firm founded by peter h bert robert paull and josh wolfe 1 in 2000 2 . the firm based in new york city with an office in menlo park invests in emerging technologies in the physical and life sciences . 3 4 lux capital type private industry venture capital founded 2000 founders peter h bert robert paull josh wolfe headquarters new york ny menlo park ca united states total assets 700 000 000 website luxcapital.com contents 1 about 2 portfolio companies 3 see also 4 references 5 external links about edit lux capital is a venture firm based in new york city and silicon valley investing in counter conventional seed and early stage science and technology ventures . the firm manages 700 million in assets across four funds . 5 lux founded strategic holdings in media research and policy as proprietary sources of intelligence access and influence ensuring that portfolio companies are better connected have deeper insight and command industry leadership faster than their competition.the lux capital team has built more than 20 companies from scratch . 5 in april 2011 former mckinsey senior partner richard n. foster and former cia director james woolsey joined lux capital as venture partners . 6 in august 2012 former pfizer chairman and ceo jeff kindler joined lux capital as a venture partner . 7 portfolio companies edit this section does not cite any sources . please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . september 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message 3scan altspacevr brightsky labs cambrios cloudmedx inc cerulean pharma nasdaq ceru crystal is cyphy works echodyne everspin technologies experiment genocea biosciences nasdaq gnca gridco halo neuroscience kala pharmaceuticals kurion kymeta kyruus lensbricks luxtera matterport moment nanosys orbital insight pager plethora planet labs nanosys nervana systems scaled inference siluria technologies sols transphorm visterra vium see also edit entrepreneurship venture capital startup company references edit fickenscher lisa 2003 . 2003 40 under 40 . crain s new york business . jan 27 feb 2 2003 15 31 . issn 8756 789x . oclc 11620213 . eden scott 2009 . nano wunderkinds . dealmaker . december january 2009 35 37 . issn 1937 304x . oclc 132936538 . kosoff maya 2 april 2015 . venture firm lux just got 350 million more to invests in robots the future and science . business insider . retrieved 8 june 2015 . de la merced michael 2 april 2015 . lux capital raises 350 million fund to back science start ups . new york times . retrieved 8 june 2015 . a b our story . lux website . 14 june 2015 . james woolsey and richard foster join lux capital as venture partners . business wire . 26 april 2011 . kindler former pfizer chief joins lux capital . dealbook . 8 august 2012 . external links edit lux capital homepage v t e private equity and venture capital investment firms investment strategy venture growth mezzanine secondaries leveraged 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