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Investment thesis

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.

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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.

Josh Wolfe · 25iq.com — 'Lessons from Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital)' · 2018-07-07

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.

Josh Wolfe · 25iq.com — 'Lessons from Josh Wolfe (Lux Capital)' · 2018-07-07

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.

Josh Wolfe · f4.fund — 'Lux Capital Investment Thesis & Preferences'

Team

Josh Wolfe

Partner and Co-Founder

AI/MLDeep TechBio/PharmaCybersecurityOther

Peter Hébert

Partner and Co-Founder

Deep TechAI/MLOther

Brandon Reeves

Partner

AI/MLEnterpriseDevtools

Deena Shakir

Partner

HealthtechAI/MLConsumer

Shahin Farshchi

Partner

Deep TechAI/MLOther

Grace Isford

Partner

AI/MLConsumerDevtools

Recent investments

CompanyRoundSizeDate
Cognition (Devin)Series B$400m2025-09
Erebor BankSeries Unknown$350m2026-01
Anduril IndustriesSeries F2017
Hugging FaceSeries A2019
RunwaySeed2018
Applied IntuitionSeed2017
Eikon TherapeuticsSeries A2020
Sakana AISeed$30m2024
Physical Intelligence (pi)Series A2024
HadrianSeries C$130m2025-12

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