Lux Capital

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Lux Capital
TypePrivate
IndustryVenture capital
Founded2000; 21 years ago (2000)
FoundersPeter Hébert
Robert Paull
Josh Wolfe
Headquarters
New York, NY, Menlo Park, CA
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United States
Total assets$4.0 billion
Websiteluxcapital.com

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Peter Hébert, Robert Paull, and Josh Wolfe[1] in 2000.[2] The firm, based in New York City with an office in Menlo Park, invests in emerging technologies in the physical and life sciences.[3][4]

History[]

Lux Capital is a venture firm based in New York City and Silicon Valley which invests in counter-conventional, seed and early stage science and technology ventures. The firm manages over $4.0 billion in assets across ten funds as of 2021.[5] Lux founded strategic holdings in media, research and policy as proprietary sources of intelligence, access and influence. Lux has built around 20 companies from scratch.[5]

In April 2011, former McKinsey Senior Partner Richard N. Foster and former CIA Director James Woolsey joined Lux Capital as venture partners.[6]

In August 2012, former Pfizer head Jeff Kindler joined Lux Capital as a venture partner.[7]

In August 2019, Lux raised over $1 billion in two funds.[8]

In June 2021, Lux raised approximately $1.5 billion in two funds.[9]

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  2. ^ Eden, Scott (2009). "Nano Wunderkinds". Dealmaker. December/January 2009: 35–37. ISSN 1937-304X. OCLC 132936538.
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  4. ^ de la Merced, Michael (2 April 2015). "Lux Capital Raises $350 Million Fund to Back Science Start-Ups". New York Times. Retrieved 8 June 2015.
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  6. ^ "James Woolsey and Richard Foster Join Lux Capital as Venture Partners". Business Wire. 26 April 2011.
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  8. ^ Marinova, Polina (August 1, 2019). "Exclusive: Lux Capital Raises More Than $1 Billion Across Two New Funds to Invest in Companies Building a Sci-Fi Future". www.fortune.com.
  9. ^ "Lux Capital raises $800 million for its first opportunity fund".
  10. ^ "3Scan Raises $6.67 Million from Lux Capital, Dolby Ventures for New Technologies to Transform Pathology | FierceBiotech". www.fiercebiotech.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  11. ^ "VR Chat Room AltspaceVR Raises $10.3M To Sell Virtual Events – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
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  16. ^ "BrightSky Labs Will Make It Easy To Share Videos From Your GoPro – TechCrunch". techcrunch.com. Retrieved 2018-04-10.
  17. ^ "Cambrios Technologies Gets $9 Million". The Wall Street Journal. February 1, 2005. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  18. ^ Castellanos, Sara (November 5, 2013). "Helen Greiner's CyPhy Works raises $7M to expand flying robots". Boston Business Journal. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  19. ^ Kolodny, Lora (2018-03-19). "Ford, Future Fund invest $65 million in Desktop Metal 3-D printers". www.cnbc.com. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  20. ^ "Lux Capital Bucks Trend, Raises $250M VC Fund for Energy, Tech and Health". www.greentechmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  21. ^ Wire, Business. "Kala Pharmaceuticals Secures $11.5 Million in Series A Financing". FierceBiotech. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  22. ^ Inc, Kallyope. "Kallyope Inc. Announces $66M Series B Financing to Advance Programs Targeting the Gut-Brain Axis". www.prnewswire.com. Retrieved 2020-09-01.
  23. ^ "Lux Capital's Josh Wolfe Scored a 43X Venture Return on Kurion's $400M Acquisition | GTM Squared". www.greentechmedia.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  24. ^ "Lux Closes Two Funds At $1.5 Billion - Finance and Banking - United States". www.mondaq.com. Retrieved 2021-06-14.
  25. ^ "Pivotal Commware raises millions more in investment for beamforming antennas". GeekWire. 2018-09-17. Retrieved 2019-04-16.
  26. ^ Sawers, Paul (February 28, 2017). "Lux Capital announces fresh $400 million fund to back 'contrarians and outsiders' from science and tech". VentureBeat. Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  27. ^ "Visterra Adds $8.1M to Series A". PitchBook. December 3, 2013. Retrieved July 20, 2020.

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