Lux Capital


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

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 $2.4 billion in assets across eight funds in 2019. 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.
In April 2011, former McKinsey Senior Partner Richard N. Foster and former CIA Director James Woolsey joined Lux Capital as venture partners.
In August 2012, former Pfizer head Jeff Kindler joined Lux Capital as a venture partner.
In August 2019, Lux raised $1 billion in two funds.

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