Lux Capital

Lux Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by Peter Hebert, Josh Wolfe, and Robert Paull. Headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Silicon Valley, the firm partners with entrepreneurial scientists and technologists building companies at the frontiers of science and engineering, backing them from initial idea through public offering.

The firm's investment philosophy centers on the belief that transformative technologies are often dismissed as science fiction long before they become reality, encapsulated in Lux Capital's tagline: "We believe before others understand." Its portfolio spans deep technology sectors including artificial intelligence, aerospace and defense, robotics, advanced manufacturing, and life sciences, with notable investments in companies such as Anduril, Applied Intuition, Databricks, Physical Intelligence, and Ramp.

Within the space and defense sectors specifically, Lux Capital has been an early backer of companies working on national security technology, autonomous systems, and next-generation aerospace hardware, reflecting its broader thesis of funding companies that convert speculative, sci-fi-like concepts into commercially and strategically important technologies.

Beyond capital, Lux Capital engages the broader technology and policy community through initiatives like Riskgaming, a scenario-based analysis and gaming platform exploring geopolitical and technological risk, underscoring the firm's focus on the intersection of emerging technology, security, and society.