Lux Capital

Artificial Intelligence · Venture Capital
138investments
24exits
$3.4Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
4,848open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in emerging science and technology ventures at the frontier of innovation. It backs early-stage companies in areas such as defence, artificial intelligence, biotechnology, robotics and space, with a portfolio that includes Anduril and Hugging Face. The firm was founded in 2000 by Josh Wolfe and Peter Hebert and is headquartered in New York City, with an office in Silicon Valley.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
138
74 of them startups
Hiring now
71
4,848 open roles
Deals in 12 months
2
1 as the lead
Rounds in 12 months
11
$3.4B raised
Exits
24
1 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Artificial Intelligence 39%Health Care 19%Hardware 14%Software 10%Information Technology 8%Biotechnology 8%Financial Services 6%Manufacturing 6%
Where its companies are
United States 62%Lithuania 1%United Arab Emirates 1%United Kingdom 1%Japan 1%Netherlands 1%Finland 1%
Stage of its companies
Pre-seed & seed 38%Series A 38%Series C and later 15%Series B 8%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 138 investments
Applied ComputeVenture round $350M · this month UltraVenture round $46.3M · 2 mo ago · 6 roles HadrianSeries D $1.4B · 3 mo ago · led a round Genius.aiSeries D $125M · 3 mo ago · led a round · 17 roles Together AISeries C $800M · 4 mo ago · 79 roles HigharcSeries C $95M · 4 mo ago · 13 roles WestmagSeed $11M · 5 mo ago · 12 roles CognichipVenture round $60M · 7 mo ago · 1 role FiddlerSeries C $30M · 9 mo ago · 1 role Unconventional AISeed $475M · 11 mo ago · 14 roles MedraSeries A $52M · 11 mo ago · 14 roles TenzaiSeed $75M · 12 mo ago
4,848 open roles at 71 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Cisco Systems640 new roles in 30 days IBM295 new roles in 30 days Databricks183 new roles in 30 days Relativity Space120 new roles in 30 days Zoox51 new roles in 30 days Applied Intuition48 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Andreessen Horowitz 17 shared Sequoia Capital 14 shared Y Combinator 12 shared GV 12 shared Menlo Ventures 12 shared DCVC 11 shared General Catalyst 11 shared NEA 11 shared Felicis 10 shared Kleiner Perkins 10 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Menlo Ventures Andreessen Horowitz GV General Catalyst Kleiner Perkins Y Combinator Felicis NEA
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 17 rounds in the press that name it

Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
New York United States
HQ
500-1000 est. staff