VC firm
Lux Capital
Also known as Lux, Lux Capital Management, LLC, Lux Co Invest, Lux Co-Invest Opportunities II, L.P., Lux Co-Invest Opportunities, L.P., Lux Defense Leaders, Lux Defense Leaders, L.P., Lux Total
- Investor type
- VC
- Investing status
- Activeas of 2026-09-28Source (opens in a new tab)
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States
- Assets under management
- $7BStated by firm, as of 2026-09-17Source (opens in a new tab)
- Latest fund size
- $1.1BSEC amount sold, as of 2023-04-14Source (opens in a new tab)
- Funds
- 20
- Legal name
- LUX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
- luxcapital.com (opens in a new tab)
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About
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York City and Silicon Valley with $7 billion AUM, investing in emerging science and technology companies. The firm organizes its portfolio around themes such as advancing human health, engineering and electronics, infrastructure and computer science, physics and aerospace, and progressing science and knowledge. It backs founders building at the intersection of technology and national security, among other areas.
Investment approach
- Thesis
- We believe before others understandSource (opens in a new tab)
- Investing status notes
- Announcing Lux Ventures IX (Jan 7, 2026) and Lux Capital Raises $1.5 billion for Fund Focused on New Science, Defense (Bloomberg, Jan 7, 2026) show the firm actively raising and deploying new funds.
Funds
- Lux Ventures IX Entrepreneurs Fund, L.P.
- $5.4MVintage 2025, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Defense Leaders, L.P.
- Vintage 2025Main fund
- Lux Ventures IX, L.P.
- Vintage 2025Main fund
- Lux Ventures VIII, L.P.
- $1.1BVintage 2023, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Ventures VIII Entrepreneurs Fund, L.P.
- $3.9MVintage 2023, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Total Opportunities, L.P.
- $800MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Ventures VII, L.P.
- $675MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Ventures VII Entrepreneurs Fund, L.P.
- $8.7MVintage 2021, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Co-Invest Opportunities II, L.P.
- $550MVintage 2019, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Ventures VI, L.P.
- $498MVintage 2019, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Ventures VI Sidecar, L.P.
- $2MVintage 2019, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- Lux Ventures V, L.P.
- $400MVintage 2017, Main fund, SEC amount sold
- More funds
- 8 more recorded
SEC registration
- Registered adviser
- LUX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
- CRD number
- 163026 (opens in a new tab)
- SEC file number
- 802-75425
- Registration
- Exempt reporting adviser
- Regulatory AUM
- $11.2Bas of 2026-03-31
- Private funds reported
- 17
- Principal office
- NEW YORK, NY, United States
- SEC CIK
- 1534238, 1534241, 1569760
Locations
- Headquarters
- New York, NY, United States
- Office
- Silicon Valley, CA, United States
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