Lux Capital
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| Private | |
| Industry | Venture capital |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founders | Peter Hébert Robert Paull Josh Wolfe |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, Menlo Park, CA, United States |
| Total assets | $1,100,000,000 |
| Website | luxcapital.com |
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm founded by Peter Hébert, Robert Paull, and Josh Wolfe in 2000 . The firm, based in New York City with an office in Menlo Park, invests in emerging technologies in the physical and life sciences.
Lux Capital is a venture firm based in New York City and Silicon Valley investing in counter-conventional, seed and early stage science and technology ventures. The firm manages $1.1 billion in assets across five funds. Lux founded strategic holdings in media, research and policy as proprietary sources of intelligence, access and influence – ensuring that portfolio companies are better connected, have deeper insight, and command industry leadership faster than their competition.The Lux Capital team has built more than 20 companies from scratch.
In April 2011, former McKinsey Senior Partner Richard N. Foster and former CIA Director James Woolsey joined Lux Capital as venture partners. In August 2012, former Pfizer Chairman and CEO Jeff Kindler joined Lux Capital as a venture partner.
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