WE’RE LOOKING FOR BIG IDEAS
(AND THE BIG BRAINS BEHIND THEM)
We partner with companies and founders trying to change the world, who want to upend paradigms, not just chase incremental progress.
FOUNDERS WHO SEE THE FUTURE
We’re looking for leaders with a vision, who see a radically different future and know how to make it happen. They’re equal parts mad scientist and business mastermind: walking, talking Venn diagrams ready to change everything.
COMPANIES THAT MAKE IT REAL
We invest in companies that see radical potential in what they do. Founders who see reshaping a single industry as table stakes.
And teams that see failure as just a challenge to find a new path.
And teams that see failure as just a challenge to find a new path.
neuroscience
manufacturing
biology
defense
data & ai
robotics
sensing
space
The Basics
Over the past two decades, Lux has expanded from our New York City roots to Silicon Valley, and built a firm with over $5 billion AUM and more than 30 full-time professionals, with a wide spectrum of technical backgrounds and the versatility to invest at any stage, from $100,000 to $100 million.
What we're up to
The taps are dry and the rivers are flooded
July 22, 2025
Danny Crichton
Water is the wellspring of all life, but in diluvial proportions, it also becomes a specter of death. The mythos of the Abrahamic religions and many others describe a great flood, and it’s not hard to see why the shock of such a calamity might lead to fervor. Just observe the vast destruction wrought a few weeks ago in Kerr County, Texas, where the Guadalupe River surged 28 feet in 90 minutes, inundating Camp Mystic and ultimately leading to 135 deaths.
continue reading
Latest Press