/announcing-lux-ventures-ix), 2026-01-07; [VIII announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-8-infinite-potential), 2023-04-13; [Q4 report](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-q4-2025-report), 2026-02-21. Additional verified fund-history sources checked in this review: - Lux Ventures VI: USD 500000000. Sixth early-stage fund announced with separate opportunity vehicle. [Source](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/illuminating-future-lux-announces-1-billion-new-funds-new-investing-partner). - Lux Opportunity Fund II: USD 550000000. Second opportunity fund focuses on growth-stage investment. [Source](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/illuminating-future-lux-announces-1-billion-new-funds-new-investing-partner). - Lux Ventures VII: USD 675000000. Seventh early-stage fund; counsel confirms closing. [Source](https://www.cooley.com/news/coverage/2021/2021-06-07-lux-closes-two-funds-at-1-point-5-billion). - Lux Total Opportunities: USD 800000000. Opportunity fund supports growth investments within and outside existing portfolio. [Source](https://www.cooley.com/news/coverage/2021/2021-06-07-lux-closes-two-funds-at-1-point-5-billion). - Lux Ventures VIII: USD 1150000000. Firm confirms successful close of eighth venture fund at USD 1.15 billion. [Source](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-8-infinite-potential). Funds recorded in Adex after this review: | Fund | Disclosed amount | Announcement / filing date | | --- | --- | --- | | Lux Opportunity Fund II | USD 550000000 | 2019-08-01 | | Lux Ventures VI | USD 500000000 | 2019-08-01 | | Lux Total Opportunities | USD 800000000 | 2021-06-03 | | Lux Ventures VII | USD 675000000 | 2021-06-03 | | Lux Ventures VIII | USD 1150000000 | 2023-04-13 | | Lux Ventures IX | USD 1500000000 | 2026-01-07 |
team@apexlogos.ai18 hours ago
Match research 2026-10-06 / LuxCapital / sha256:59b6d030c39b0a3b8b13363619a584263726ef5554829db6550d6ccfa5b98dc6 / part 2 of 2 Imported completed research. Baseline Adex/Signal statements describe prior state, not independent verification. Retain cited attribution, date, currency and classification caveats. | CTRL-labs | Noninvasive wrist/arm neuromotor interface translating peripheral neural/muscle signals into computer control; **direct neurotechnology**, not an implanted cortical recording system | Lux **co-led with GV** the **USD 28 million Series A**, **2018-05-30**. Official portfolio records investment 2018 and acquisition by Facebook 2019. Do not confuse the 2018 Series A with a separate USD 28 million financing reported in February 2019. | [Lux, “Mind Control”](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/mind-control), Josh Wolfe, 2018-05-30, explicitly identifies Lux as co-lead; [Lux CTRL-labs portfolio page](https://www.luxcapital.com/companies/ctrl-labs), undated, accessed 2026-10-06. | | Cala Health | Wearable individualized peripheral nerve stimulation at the wrist for hand tremor; **direct therapeutic neuromodulation**. Does not read cortical brain signals as a BCI would. | Lux named among existing investors participating in an **initial closing of an oversubscribed USD 50 million growth round**, **2024-12-09**. Vertex Growth Fund and Nexus NeuroTech Ventures were co-leads; **Lux was a participant**, not stated lead. | [Cala-issued release on PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cala-health-closes-oversubscribed-50-million-financing-to-propel-growth-302325704.html), 2024-12-09, directly read. Describes sensing tremor signature and stimulation of wrist nerves. | | Halo Neuroscience | Noninvasive brain stimulation headset targeting motor learning; **direct brain stimulation neurotechnology**. Performance/effectiveness claims in portfolio copy are company claims, not independently assessed clinical conclusions. | Lux official page lists initial investment **2014** and acquisition **2021**. A Lux-authored piece calls Lux a seed and Series A lead investor (2016-02-10), without verified amount in that piece. Independently, MassDevice reports Lux participation in a **USD 13 million Series B**, **2018-01-31**, led by TPG. | [Lux portfolio page](https://www.luxcapital.com/companies/halo-neuroscience), undated, accessed 2026-10-06; [Peter Hebert, Lux publication on Medium](https://medium.com/lux-capital/stimulating-sports-science-7d7373a8b988?responsesOpen=true&sortBy=REVERSE_CHRON), 2016-02-10, search-index read; [MassDevice](https://www.massdevice.com/halo-neuroscience-raises-13m-series-b/), 2018-01-31, substantive indexed text accessible although direct open errored. | **Adjacent neuroscience:** Cajal Neuroscience is verified neurodegeneration drug discovery with a co-led Series A, documented above. Kallyope is described in Lux's 2023 announcement as researching the gut-brain axis; this is another neuroscience/biotech lead, **not evidence of a BCI investment**. Recursion is described as ML, robotics and drug discovery in Lux's [Health + Tech article](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/welcoming-a-new-secular-investment-wave-health-tech) (publication date not established in this read; accessed 2026-10-06). General drug discovery should not be blanket-classified as neurotech. Lux also announced **Thomas Reardon as a venture partner on 2024-12-18**, with a remit including new companies through Lux Labs and expertise in neuroscience/human-machine interfaces. The announcement explicitly connects CTRL-labs to Lux's portfolio. His personal history and advisory work at other companies are not additional Lux financing evidence. [Official appointment announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/announcing-thomas-reardon-as-luxs-newest-venture-partner), 2024-12-18. ## Conflicts, missing information and later Adex review 1. **Outdated fund/AUM description:** replace or contextualize the snapshot's undated USD 4 billion asset statement using dated USD 7 billion managed-capital and USD 1.5 billion IX close evidence. Do not replace AUM with fund size or describe the whole amount as currently available to invest. No subsequent named fund was found; this is latest-known, not an exhaustive regulatory filing audit. 2. **Fund mandate versus firm mandate:** VIII was early-stage focused in 2023; IX's 2026 statement says every stage. Preserve dates and vehicle identity. Signal check range/sweet spot are partner claims, while Lux's USD 100,000–100 million rhetoric describes full company-building scope; neither establishes a typical initial firm check. 3. **Cajal duplication and lead error:** snapshot contains both “Cajal Neuroscience” and “Cajal,” each linked to the USD 96 million Series A. They appear to represent the same company/event. Original release explicitly says Lux co-led; the snapshot `isLead: false` contradicts that evidence. Review identity and event deduplication before any update. 4. **CTRL-labs:** original Lux article supplies 2018-05-30 and Series A plus co-lead attribution. A later USD 28 million 2019 round is distinct; round amount alone cannot deduplicate. Official page's Facebook acquisition is historical, not a statement of present independent investability. 5. **Halo dates and amounts:** retain 2014 as the official initial-investment year, not a complete transaction date. Third-party databases variously list 2013 seed dates; they were not preferred over firm evidence. The snapshot's USD 9 million Series A is a lead from FinSMEs, whose direct page errored during this run, so that amount was not promoted to the main verified table. The 2018 USD 13 million Series B is supported by indexed specialist reporting. Acquisition year 2021 has year precision only here. 6. **Snapshot stage/source issues:** Recursion entry says `series-a` despite source URL `https://www.recursion.com/news/series-d`; “Observable” links to Observable Space reporting, and “Genius AI” and “Neptune Mutual” entries have not been independently verified here. Numerous entries cite Goldi pages for other firms. Treat these as audit flags, not proof that each investment is false or true. No complete 362-entry reconciliation was requested/performed. 7. **Echodyne caution:** the snapshot has an Echodyne lead and Lux's job board lists the company. Its [official 2022-06-13 USD 135 million release](https://www.echodyne.com/newsroom/echodyne-closes-135-million-to-expand-distribution-production-and-development-across-defense-security-and-autonomous-machine-markets) does not name Lux in that round. Omission cannot disprove a historical holding, but that release must not be used to claim Lux's participation in that financing. 8. **Disclosure gaps:** individual Lux checks, ownership, specific investing legal vehicles, current residual portfolio holdings and neurotech allocation are not public in the checked sources. Verified historic neural-device deals establish experience, not a dedicated neurotech fund, current clinical endorsement, or guaranteed interest in a new neurotech deal. No direct implanted cortical BCI investment was established in this selected source set; that is not a firm-wide negative claim. 9. **Access/source limits:** Signal firm page extraction was incomplete; Josh Wolfe public fields were readable but transaction records were gated. MassDevice and Medium evidence was available through substantive search-index text; the former direct fetch failed. Most company and fund evidence was directly read. Official promotional claims on technology benefits are separated from financing attribution. This file is prepared for later human/agent Adex review; no MCP Patch or database changes were made. All linked sources were accessed 2026-10-06. Publication dates are provided beside the relevant claims; undated portfolio pages have explicit access dates. No unsupported partner-at-prior-firm investment was attributed to Lux.
team@apexlogos.ai18 hours ago
Match research 2026-10-06 / LuxCapital / sha256:59b6d030c39b0a3b8b13363619a584263726ef5554829db6550d6ccfa5b98dc6 / part 1 of 2 Imported completed research. Baseline Adex/Signal statements describe prior state, not independent verification. Retain cited attribution, date, currency and classification caveats. # Lux Capital — Match firm research - Exact Adex ID: `LuxCapital` - Canonical Adex URL: https://adex.page/firms/LuxCapital - Official website: https://www.luxcapital.com/ - Research date and source access date: 2026-10-06 - Status: Complete for the requested research fields; research only, no Adex changes. Lux Capital is a frontier science and technology venture investor established in 2000. Its current official strategy spans physical, computational and life sciences and company formation through growth. The latest fund found is **Lux Ventures IX, USD 1.5 billion, announced 2026-01-07 and confirmed closed**. Lux separately reports **USD 7 billion managed firm-wide**. The firm has verified direct neurotechnology investments in **CTRL-labs, Cala Health and Halo Neuroscience**, alongside neurodegeneration discovery investment **Cajal Neuroscience**, which should be classified separately from neural interfaces. [Lux IX announcement, 2026-01-07](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/announcing-lux-ventures-ix); [Lux Q4 2025 report, published 2026-02-21](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-q4-2025-report). Company evidence follows below. ## Starting evidence: Adex and NFX Signal The exact-ID snapshot `data/research/_sources/LuxCapital.adex.json`, retrieved 2026-10-06, contains the Lux Capital record, investor ID 1665, Match label, DeepTech sector and an undated description citing USD 4 billion in assets. Check minimum, maximum and sweet spot are null. The description mentions founding, seed, early and growth investments in physical, material and life sciences. It has 362 investment participation entries, including CTRL-labs, Cala Health, Halo Neuroscience, Cajal Neuroscience/Cajal, Applied Intuition and numerous other companies. These entries are leads rather than independently verified facts; duplicated names, missing dates and questionable stage/source mappings require review. Baseline sources include the official site, Signal and https://goldi.ai/intelligence/vc/lux-capital. This research does not treat aggregator material as verification of the whole portfolio. The baseline Signal URL, [Lux Capital firm profile](https://signal.nfx.com/firms/lux-capital), was opened directly, but subsequent extraction returned only a sparse page shell without usable firm fields. A related [Josh Wolfe profile](https://signal.nfx.com/investors/josh-wolfe) was directly readable: it labels him Lux Partner and Co-Founder, lists a USD 1 million–50 million investment range, USD 10 million sweet spot, and USD 1.5 billion current fund size; rankings include biotech, therapeutics, enterprise applications, health IT and digital health at seed/Series A. All are undated, accessed 2026-10-06. Investment records require sign-in; visible record counts disagree (65 in one field, 33 in another), so no aggregate was adopted. These are **partner-profile claims**, not a verified current firm-wide check policy, and the experience list cannot automatically establish firm investment attribution. ## Fund size and stages | Vehicle or metric | Amount and status | Date and evidence | Interpretation | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Lux Ventures IX / ninth Lux fund | USD 1.5 billion; announced and closed | [Official announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/announcing-lux-ventures-ix), 2026-01-07; [Q4 report](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-q4-2025-report), published 2026-02-21, explicitly says closed | Latest-known named fund found in searches through 2026-10-06, not a target. | | Firm-wide capital managed | USD 7 billion | Same official IX announcement and Q4 report | Separate firm-wide metric, not IX size or remaining deployable capital. Announcement does not provide audited valuation methodology. | | Lux Ventures VIII / Lux 8 | USD 1.15 billion in LP commitments; successful close, early-stage focused | [Official VIII announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-8-infinite-potential), 2023-04-13 | Historical predecessor; firm said more than USD 5 billion committed capital then. Keep that historical metric separate from 2026 managed-capital figure. | The 2026 IX announcement expressly describes backing companies at every stage, including the first USD 100,000 and last USD 100 million, and lists aerospace, biotech, defense, industrials and transportation. This is a broad strategy statement, **not evidence of binding check limits or a typical initial check**. The 2023 VIII announcement explicitly called that vehicle early-stage focused; it identified backing founders at seed or Series A. Current intent and historical vehicle mandate should be stored separately. Current company formation is also supported by the Q4 report, which describes creating companies de novo and spinouts. Historical transaction evidence below spans Series A, B, D, F and growth. [IX announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/announcing-lux-ventures-ix), 2026-01-07; [VIII announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-8-infinite-potential), 2023-04-13; [Q4 report](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-q4-2025-report), 2026-02-21. ## Verified previous deep-tech investments Round amounts below are total company financing amounts, **not Lux's individual contribution**. The named examples are a substantive selection, not an audit of all 362 snapshot entries. | Company | Technology rationale | Firm attribution, stage and date | Supporting evidence | | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Varda Space Industries | Orbital pharmaceutical processing using microgravity, spacecraft and hypersonic reentry capsules; clear science/engineering risk beyond ordinary software | Lux Capital and Natural Capital led USD 251 million **Series D**, announced **2026-09-30** | [Varda-issued announcement on PR Newswire](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/varda-announces-251-million-series-d-to-scale-space-based-pharmaceutical-processing-302893651.html), 2026-09-30, directly read. It distinguishes USD 598 million cumulative company funding from this round. | | Applied Intuition | Simulation/toolchain, vehicle operating systems and autonomy stacks for intelligent physical machines, including defense and automotive | Lux named as an existing investor participating in **USD 600 million Series F fundraise and tender offer**, **2025-06-17**; company blog explicitly expands Lux to Lux Capital | [Company press release](https://www.appliedintuition.com/press-releases/series-f) and [company blog](https://www.appliedintuition.com/blog/series-f), both 2025-06-17. Preserve combined fundraise/tender wording; primary-versus-secondary split is not established here. | | Saildrone | Autonomous ocean vessels integrating sensing, navigation and maritime data gathering | Lux official account says it invested at Series A and participated in **USD 60 million Series B**, **2018-05-17**; undated official company page lists Lux investment milestone **2016** | [Lux transaction account](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/endless-immensity-sea), 2018-05-17; [Lux company page](https://www.luxcapital.com/companies/saildrone), undated, accessed 2026-10-06; [Saildrone company description](https://www.saildrone.com/about), undated, accessed 2026-10-06, independently lists Lux as a backer. 2016 has year precision only. | | Cajal Neuroscience | Integrates human genetics, functional genomics, advanced microscopy and computational biology to discover targets/therapeutics in neurodegeneration | **USD 96 million Series A**, co-led by **The Column Group and Lux Capital**, completed/announced **2022-11-29** | [Original company launch release hosted by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory](https://www.cshl.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Cajal_2022-11-29-Launch-Press-Release.pdf), dated 2022-11-29, directly read. Deep-tech biotech; neuroscience drug discovery rather than direct interface or stimulation. | The official 2023 VIII announcement also names Anduril, Hadrian, Hugging Face, RunwayML, Eikon and Kallyope as backed companies, with brief technical rationale. Those are corroborated portfolio leads, but exact rounds were not reconstructed in this file. The three direct-neurotechnology companies below also qualify as deep tech because their devices depend on neural sensing or stimulation. [Official VIII announcement](https://www.luxcapital.com/news/lux-8-infinite-potential), 2023-04-13. ## Verified previous neurotech investments | Company | Neural technology and classification | Firm attribution, stage/date and caveats | Sources | | --- | --- | --- | --- |
team@apexlogos.ai23 days ago
MATCH

Peter Hebert Lux Capital, managing_partner	$50M$1M – $100M	Menlo Park, California
Grace Isford Lux Capital, partner	$25M$500K – $50M	New York, New York
Bilal Zuberi Lux Capital, partner	$25M$500K – $50M	Palo Alto, California
Shahin Farshchi Lux Capital, partner	$25M$500K – $50M	San Francisco Bay Area
Lan Jiang Lux Capital, partner	$10M$1M – $50M	Irvine, California
Ian Peikon Lux Capital, venture_partner	$10M$1M – $50M	New York, New York
Zack Schildhorn Lux Capital, partner	$10M$1M – $50M	New York, New York
David Yang Lux Capital, partner	$10M$1M – $50M	San Francisco Bay Area
Deena Shakir Lux Capital, general_partner	$10M$1M – $50M	San Francisco Bay Area
Shaquille Vayda Lux Capital, partner	$10M$1M – $50M	San Francisco Bay Area
Brandon Reeves Lux Capital, partner	$10M$1M – $50M	San Francisco, California
Tess Van Stekelenburg Lux Capital, partner	$10M$1M – $50M	San Francisco, California
Danny Crichton Lux Capital, partner	$25K$10K – $50K	New York, New York
Adam Kalish Lux Capital, Partner, Capital Formation	—— – —
Ale Salardi Lux Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Andrew Wilson Lux Capital, Partner, Legal	—— – —
Brad Gritsch Lux Capital, Finance	—— – —
Cristina Morris Lux Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Emily Haight Lux Capital, Partner, Capital Formation	—— – —
Josh Wolfe Lux Capital, Partner and Co-Founder	—— – —
Kim Tran Lux Capital, Finance	—— – —
Kyrstin Swan Lux Capital, Partner, Capital Formation	—— – —
Laurence Pevsner Lux Capital, Partner, Research	—— – —
Lindsay Morris Lux Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Michelle Lee Lux Capital, Partner, Legal	—— – —
Morgan Roundtree Lux Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Peter Hébert Lux Capital, Partner and Co-Founder	—— – —
Prableen Kaur Lux Capital, Executive Assistant	—— – —
Samantha Cho Lux Capital, Partner, Accounting	—— – —
Saunaz Moradi Lux Capital, Partner, Communications	—— – —
Sean Traynor Lux Capital, Partner, Legal	—— – —
Segolene Scarborough Lux Capital, Partner, Finance	—— – —
Shahin Farshchi, PhD Lux Capital, Partner	—— – —
Shaq Vayda Lux Capital, Partner	—— – —
Steven Brody Lux Capital, Partner, Operations	—— – —
Stevie Lee Lux Capital, Finance	—— – —
Tracie Rotter Lux Capital, Partner, Platform	—— – —

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