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Lux Capital

Venture fund

Stages
Seed, Series A, Series B
Cheque size
$2M to $50M
Based in
United States
Focus
Devices & Robotics, Pharma & Drug Discovery, Imaging & Diagnostics

Lux Capital is a New York based venture firm founded in 2000 by Josh Wolfe, Peter Hebert and Robert Paull, investing in emerging science and technology from artificial intelligence to robotics and biotech. It manages several billion dollars and backs health related ventures alongside deep technology.

Invests at the frontier of science and engineering, including hard health technology.

Notable investments

  • Recursion
  • Hyperfine
  • Osmind

The journey

How Lux Capital got here, step by step.

  1. 2000

    Firm founded

    Josh Wolfe, Peter Hebert and Robert Paull founded Lux Capital in New York to back emerging technology companies.

  2. 2000s

    Early deep technology and biotech bets

    Lux built a reputation investing where science, hard technology and biotechnology meet.

  3. 2010s

    Fund sizes expand

    Successive funds grew assets under management, supporting later stage technology and biotech investments.

  4. 2015

    Auris Health investment

    Lux backed the surgical robotics company Auris Health, later acquired by Johnson and Johnson.

  5. 2021

    Assets reach billions

    Assets under management grew to roughly seven billion dollars across technology and life sciences.

  6. 2020s

    Continued health technology backing

    The firm continues supporting health and biotech ventures alongside its wider deep technology portfolio.

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