Lux Capital

Lux Capital, established in 2000, is a New York-based venture capital firm managing over $4 billion in assets. It invests in early-stage and growth companies at the intersection of technology and sciences, focusing on sectors such as biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, and aerospace. Lux actively supports entrepreneurs, having helped build over 20 companies from scratch, and employs a strategy that enhances portfolio companies' connectivity, insights, and industry leadership.

Tuvia Barak

Venture Partner

Peter Hebert

Managing Partner

Lan Jiang

Investor

Alex Nguyen

Partner

Brandon Reeves

Partner

Segolene Scarborough

CFO

Tess Van Stekelenburg

Partner

Shaquille Vayda

Principal

Shaq Vayda

Principal

David Yang

Principal

Past deals in Open Source

Together AI

Series B in 2025
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Together AI

Series A in 2024
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Reflex

Seed Round in 2023
Reflex is a developer of an open-source, full-stack Python framework designed to simplify the process of building and deploying web applications. The platform combines the accessibility of low-code frameworks with the flexibility and performance of traditional web development, catering to data scientists and software engineers. This allows users to create high-quality web applications efficiently, without the need for extensive knowledge in web development. Reflex aims to enhance productivity by enabling rapid project design and deployment.

Together AI

Seed Round in 2023
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Chronosphere

Venture Round in 2023
Chronosphere, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source metrics data platform known as M3. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company has additional offices in Seattle, Vilnius, and Warsaw. Chronosphere's platform provides comprehensive monitoring solutions for infrastructure, applications, and business metrics, enabling organizations to manage the complexities of cloud-native environments. By offering tools that help DevOps teams quickly identify and resolve issues across various layers of the technology stack, Chronosphere enhances operational reliability and supports data-driven decision-making. The platform is utilized by prominent brands to improve developer productivity, control costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

W4 Games

Seed Round in 2022
W4 Games is a game development studio focused on transforming the online gaming market by leveraging open-source technology. The company operates a cloud platform that allows developers to create and publish games across multiple platforms. In addition to its development services, W4 Games supports the open-source Godot ecosystem by providing businesses with essential goods and services needed for their projects. Through its innovative approach, W4 Games aims to empower developers and enhance the gaming experience for users.

LatchBio

Series A in 2022
LatchBio is a company that specializes in developing a bioinformatics platform aimed at supporting cell and gene therapy startups. Established in 2021 by Alfredo Andere, Kyle Giffin, and Kenny Workman, LatchBio provides an open-source machine learning and cloud infrastructure tailored for the biotech sector. Its platform modernizes the computing capabilities available to biotech labs by offering custom workflows, pipelines, and machine learning models that can be utilized across various scales. This infrastructure enables scientists to efficiently create bioinformatic queries without requiring extensive command-line knowledge or dealing with complex setups. By streamlining data integration and processing, LatchBio helps biotech companies accelerate therapeutic discovery and reduce engineering costs.

Hugging Face

Series C in 2022
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

Chronosphere

Series C in 2021
Chronosphere, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source metrics data platform known as M3. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company has additional offices in Seattle, Vilnius, and Warsaw. Chronosphere's platform provides comprehensive monitoring solutions for infrastructure, applications, and business metrics, enabling organizations to manage the complexities of cloud-native environments. By offering tools that help DevOps teams quickly identify and resolve issues across various layers of the technology stack, Chronosphere enhances operational reliability and supports data-driven decision-making. The platform is utilized by prominent brands to improve developer productivity, control costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

LatchBio

Seed Round in 2021
LatchBio is a company that specializes in developing a bioinformatics platform aimed at supporting cell and gene therapy startups. Established in 2021 by Alfredo Andere, Kyle Giffin, and Kenny Workman, LatchBio provides an open-source machine learning and cloud infrastructure tailored for the biotech sector. Its platform modernizes the computing capabilities available to biotech labs by offering custom workflows, pipelines, and machine learning models that can be utilized across various scales. This infrastructure enables scientists to efficiently create bioinformatic queries without requiring extensive command-line knowledge or dealing with complex setups. By streamlining data integration and processing, LatchBio helps biotech companies accelerate therapeutic discovery and reduce engineering costs.

Hugging Face

Series B in 2021
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

Chronosphere

Series B in 2021
Chronosphere, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source metrics data platform known as M3. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company has additional offices in Seattle, Vilnius, and Warsaw. Chronosphere's platform provides comprehensive monitoring solutions for infrastructure, applications, and business metrics, enabling organizations to manage the complexities of cloud-native environments. By offering tools that help DevOps teams quickly identify and resolve issues across various layers of the technology stack, Chronosphere enhances operational reliability and supports data-driven decision-making. The platform is utilized by prominent brands to improve developer productivity, control costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Hugging Face

Series A in 2019
Hugging Face, established in 2016 and based in New York, specializes in open-source machine learning technologies. It operates a platform that facilitates collaboration on machine learning projects, including models, datasets, and applications. The company aims to democratize machine learning by providing tools and services that support and advance the field, while also offering paid computing and enterprise systems to accelerate development.

Chronosphere

Series A in 2019
Chronosphere, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing an open-source metrics data platform known as M3. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in New York, the company has additional offices in Seattle, Vilnius, and Warsaw. Chronosphere's platform provides comprehensive monitoring solutions for infrastructure, applications, and business metrics, enabling organizations to manage the complexities of cloud-native environments. By offering tools that help DevOps teams quickly identify and resolve issues across various layers of the technology stack, Chronosphere enhances operational reliability and supports data-driven decision-making. The platform is utilized by prominent brands to improve developer productivity, control costs, and enhance customer satisfaction.

Computable

Seed Round in 2018
Computable Labs is a technology company focused on developing blockchain and distributed systems to create a decentralized data marketplace specifically for artificial intelligence applications. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company aims to establish an open-source protocol that facilitates a fair economic system and decentralized governance for data organization and sharing on the Internet. This innovative approach seeks to enhance data accessibility and usability for AI development, promoting a more equitable landscape for data exchange.
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