Lux Capital
New York–based firm investing in frontier science and deep tech — AI, biotech, defense, robotics, and space — often at contrarian, long-duration theses.
Typical check size
$1M-$10M (stage-based estimate)
Founded
2000
Headquarters
888 7th Ave, New York, NY 10106
AUM
N/A
Rounds they lead
Seed
Series A
Rounds they invest
Pre-Seed
Seed
Series A
Series B+
Portfolio companies we track
Startups in our directory that list Lux Capital as an investor (24 total).
- 11x AI digital workers for revenue teams — autonomous SDR Alice and voice agent Jordan.
- Amca Integrated aerospace and defense manufacturing platform for critical components.
- Anchorage Regulated crypto custody and banking platform for institutions (Anchorage Digital).
- Anduril Software-defined defense systems — drones, counter-UAS, and autonomous military platforms.
- Apex Space Productized satellite bus manufacturer (Aries, Nova, and Comet platforms).
- Applied Intuition Simulation and validation software for autonomous vehicles, defense, and robotics.
- Armada Modular edge AI data centers and full-stack edge computing platform.
- Cambridge Aerospace Low-cost air-defence interceptors and sensors for mass drone and missile threats.
- Cognition Autonomous AI software engineer Devin — agents that code, debug, and ship production software for enterprises.
- DoNotPay Consumer legal-automation app — 'robot lawyer' for parking tickets, subscriptions, bureaucracy.
- Dyno Therapeutics AI-designed AAV capsids for gene therapy — CapsidMap platform with Novartis, Sarepta, Roche.
- Hadrian Automated precision manufacturing factories for aerospace and defense parts.
- Impulse Space Tom Mueller's in-space mobility company — Mira maneuvering spacecraft and Helios kick stage for orbital transfer.
- Inductive Bio Collaborative AI platform accelerating small-molecule optimization via virtual chemistry labs.
- Maven Virtual clinic for women's and family health — fertility, maternity, pediatrics, and menopause.
- Modal Labs NYC serverless cloud for AI workloads — GPUs, sandboxes, batch jobs, and inference without managing clusters.
- Observable Space LA space-tech company building full-stack optical systems for laser comms, space domain awareness, and in-space payloads.
- Recursion Techbio company using automated labs and ML for drug discovery at scale.
- Runway Generative AI video platform for creators, studios, and enterprise post-production.
- Shapeways 3D printing marketplace and on-demand manufacturing for designers and enterprises.
- Stord Fulfillment network plus AI-powered supply chain software for independent e-commerce brands competing with Amazon-scale logistics.
- Unconventional AI Brain-inspired, energy-efficient AI chips from former Databricks AI chief Naveen Rao.
- Waymark Community-based care platform extending primary care for Medicaid patients.
- Westmag American-made BLDC motors and actuators for drones and robotics — built in South San Francisco.
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FAQs about Lux Capital
Stage fit, check size, thesis, and how founders typically approach this firm — based on public sources and our directory.
Lux Capital leads Seed and Series A rounds in our directory and also invests from pre-seed through Series B+. The firm is multi-stage within deep tech, with public portfolio examples spanning early science bets through growth.
Lux does not publish standard check sizes. For planning, see /lux-capital-check-size-2026 (~$1M–$10M stage-based estimate for seed/Series A leads). Our coverage notes approximately $4B+ AUM across vintages; treat any check-size figure as deal-specific unless Lux discloses it.
Lux is headquartered in New York City (888 7th Ave). The firm backs founders globally in deep tech — defense, biotech, and industrial categories are not NYC-limited.
Lux backs frontier technology where science and engineering outpace convention: AI/ML, biotech and drug discovery, defense and dual-use, robotics, space, materials, and quantum. Our directory tags deep-tech, ai-ml, and space-tech.
Lux commonly leads or co-leads early institutional rounds in its core deep-tech bets and follows winners with additional capital. Public examples include early positions in Anduril, Recursion, and Applied Intuition.
Linked startups include Hadrian (/startup/hadrian), Recursion (/startup/recursion), Runway ML (/startup/runway-ml), Applied Intuition (/startup/applied-intuition), Shapeways (/startup/shapeways), Thatch Health (/startup/thatch-health), and Maven (/startup/maven).
Use luxcapital.com and partner content (Josh Wolfe and Peter Hebert publish actively on thesis areas). Warm intros from technical founders, scientists, or co-investors in frontier categories work best; there is no public cold-email partner roster.
See our fund profile article 'Lux Capital: The NYC Firm Underwriting Frontier Science and Deep Tech at $4B AUM' (/nyc-lux-capital-deep-tech-frontier-science) for thesis, notable bets, and 2026 focus areas.