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At a glance
Lux Capital appears in 16 funding rounds tracked by ValueAddVC since 2024, leading 4. Its most frequent sectors in these rounds are Defense & Space and AI & Infrastructure, and its most recent tracked deal was Multiply Labs' $75M Series B round (Oct 6, 2026). It co-invests most often with Founders Fund, T. Rowe Price and Jeff Bezos. ValueAddVC also tracks 3 funds managed by Lux Capital.
Strategy
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries B
Sectors
DeeptechDefenseHealthcareAIClimate
Geographies
USANew York, New York, USA
Check size
$2M-$25MRecent changes
- Oct 6, 2026Oct 6, 2026Invested in Multiply Labs (Series B, $75M) Business Wire
- Sep 23, 2026Sep 23, 2026Invested in Enveda Biosciences (Series E, $311M) Tech Startups
- Aug 6, 2026Aug 6, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Hadrian (Series D, $1.37B) Hadrian
- Aug 1, 2026Aug 1, 2026Invested in Cambridge Aerospace (Series C, $300M) The Next Web
- Jul 27, 2026Jul 27, 2026Invested in Genius AI (Series D, $44M) Fortune
Earlier changes (13)
- Jul 22, 2026Jul 22, 2026Invested in Glow (Series A, $180M) TechCrunch
- Jul 20, 2026Jul 20, 2026Invested in CuspAI (Series B, $450M) CNBC
- Jul 7, 2026Jul 7, 2026Invested in Monogram (Seed, $40M) Monogram
- Jun 6, 2026Jun 6, 2026Invested in Flourish ($500M) TechFundingNews
- Jun 2026Jun 2026Invested in Higharc (Series C, $95M) Higharc
- May 27, 2026May 27, 2026Invested in Cognition ($1B) TechCrunch
- Jan 10, 2026Jan 10, 2026Follow-on: Invested in Hadrian (Undisclosed) Pulse 2.0
- Jan 7, 2026Jan 7, 2026New fund: Lux Capital Fund IX ($1.5B) luxcapital.com
- Nov 20, 2025Nov 20, 2025Follow-on: Invested in Physical Intelligence ($600M) SiliconANGLE
- Jul 17, 2025Jul 17, 2025Invested in Hadrian (Series C, $260M) TechCrunch
- Nov 4, 2024Nov 4, 2024Invested in Physical Intelligence ($400M) Pulse 2.0
- Mar 1, 2017Mar 1, 2017New fund: Lux Ventures V ($400M) SEC EDGAR Form D
- Feb 10, 2015Feb 10, 2015New fund: Lux Capital Venture Fund IV (target $350M) SEC EDGAR Form D
Funds
3| Fund | Vintage | Size | Strategy | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lux Capital Fund IX | 2026 | $1.5B | OtherNew science, defense, aerospace, biotech, industrials, and transportation | As of Jan 7, 2026luxcapital.com |
| Lux Ventures V | 2017 | $400M | Venture | As of Mar 1, 2017SEC EDGAR Form D |
| Lux Capital Venture Fund IV | 2015 | target $350M | Venture | As of Feb 10, 2015SEC EDGAR Form D |
Portfolio
16 totalRecent Investment Activity
16Track record: led 4 and participated in 12 of 16 tracked venture rounds · 13 in the last 12 months · led 1 Series D, 1 Seed, 1 Series C
| Date | Company | Event | Role | Amount | Valuation | Investors | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2026 | Multiply Labs | Series B | Participated | $75M | — | Lingotto Investment ManagementunverifiedCasdin CapitalunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedFifty YearsunverifiedFounders FundunverifiedPatrick Soon-Shiong / NantWorksAstraZenecaTeradyneStrange Ventures+1 more | Business Wire |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Enveda Biosciences | Series E | Participated | $311M | ~$2B | Tech Startups | |
| Aug 6, 2026 | Hadrian | Series D | Participated | $1.37B | $7.87B | Washington Harbour PartnersLeadunverifiedValor Equity PartnersLeadunverified137 VenturesLeadunverifiedBaillie GiffordLeadunverifiedJPMorganChase Strategic Investment GroupLeadunverified1789 CapitalunverifiedApollo Global ManagementunverifiedT. Rowe PriceunverifiedCapitalGunverifiedAndreessen HorowitzunverifiedFounders FundunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedAltimeter CapitalunverifiedConstruct CapitalunverifiedWCM Investment ManagementMorgan Stanley Wealth Management | Hadrian |
| Aug 2026 | Cambridge Aerospace | Series C | Participated | $300M | $3.4B | The Next Web | |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Genius AI | Series D | Led | $44M | $1.15B | Pulse story | |
| Jul 22, 2026 | Glow | Series A | Participated | $180M | $1.2B | TechCrunch | |
| Jul 20, 2026 | CuspAI | Series B | Participated | $450M | $2.6B | Kleiner PerkinsLeadunverifiedNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)LeadunverifiedBezos ExpeditionsunverifiedGlade Brook CapitalunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedAMD VenturesunverifiedTemasekunverifiedUK Sovereign AI Venture Fund | CNBC |
| Jul 7, 2026 | Monogram | Seed | Led | $40M | — | DST GlobalLeadLux CapitalLead | Pulse story |
| Jun 6, 2026 | Flourish | funding round | Participated | $500M | $2.5B | TechFundingNews | |
| Jun 2026 | Higharc | Series C | Participated | $95M | — | Higharc | |
| May 27, 2026 | Cognition | funding round | Led | $1B | $26B | TechCrunch | |
| Jan 10, 2026 | Hadrian | funding round | Participated | Undisclosed | $1.6B | T. Rowe PriceLeadunverifiedAltimeter CapitalunverifiedD1 Capital PartnersunverifiedStepStone Groupunverified1789 CapitalunverifiedFounders FundunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedAndreessen HorowitzunverifiedConstruct Capitalunverified | Pulse 2.0 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | Physical Intelligence | funding round | Participated | $600M | $5.6B | SiliconANGLE | |
| Jul 17, 2025 | Hadrian | Series C | Led | $260M | — | Founders FundLeadunverifiedLux CapitalLeadunverified | TechCrunch |
| Nov 4, 2024 | Physical Intelligence | funding round | Participated | $400M | $2.4B | Pulse 2.0 | |
| Modal Labs | Series D | Participated | $750M | — | AccelLeadunverifiedKleiner PerkinsunverifiedMenlo VenturesunverifiedGeneral CatalystunverifiedRedpoint VenturesunverifiedLux CapitalunverifiedAmplify PartnersunverifiedBain Capital Venturesunverified | Modal |
Sector / Stage Activity
By sector (portfolio)
AI infra
4 · 25%
Defense
2 · 13%
Biotech
2 · 13%
Robotics
2 · 13%
Developer tools
1 · 6%
Semiconductors
1 · 6%
Enterprise SaaS
1 · 6%
Cybersecurity
1 · 6%
Proptech
1 · 6%
By stage (tracked rounds)
Series D
3 · 19%
Series C
3 · 19%
Series B
2 · 13%
Series E
1 · 6%
Series A
1 · 6%
Seed
1 · 6%
Co-Investors
12T. Rowe Price · 4 sharedAccel · 3 sharedFounders Fund · 3 sharedGeneral Catalyst · 3 sharedKleiner Perkins · 3 sharedNvidia · 3 sharedSequoia Capital · 3 sharedAlkeon Capital · 2 sharedGrok Ventures · 1 sharedImaginary Ventures · 1 sharedPrimavera Capital · 1 sharedThreshold Ventures (DFJ) · 1 shared
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Latest Pulse
- Oct 14, 2026Modal Confirms $750M Series D, Crosses $1B Annualized RevenueModal Labs has closed the $750 million Series D at a $15.75 billion valuation first reported as pending in September, and says the AI infrastructure company has now crossed $1 billion in annualized revenue.→
- Oct 6, 2026Multiply Labs Raises $75M To Automate Drug ManufacturingMultiply Labs raised a $75 million Series B led by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong's NantWorks to scale robotic systems that automate biologics manufacturing, pushing its total funding past $100 million.→
- Sep 23, 2026Enveda Biosciences Raises $311M Series E At $2BBoulder-based Enveda Biosciences raised a $311 million Series E led by Catalio Capital Management at roughly a $2 billion valuation, funding its AI platform that mines natural compounds for new drug candidates.→
- Sep 4, 2026XDOF Nears $1.2B Valuation Three Months Out of StealthThe robot training-data startup is in late-stage talks for a Series B led by 8VC, roughly three months after a $70 million Series A and with annualized revenue approaching $50 million.→
- Aug 28, 2026a16z Raises $1.1B to Build AI's Physical LayerAndreessen Horowitz has closed a $1.1 billion Machine Age fund dedicated to chips, memory, cooling, power and robotics -- the hardware underneath AI rather than the software on top of it.→
- Aug 27, 2026Transfyr Raises $25M to Record Science That Gets LostTransfyr launched with $25 million in seed funding led by General Catalyst to build an observability layer that captures the practical, undocumented details of scientific lab work.→
- Aug 12, 2026Cognition Nears $40B Valuation, Up 50%+ Since SpringAI coding startup Cognition is in early talks for a new round that could value it above $40 billion, more than 50% above the $26 billion mark it set in May, as it approaches a $1 billion annualized revenue run rate.→
- Aug 10, 2026Anduril Backers Give Cambridge Aerospace $3.4B ValuationCambridge Aerospace, a British drone-and-missile interceptor startup, raised a $300 million Series C led by DFJ Growth at a $3.4 billion valuation, taking its total raised past $630 million in under two years.→
- Jul 27, 2026Genius AI Raises $44M Series D at $1.15B ValuationGlossGenius rebranded as Genius AI and raised $44 million in Series D funding led by Lux Capital at a $1.15 billion valuation, expanding from beauty-industry scheduling software into agentic tools for the broader in-person service economy.→
- Jul 22, 2026Glow Exits Stealth With $180M at $1.2B ValuationGlow, founded by former Meta, Snowflake and Claroty executives, emerged from stealth with $180 million at a $1.2 billion valuation to rebuild endpoint security for a world where AI agents, not just employees, operate on corporate devices.→
- Jul 22, 2026Glow Emerges From Stealth as $1.2B Security UnicornAI-native endpoint security startup Glow emerged from stealth with $180 million in funding at a $1.2 billion valuation, led by Sequoia, Cyberstarts, Greenoaks and Redpoint Ventures.→
- Jul 21, 2026Dimension Capital Raises $800M Fund for Science-Meets-Compute BetsDimension Capital closed an $800 million third fund aimed at the intersection of scientific research and compute infrastructure, underscoring how much venture capital is now chasing the compute-heavy science boom.→
- Jul 21, 2026Dimension Capital Closes $800M Fund for Science and AIDimension Capital raised an $800 million third fund, 60% larger than its prior vehicle, betting that founders increasingly want to build companies crossing the boundary between biotech, physical science and AI compute.→
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- Jul 7, 2026Monogram Raises $40M Seed for Visual AI InterfaceCoursera co-founder Eren Bali's new startup Monogram raised a $40 million seed led by DST Global and Lux Capital to build an AI app that generates full visual interfaces instead of just text.→
- Jun 30, 2026Higharc Raises $95M Series C to Bring AI Into HomebuildingHigharc, which generates homes as 3D spatial databases so builders and suppliers can design, estimate, sell and build more efficiently, raised a $95 million Series C led by Insight Partners and announced a new partnership with US LBM, the country's largest.→
- Jun 6, 2026Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B to Build Brain-Inspired AI ChipsFlourish, a New York startup co-founded by Internet Explorer creator and CTRL-labs founder Thomas Reardon, raised $500 million at a $2.5 billion valuation to build brain-inspired AI -- with Jeff Bezos nearly doubling his check to roughly $100 million. Its 'Cortex AI' aims to map real neurons and run models at laptop-level power, attacking AI's energy crisis at the architecture level.→
- Jun 4, 2026Bezos-Backed Flourish Raises $500M at $2.5B for Brain-Inspired AI That Runs on Laptop-Level PowerFlourish, co-founded by Internet Explorer creator Thomas Reardon, closed a $500M round at a $2.5B valuation on June 4 to build 'Cortex AI' — an architecture emulating real neuron connectomics and targeting 20-50 watt operation (a laptop, not a server rack). Jeff Bezos personally committed close to $100M; Lux Capital, GV and Catalio Capital joined.→
Lux Capital FAQ
What is Lux Capital's latest fund?
Lux Capital Fund IX, announced at $1.5B (As of Jan 7, 2026; luxcapital.com).
How large are Lux Capital's funds?
Lux Capital funds Value Add tracks include Lux Capital Fund IX ($1.5B, 2026); Lux Ventures V ($400M, 2017), out of 3 Lux Capital funds tracked in total.
What companies has Lux Capital invested in?
Lux Capital's portfolio includes Modal Labs, Multiply Labs, Enveda Biosciences, Cognition, Hugging Face, Hadrian, and 10 more tracked companies.
Who does Lux Capital co-invest with most?
In the rounds Value Add tracks, Lux Capital most often invests alongside T. Rowe Price (4 shared deals), Accel (3 shared deals), Founders Fund (3 shared deals), General Catalyst (3 shared deals), Kleiner Perkins (3 shared deals).
Sources & methodologyshow
Where these figures come from
- Business Wireprimary source1 fact
- Hadrianprimary source1 fact
- Higharcprimary source1 fact
- SEC EDGAR Form Dprimary source1 fact
- SEC EDGAR Form Dprimary source1 fact
- CNBCmajor outlet1 fact
- Fortunemajor outlet1 fact
- SiliconANGLEmajor outlet1 fact
Figures are labelled Reported (a source states it), Estimated, Derived (computed from other facts) or Rumored (in talks / unconfirmed). Rumors never replace a confirmed figure. Each figure keeps its own as-of date; history is preserved rather than overwritten.