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Lux Capital — 2021 Investments

32 investments dated 2021 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

KALA BIOkalarx.cominNASDAQ: KALANov 2021

A biopharmaceutical company developing an artificial intelligence infrastructure platform designed for on-premises deployment in biotechnology and pharmaceutical research environments, serving biotech firms and pharma companies seeking secure access to advanced AI capabilities while retaining control over proprietary biological data; the company is also evaluating strategic alternatives for its legacy mesenchymal stem cell secretome assets after discontinuing its lead rare eye disease therapeutic program.

BiotechArlington, US

Justin Hanes(Director)inKevin Pojasek(Executive Officer)inDarius Kharabi(Executive Officer)inTodd Bazemore(Executive Officer)inMark Iwicki(Executive Officer, Director)inMary Reumuth(Executive Officer)in

Board seatRobert Paull· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsLongitude CapitalSR One Capital ManagementWellington ManagementYsios CapitalAtlas VentureRA Capital+1 more

Latchlatch.aiinOTC: LTCHOct 2021 · $70M

Latch captures how teams actually work and converts operational context into structured data that AI tools can rely on.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaS

Stefan KalbinJared KofroninPriyen Patel(Chief Strategy and Legal Officer)

Co-investorsCade VenturesFUSEPioneerPrimary Venture PartnersRRE VenturesBAM Elevate+4 more

Mosaic MLmosaicml.com𝕏Jul 2021acquired by Databricks

MosaicML develops tools and research for training and deploying custom AI models, including reinforcement learning methods for enterprise agents.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Naveen Rao(Founder)inHanlin Tang(Founder)inJonathan Frankle(Founder)

BoardMatt Ocko(Director)inPeter Barrett(Director)in

Board seatShahin Farshchi· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalCorrelation VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Future VenturesInspired CapitalMaverick Ventures+3 more

Pawppawp.comin𝕏Series A · Apr 2021 · $13M

Pawp offers an annual membership giving pet owners 24/7 on-demand access to licensed veterinarians, nurses, and technicians for virtual consultations, follow-ups, and personalized care plans.

ConsumerDigital HealthWellness & FitnessBrooklyn, US

Drew Taylor(Director)Andrew Malek(Director, Promoter)Marc Atiyeh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

Board seatZack Schildhorn· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCompanion FundDCM VenturesGood FriendsHOF CapitalInnovating CapitalProtagonist+4 more

SteadyMDsteadymd.comin𝕏Apr 2021Acquired

SteadyMD operates a telehealth platform that connects clinicians with remote care opportunities across the United States, serving over 200,000 patients while providing flexible work arrangements and support services for healthcare providers.

Digital HealthFuture of WorkHealthtechSt. Louis, US

Yarone Goren(Founder)inGuy Friedman(Founder)in

BoardChris Cooper(Director)

Board seatDeena Shakir· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalCerity Partners VenturesCrosscut VenturesDraper AssociatesFirst Trust Capital PartnersGaingels+9 more

A-Alpha Bioaalphabio.comin𝕏Series A · Sep 2021 · $20M

A-Alpha Bio uses synthetic biology and machine learning to measure, predict, and engineer protein-protein interactions for pharmaceutical discovery and development.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSeattle, US

David Younger, PhD(Chief Executive Officer & Co-Founder)Randolph Lopez, PhD(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)David Younger(Founder)inRandolph Lopez(Founder)in

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundBreakout VenturesFarvatn VentureMadrona Venture GroupPlanet 9 CapitalBoom Capital+2 more

adynadyn.comin𝕏Seed · Apr 2021

Adyn uses large inclusive datasets and machine learning to advance personalized medicine for historically under-researched health conditions, with initial focus on reproductive disorders.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesWellness & FitnessSeattle, US

Elizabeth Ruzzo(Founder, CEO)inEmily Ruzzo(Recruiter)

Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalCivilization Ventures Management, LlcDuke Capital PartnersGaingelsM13Pioneer+6 more

Anchorageanchorage.comin𝕏Jan 2021

Anchorage Digital is a global cryptocurrency platform providing institutions with custody, staking, trading, governance, and settlement services, along with security infrastructure.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

Diogo Mónica(Founder)inNathan McCauley(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzGICa16z cryptoAmplify PartnersBlockchain CapitalDelta Blockchain+28 more

Bildgetbild.comin𝕏Oct 2021

Bild provides a cloud-based product data management (PDM) and product lifecycle management (PLM) platform for hardware and mechanical engineering teams.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsFintechIoTNew York City, US

Avinash Kunaparaju(Founder)in

Co-investorsCounterview CapitalFrontier VenturesMucker CapitalTechstarsTola CapitalKhosla Ventures+1 more

Bufbuf.buildin𝕏Dec 2021 · $93M

Buf Schema Registry is a package management and registry platform for Protobuf APIs that enables teams to publish, version, and consume API schemas with auto-generated SDKs, documentation, and governance policies.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

Co-investorsAbstraction CapitalGarage CapitalAdditionGreenoaksHaystackLightspeed Venture Partners+1 more

Carbon Healthcarbonhealth.comin𝕏Jul 2021

Carbon Health operates a chain of clinics offering urgent care, primary care, and chronic condition management, combining technology with in-person care to provide broader access to health services.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedia & Entertainment

Eren Bali(Founder)inGreg Burrell(Founder)inTom Berry(Founder)Caesar Djavaherian(Founder)Greg Burell(Founder)

Co-investors500 Emerging Europe500 Global515 VenturesAkkadian VenturesAnnex InvestmentsBuilders VC+31 more

CardMunchcardmunch.comAug 2021 · $7.5M

Card Munch publishes practical technology content including app roundups, how-to guides, gaming setup advice, product reviews, and technology news.

Media & Entertainment

Bowei GaiSid Viswanathan

BoardManu Kumarin

Co-investors500 GlobalK9 VenturesAugust CapitalFoundry

DoNotPaydonotpay.comin𝕏Aug 2021

DoNotPay uses artificial intelligence to help consumers fight large corporations, appeal disputes like parking tickets and bank fees, cancel unwanted subscriptions, and navigate bureaucratic processes.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerLegalTechMidvale, US

JoshJoshua Browder(Founder)in

Co-investorsFounders FundAIX VenturesAndreessen HorowitzAngel Collective Opportunity FundBalaji SrinivasanCoatue Management+10 more

Enveda Biosciencesenveda.comin𝕏Series A · Jun 2021 · $51M

Enveda operates a drug-discovery platform that analyzes natural samples—primarily plant-derived molecules—using mass spectrometry, AI foundation models, and automated high-throughput labs to identify their chemical structures and therapeutic properties.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechBoulder, US

Viswa Colluru(Founder)inDaniel Wee(Executive Officer)Pieter Dorrestein(Founder)Viswa Colluru Pieter Dorrestein(Founder)

BoardRohit Sharma(Director)Zavain Dar(Director)in

Co-investorsAir Street CapitalBoulder VenturesCatalio Capital Management, LPCox EnterprisesFPVGaingels+21 more

FairMoneyfairmoney.ngin𝕏Jul 2021

FairMoney is a digital bank offering personal loans, savings products, and business banking services through a mobile app.

ConsumerFintech

Laurin Hainy(Founder)Matthieu Gendreau(Founder)Nicolas Berthozat(Founder)

Co-investorsAruwa CapitalNewfund CapitalSpeedinvestTLcom Capital305 Ventures75 & Sunny+26 more

Genvidgenvid.comin𝕏Jun 2021

Genvid is a media technology company building studio-grade production management infrastructure for generative AI content, with native generation, version control, asset tracking, and provenance for film, TV, and games.

AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York, US

Jacob Navok(Founder)inChristopher Cataldi(Founder)inFabien Ninoles(Founder)inJerry Heinz(CIO)inStephan Bugaj(Chief Creative Officer)in

BoardGregory Milken(Director)in

Co-investorsHorizons VenturesLightShed VenturesMakers FundNTT DOCOMO VenturesOCA VenturesThird Point Ventures+6 more

HumanFirstgohumanfirst.comJun 2021

Human First developed Atlas, a platform providing evidence and insights related to digital health measurement; the company and its Atlas product have been acquired by ICON.

Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech

Gregory Whiteside(CEO)

Co-investorsDorm RoomFounder CollectiveThreshold VenturesArkitekt Venturesboldstart venturesBoost VC+7 more

Intuitionintuition.systemsin𝕏Nov 2021 · $175M

Intuition is a decentralized knowledge network with a native blockchain and token-curated knowledge graph for "Information Finance," turning facts, claims, and signals into verifiable, tradable data assets.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructurePortland, US

Khalil Zaidan(LLC Manager)Andrew Cox(Founder)in

Co-investorsF-Prime CapitalPolymorphic CapitalWWVenturesAdditionAndreessen HorowitzCoatue Management+6 more

Kingdomkingdomsuperculture.cominSeries A · Oct 2021 · $25M

Kingdom Superculture develops functional health ingredients derived from natural microbes, targeting consumers seeking effective nutritional and health products.

BiotechConsumerFoodTechHealthtechNew MaterialsWellness & FitnessNew York City, US

Kendall Dabaghi(Founder)inRavi Sheth(Founder)inTom Blazejewski(Senior Machine Learning Scientist)Austin Kane(Bizops Associate)Peter Stein(Senior Data Engineer)

Co-investors4DX VenturesFour Acres CapitalPioneerShine CapitalSupernode VenturesValor Equity Partners+25 more

LatchBiolatch.bioin𝕏Jan 2021

Latch builds data infrastructure and software tools for biological computing, enabling researchers to program and automate biological discovery through high-throughput laboratory automation and machine learning.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechData & InfrastructureDeep Tech

Alfredo Andere(Founder)inKyle Giffin(Founder)inKenny Workman(Founder)in

Co-investorsCoatue ManagementFifty YearsHummingbird VenturesMantis CapitalSwift VenturesAxial VC+2 more

Mavenmavenclinic.comin𝕏Aug 2021 · $110M

Maven delivers virtual healthcare and benefits management services for women and families through both an enterprise platform serving employers and health plans, and a direct-to-consumer platform offering access to 30+ specialties including hormone and GLP-1 care programs.

Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechNew York, US

Kate Ryder(Founder & CEO)inKatherine Ryder(Founder)

Co-investors125 VenturesAble PartnersAlleyCorpAnthro VenturesBond Capital ManagementBoxGroup+26 more

Nomicnomic.aiin𝕏Series A · Dec 2021 · $17M

Nomic is an AI platform for architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) teams that orchestrates agents across drawings, specs, submittals, RFIs, and building codes to automate coordination and review work.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechEnterprise Software

Brandon Duderstadt(Founder)inAndriy Mulyar(Founder)Ben Schmidt(Founder)

Co-investorsBetaworksCoatue ManagementContrarySR One Capital Management2048 VenturesDynamk Capital

Nomic Bionomic.bioin𝕏Series A · Dec 2021 · $17M

Nomic offers an end-to-end protein profiling service built on its nELISA technology, quantifying up to 1000 informative proteins with absolute quantification for research studies.

BiotechDeep TechHealthtechMedical DevicesMontreal, CA

Milad Dagher(Founder)inJeff Munzar(Founder)inElisha Krauss(Operations Manager)Ani Muradyan(Recruiter)

Co-investorsAmplitude Venture CapitalAvant BioFirst Star VenturesFront Row VenturesRaptor GroupY Combinator+9 more

Pacelinepaceline.fitJun 2021

Paceline is a consumer app that connects to fitness and health devices and apps (such as Apple Health, Garmin, Oura, and WHOOP) to combine a user's activity and health data into a single score that measures consistency.

ConsumerHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Joel Lieginger(Founder)

Co-investors515 VenturesAcrew CapitalClocktower VenturesCourtside VenturesGreatPoint VenturesMontage Ventures+4 more

Pagerpager.cominSep 2021 · $70M

Pager Health provides a white-label care navigation platform that combines AI with clinicians to help members find, access, and stay engaged with healthcare.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNew York, US

Gaspard de Dreuzy(Executive Officer, Director)inPhillip Eytan(Executive Officer, Director)Oscar Salazar(Director)Philip Eytan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Walter Jin(Chairman & CEO)inSandy Clarke(Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Health Catalyst CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Streamlined VenturesThree Fields Capital Management LLCDimension Capital+2 more

Plexiumplexium.cominSeries A · Jan 2021 · $35M

Plexium is a targeted protein degradation company developing small molecule therapeutics for treating diseases with high unmet medical needs using their proprietary DELTA Discovery platform.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Diego, US

Michael Martin, Ph.D.(Chief Executive Officer, President)Jorge F. DiMartinoinMichael Martin(President, Chief Executive Officer)inStephen Mullennix(Executive Officer)in

BoardSerge Messerlian(Director)inCariad Chester(Director)in

Co-investorsaMoonCRV (Charles River Ventures)DCVC (Data Collective)M VenturesNeotribe VenturesPivotal Life Sciences+3 more

Replaireplai.ioin𝕏Oct 2021 · $4.7M

Replai builds agentic AI workflows that encode the domain expertise and judgment of an enterprise's key people into systems that execute tasks autonomously.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPorto

Francisco Pacheco(Executive Officer, Director)inJoão Vieira da Costa(Founder)in

Co-investorsBright Pixel CapitalHoxton VenturesShilling VCAccelSequoia CapitalSonae IM

System Incsystem.cominJun 2021

System is a Public Benefit Corporation building a systems-based architecture to organize the world's interconnected knowledge, powered by AI, for decision-making and resource allocation across health, climate, economy, and security sectors.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHealthtechSector AgnosticNew York, US

Adam Bly(Founder)inGeorge Gregory(Executive Officer, Director)inTuna Oezer(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJosh Wolfe(Director)Asad Khaliq(Director)in

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalAlpha Wave GlobalTrue VenturesValia VenturesGame Changers VenturesRelay Ventures+1 more

Tendotendo.appin𝕏Jun 2021

Tendo operates a mobile platform connecting African merchants with wholesale suppliers, allowing them to source and resell products through social messaging apps without purchasing inventory upfront.

ConsumerFintechLogistics & Supply ChainMarketplacesSocialAccra, GH

Felix Manford(Founder)inEvans Darbo Boateng(Founder)inPrimerose Katena(Founder)inDerrick Mungai(Founder)in

Co-investorsLoftyInc CapitalPlug and Play VenturesY CombinatorFitz Gate VenturesGeneral CatalystMorgan Stanley+5 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

RoboCorp TechnologiesTendo Systems Inc.Buf Technologies

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.