SkyPilot, from Databricks' cofounder, raises $20M to be the Switzerland of AI compute Backed by Lux Capital, SkyPilot helps customers use GPUs wherever they're available. Fortune · Jul 21
Lux Capital cofounder Josh Wolfe's limited-odds, high-stakes 2027 predictions Josh Wolfe, Lux Capital cofounder, is known for backing companies like Anduril, Applied Intuition, Hugging Face, Impulse Space, Osmo, and Physical Intelligence. Fortune · Jun 25
Son of pro-crypto New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand raises $30 million to launch a derivatives exchange Lux Capital led the investment, which values the Stanford graduate’s exchange at $300 million. Fortune · Jun 18
'We're Solving For Memory-Intensive AI Workloads,' Startup Raises $100 Million To Build Energy-Saving Data Centers AI infrastructure startup Majestic Labs announced earlier this month that it had raised $100 million in funding from Bow Wow Wave Capital, which led the Series A round, and Lux Capital. Benzinga · Nov 28, 2025
Varda Raises $187 Million To Propel In-Space Medicine Manufacturing Varda Space Industries completed a $187 million Series C funding round in July, lifting the total capital haul for the space startup to $329 million. Natural Capital and Shrug Capital led the fundraiser, with participation from Founders Fund, Peter Thiel, Khosla Ventures, Caffeinated Capital, Lux Capital and Also Capital. Benzinga · Aug 28, 2025
Peter Thiel-Backed Hadrian Raises $260 Million To Build AI-Powered Mega Factory In Arizona Hadrian, a defense manufacturing startup, has successfully concluded a $260 million Series C funding round, led by Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund and Lux Capital. Benzinga · Jul 18, 2025
Could The Data Center Bubble Be About To Pop--Lux Capital Heavyweight Sees Warning Signs Data centers have been one of the most pleasant surprises in the real estate sector, generating strong returns for real estate investment trust investors for the last several years. The massive facilities are mission-critical pieces of AI infrastructure, which explains why many of the world's biggest tech companies have multi-billion-dollar… Benzinga · Jun 29, 2025
Lux’s Josh Wolfe on launching Lux Labs and making science fiction reality Lux Capital recently launched Lux Labs, devoted to helping scientific ideas move from labs into real-world business settings. Fortune · Nov 1, 2024
Exclusive: This autonomous factory startup wants to revolutionize the aerospace industry. Meet its new CFO Hadrian is backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, and Lux Capital. Fortune · Oct 29, 2024
Explaining venture capital to kids with Lux Capital’s Deena Shakir Lux Capital general partner Deena Shakir wrote a children's book about startups, Leena Mo, CEO, that was just published by Simon & Schuster. Fortune · Sep 30, 2024
Lux Capital's Deena Shakir almost died after childbirth "It's literally the difference between life or death." Fortune · Aug 15, 2024
Lux Capital is betting on science-focused A.I. startups with its latest, and largest, fund Science and tech-heavy VC firm Lux Capital recently raised $1.15 billion for its eighth core fund. Fortune · Apr 19, 2023
Read the letter Lux Capital sent to its investors, warning of 'crushing consolidation in the venture industry’ Lux Capital anticipates “market conditions to be very volatile with wild chaotic swings” including large layoffs and significant LP pullback. Fortune · Mar 1, 2023
The top trends in fintech for 2023, according to VCs 8 top venture investors predict the top trends in fintech—from A.I. to CFO tools. Fortune · Jan 10, 2023