8 investors at Lux Capital, based in New York, NY with $5B under management.
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General Partner, Lux Capital
Adam Kalish is a General Partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on deep technology investments. He specializes in identifying and supporting transformative companies across AI, biotech, aerospace and defense, space, and other cutting-edge sectors. Kalish has demonstrated a strong track record in backing innovative founders and businesses that push the boundaries of what's technologically possible. His investment portfolio includes notable companies such as Medra, Anchorage, Astranis, Ironclad, and Relativity Space, reflecting his expertise in recognizing high-impact opportunities across diverse deep-tech verticals. Through his work at Lux Capital, Kalish focuses on companies solving fundamental problems and creating paradigm shifts in their respective industries. His investment thesis centers on backing exceptional teams working on breakthrough technologies with significant market potential and societal impact.
Partner, Lux Capital
Brandon Reeves is a Partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on investing in transformative deep technology companies. He specializes in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace and defense, space technology, and other cutting-edge deep tech innovations. Throughout his investment career, Reeves has backed notable companies including Medra, Anchorage, Astranis, Ironclad, and Relativity Space, demonstrating a keen ability to identify and support companies pushing the boundaries of technology. His investment thesis centers on backing entrepreneurs and teams developing solutions that address fundamental challenges across multiple industries, from healthcare to space exploration. Reeves brings strategic expertise in helping portfolio companies scale and navigate complex technical and regulatory landscapes in their respective sectors.
Partner, Lux Capital
David Yang is a Partner at Lux Capital, a prominent venture capital firm focused on advancing frontier technologies. He specializes in investing across AI, biotech, aerospace and defense, space, and deeptech sectors. Yang has demonstrated a strong track record of identifying and supporting transformative companies at critical inflection points. His notable investments include Medra, a healthcare technology company; Anchorage, a digital asset security platform; Astranis, a provider of high-performance satellites; Ironclad, a contract intelligence platform; and Relativity Space, an aerospace manufacturing innovator. Through his work at Lux Capital, Yang focuses on backing entrepreneurs and companies pushing the boundaries of what's technically possible, with particular emphasis on ventures that address complex, capital-intensive challenges in deep technology sectors.
Principal, Lux Capital
Grace Isford is a Principal at Lux Capital, a leading venture capital firm investing in transformative deep technology companies. She focuses on identifying and supporting innovative ventures across artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace and defense, space, and other cutting-edge deeptech sectors. Grace has demonstrated expertise in recognizing breakthrough technologies and founding teams with the potential to reshape industries. Her notable investment portfolio includes Medra, Anchorage, Astranis, Ironclad, and Relativity Space—companies that span healthcare innovation, blockchain infrastructure, satellite communications, contract intelligence, and space manufacturing. Through her work at Lux Capital, Grace actively contributes to backing entrepreneurs tackling humanity's most complex challenges at the intersection of science, engineering, and commerce.
Partner, Lux Capital
Lan Jiang is a Partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on breakthrough technologies and innovation. With deep expertise in artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace and defense, space, and deeptech sectors, Jiang identifies and supports transformative companies at the forefront of technological advancement. His investment portfolio demonstrates a keen eye for identifying market-defining opportunities, including notable investments in Medra, Anchorage, Astranis, Ironclad, and Relativity Space. Through these investments, Jiang has backed companies tackling critical challenges in healthcare, blockchain infrastructure, satellite communications, contract intelligence, and commercial space technology. His career reflects a commitment to supporting founders and entrepreneurs building the next generation of innovative solutions across hardware, software, and biotech domains.
Co-Founder & Managing General Partner, Lux Capital
Peter co-founded Lux Capital during the dot-com crash to specifically back deep science and physical-world breakthroughs like nuclear waste remediation and advanced materials, deliberately avoiding software plays to focus on matter that matters. He personally conceived and built several portfolio companies from scratch around long-range theses, including Kurion in nuclear waste and Variant Bio in rare genetics, actively assembling the scientific teams and capital rather than simply backing existing founders.
Partner, Lux Capital
Shahin Farshchi is a Partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on breakthrough technologies and deep science. He invests across AI, biotech, aerospace and defense, space, and deeptech sectors, backing companies solving complex, mission-critical problems. Farshchi's notable investments include Medra, Anchorage, Astranis, Ironclad, and Relativity Space—companies spanning healthcare, blockchain infrastructure, satellite communications, legal AI, and space manufacturing. His investment thesis emphasizes technologies with the potential to create significant impact at scale, with particular interest in companies leveraging artificial intelligence and advanced engineering to address fundamental challenges. Through his work at Lux Capital, Farshchi supports founders building the next generation of transformative technologies.
Partner, Lux Capital
Shaq Vayda is a Partner at Lux Capital, a venture capital firm focused on breakthrough technologies across multiple sectors. At Lux Capital, Vayda concentrates his investment efforts on artificial intelligence, biotechnology, aerospace and defense, space exploration, and deeptech innovations. His investment portfolio demonstrates expertise in identifying transformative companies poised to reshape their respective industries. Notable investments include Medra, Anchorage, Astranis, Ironclad, and Relativity Space—companies spanning healthcare technology, blockchain infrastructure, satellite communications, contract intelligence, and space manufacturing. Vayda's investment thesis centers on backing ambitious founders developing cutting-edge solutions that address significant global challenges. His strategic focus on AI, biotech, and space technologies positions him at the intersection of the most transformative technological trends shaping the future economy.
Lux Capital's investment team consists of 8 professionals, headquartered in New York, NY and managing $5B in assets. The team brings diverse backgrounds and specialized expertise to evaluate and support portfolio companies.
Across the team, Lux Capital's investors cover expertise in AI, Biotech, Aerospace & Defense, Space, Deeptech. This breadth of sector knowledge enables the firm to evaluate opportunities across multiple verticals and provide specialized post-investment support to founders.
Lux Capital has 8 investors and partners on their team, based in New York, NY. Each team member brings specialized expertise across different sectors and investment stages.
Lux Capital's team consists of 8 investment professionals. View individual investor profiles above for detailed backgrounds, focus areas, and portfolio companies.
Lux Capital manages approximately $5B in assets under management with a team of 8 investment professionals, headquartered in New York, NY.
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