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Lux Capital
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Lux Capital's mission is to 'turn sci-fi into sci-fact' by backing founders and companies working at the intersection of breakthrough science and transformational technology. The firm champions iconoclastic inventors — 'equal parts mad scientist and business mastermind' — who challenge the status quo and the laws of nature to bring futuristic ideas to life. Lux actively seeks counter-conventional, contrarian positions in deep technology, mining academic and government labs for unique deal flow across AI, defense and dual-use technology, aerospace, robotics, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, semiconductors, synthetic biology, and healthcare. The firm is stage-agnostic, investing from pre-seed through growth equity, and operates Lux Labs, a company-creation arm that co-founds ventures from scratch.
Notable quotes
“Edge can derive from informational, analytical or behavioral sources. Get better information about an asset, or the same information but sooner; analyze that information differently in a way that leads to a novel conclusion — a variant perception — on the importance or magnitude or timing of the asset's value; or behave individually and as a team in a way that uniquely leads us to great assets. Avoid herds and fads, seek what others don't, venture out a limb as that's where the proverbial fruit is.”
“We have what I call a 100-0-100 investment philosophy. The arrogant part is the first 100: I am 100% certain that Lux will be investing in the most cutting-edge, crazy things you can imagine in the next two years. The 0 part is the intellectual humility: I have no idea what those things will be. The next 100 is the ambition and the confidence — I know with near 100% certainty where we will find those things, and it's at the edge of our already cutting-edge companies.”
“Turn sci-fi into sci-fact by backing founders solving the most vexing puzzles facing humanity. We believe in counter-conventional solutions and contrarian positions in deep technology.”
Team
Peter Hébert
Partner and Co-Founder
Brandon Reeves
Partner
Deena Shakir
Partner
Shahin Farshchi
Partner
Grace Isford
Partner
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cognition (Devin) | Series B | $400m | 2025-09 |
| Erebor Bank | Series Unknown | $350m | 2026-01 |
| Anduril Industries | Series F | — | 2017 |
| Hugging Face | Series A | — | 2019 |
| Runway | Seed | — | 2018 |
| Applied Intuition | Seed | — | 2017 |
| Eikon Therapeutics | Series A | — | 2020 |
| Sakana AI | Seed | $30m | 2024 |
| Physical Intelligence (pi) | Series A | — | 2024 |
| Hadrian | Series C | $130m | 2025-12 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Founders Fund | 12 |
| Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) | 11 |
| General Catalyst | 10 |
| Khosla Ventures | 9 |
| Sequoia Capital | 8 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 6 |
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