Where does Josh Wolfe work?

Josh Wolfe is Co-Founder at Lux Capital and Board director at Reflect Orbital and Board director at Riskgaming and Board director at Variant Bio.

What check size does Josh Wolfe write?

Josh Wolfe typically writes checks of $2M – $20M.

What boards does Josh Wolfe sit on?

Josh Wolfe holds tracked board seats at Kurion, Kymeta, Lux Research, Shapeways.

Where did Josh Wolfe go to school?

Josh Wolfe studied at Cornell University; Midwood.

Josh Wolfe

Investor

Co-Founder at Lux Capital · Board director at Reflect Orbital · Board director at Riskgaming · Board director at Variant Bio

New York City

Writes $2M – $20M checks · typically $10M

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449 people in our graph share verified history with Josh — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Sundeep PeechuunlockedJosh: together at Matterport (2013–2021)

Josh: together at Genocea Biosciences

×4Josh: together at Cornell

Josh: together at Compass /

About

Co-founder of Lux Capital, frequently featured in media discussing the firm's science- and defense-focused investment strategy.

Contact· self-published, not guessed

j•••@luxcapital.comreveal

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechDefense TechEnergyHardwareRobotics

Beyond investing

Founded: Wolfe co-founded Lux Capital in 2000 with Peter Hébert and Robert Paull.
Education: Studied at Cornell University (BS, Finance, 1999)
Boards: Wolfe is a Trustee of the Santa Fe Institute. Wolfe is Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board of Trustees of Coney Island Prep, the first charter school in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
Charities: Wolfe has been actively involved with the East Harlem School at Exodus House for over a decade.
Communities: Wolfe is Jewish and had his bar mitzvah in Jerusalem. Wolfe has been an invited guest to the White House and Capitol Hill to advise on nanotechnology and emerging technologies, and has lectured at MIT, Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Columbia, and NYU.
Family: Wolfe was raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, by a single mother who worked as a public school teacher. Wolfe is married to Lauren Wolfe (née Taylor) and has three children.
More: Before entering finance, Wolfe published AIDS-immunopathology research in Cell Vision and The Journal of Leukocyte Biology.

Mentioned above: the Cornell mafia → · the Lux Capital mafia →

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Board director at Reflect Orbital

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Reflect Orbital's investors · 6

Alumni VenturesManchester · $100K – $10M checks · since 2025 Big Brain HoldingsLos Angeles · since 2025 Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2025 Sequoia CapitalMenlo Park · $4.4M – $214M checks · since 2025 Starship VenturesSan Francisco · since 2025 Winklevoss CapitalNew York · $100K – $5M checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Reflect Orbital

Ben NowackExecutive Officer, Director

Tristan SemmelhackExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Riskgaming

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Riskgaming's investors · 5

Bain Capital Life SciencesBoston Cisco InvestmentsSan Jose Dimension CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2022 Foresite CapitalWest Hollywood · since 2025 Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks · since 2016

Co-founders at Riskgaming

Kegan SchouwenburgExecutive Officer, Director

Board director at Variant Bio

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Variant Bio's investors · 5

Alta PartnersJackson · $1M – $12M checks Dimension CapitalSan Francisco · $1M – $10M checks · since 2019 General CatalystSan Francisco · $30M checks Lux CapitalNew York · $100K – $100M checks SoftBank Vision FundLondon

Co-founders at Variant Bio

Kaja WasikExecutive Officer, Director

Andrew FarnumChief Executive Officer

Stephane CastelCo-Founder, Chief Scientific & Technology Officer

Experience

KallyopeBoard Membercurrent2015 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
Santa Fe InstituteMember of the Board of Trusteescurrent2015 — presentAlbuquerque-Santa Fe Metropolitan Area
3ScanBoard Membercurrent2014 — present
MatterportInvestorcurrent2013 — presentMountain View, CA
Compass /Investorcurrent2013 — present
Council on Foreign RelationsTerm Membercurrent2013 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
Kymeta CorporationBoard Member, Founding Investorcurrent2012 — presentGreater Seattle Area
ShapewaysBoard Directorcurrent2012 — presentNew York City Metropolitan Area
LuxteraInvestorcurrent2009 — present
Kurion, IncCo-Founder, Chairmancurrent2008 — present
Water Innovations AllianceCo-Founder, Advisorcurrent2008 — present
EverspinInvestorcurrent2008 — present
Salesconx, Inc.Investorcurrent2008 — present
Coney Island PrepChairmancurrent2008 — presentConey Island, Brooklyn, New York
Tempo PharmaceuticalsInvestorcurrent2007 — present
Accelergy CorporationInvestorcurrent2007 — present
Siluria Technologies, Inc.Investor, Board Observercurrent2007 — present
Crystal ISBoard Membercurrent2006 — present
Genocea Biosciencesco-founder, investorcurrent2006 — present
Molecular Imprints, Inc.Investorcurrent2004 — present

Skills & more

Venture CapitalNanotechnologyStart-upsEntrepreneurshipPolitics15Materials Science33Semiconductors45Biotechnology29Lifesciences18Thin Films9Leadership43Cleantech46

+8 more

Technology TransferProduct DevelopmentAngel InvestingManufacturingMergers & AcquisitionsStrategic PartnershipsStrategyInvestments

From Josh's professional profile.

Investments

Board seats

Kurion KymetaLux ResearchShapeways

Investor

Anduril Applied IntuitionAurisCambriosChronosphereCognition AIEikonEreborHadrianHugging Face Impulse SpaceNanosysOsmo Physical Intelligence RunwaySakanaSiluriaTogether AIVariant Bio

Sources: curated public sources · the firm's website.

Colleagues at Lux Capital

Adam Goulburn

Investor at Lux Capital

Adam Kalish

Partner, Capital Formation at Lux Capital

Ale Salardi

Executive Assistant at Lux Capital

Andrew Wilson

Partner, Legal at Lux Capital

Barkha Gvalani

Special Partner at Renegade Partners

Bibi Masara

Office Manager at Lux Capital

Brad Gritsch

Finance at Lux Capital

Brandon Reeves

Partner at Lux Capital

Network11

Brad FeldScout

Co-founder of Foundry and Techstars

Bill GatesScout

Co-founder of Microsoft; Chair of the Gates Foundation

Adam GoulburnScout

Founder and Managing Partner at Dimension Capital

Alex NguyenScout

Partner at Lux Capital

Armen A. VidianScout

Managing Partner at Recode Ventures

Daniel LoebScout

Founder & CEO at Third Point Ventures

Danny CrichtonScout

Partner, Research at Lux Capital, publishing the Securities newsletter and Riskgaming

David YangScout

Partner at Lux Capital

Deena ShakirScout

Partner at Lux Capital

Drew OettingScout

Founding partner of 8VC

Tess van StekelenburgScout

Partner at Lux Capital

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Josh Wolfe?: Co-founder of Lux Capital, frequently featured in media discussing the firm's science- and defense-focused investment strategy.
Where does Josh Wolfe work?: Josh Wolfe is Co-Founder at Lux Capital and Board director at Reflect Orbital and Board director at Riskgaming and Board director at Variant Bio.
What does Josh Wolfe invest in?: Josh Wolfe invests in AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Hardware, Robotics.
What check size does Josh Wolfe write?: Josh Wolfe typically writes checks of $2M – $20M.
What boards does Josh Wolfe sit on?: Josh Wolfe holds tracked board seats at Kurion, Kymeta, Lux Research, Shapeways.
What companies has Josh Wolfe invested in?: Investments tracked here include Anduril, Applied Intuition, Auris, Cambrios, Chronosphere, Cognition AI, Eikon, Erebor, Hadrian, Hugging Face, Impulse Space, Nanosys, and 7 more.
Where did Josh Wolfe go to school?: Josh Wolfe studied at Cornell University; Midwood.