Luminous Ventures
Luminous Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in London, UK (US investments) investing in Healthcare, Other, Consumer. The firm typically writes $250K–$5.0M checks and has 13 portfolio companies in our records.
Pre-Seed, Seed
$250K – $5.0M
$55M
13+ companies
2 partners
Investment Thesis
Luminous Ventures invests in cutting-edge science and health companies pushing the boundaries of modern medicine, including psychedelics and wellness.
How Luminous Ventures invests
Luminous Ventures is a vc firm based in London, UK (US investments). The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, Other, Consumer, AI / ML, Security.
Luminous Ventures typically writes checks of $250K–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $55M in assets under management.
Luminous Ventures has backed 13 companies in our records, including Small Pharma, Pinduoduo, Meituan.
Meet the Team
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Portfolio Companies (13)
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Small Pharma
Pinduoduo
A Chinese e-commerce platform that connects farmers and consumers directly.
Meituan
A Chinese service platform offering food delivery, hotel booking, and other services.
Ellipsis Health
AI-powered voice analysis and mental health diagnostics / emotional health tech
Molecule.one
AI-based software platform for synthesizing molecules and planning drug discovery chemistry
Treos Bio
Developing computationally designed peptide cancer immunotherapies (precision & off-the-shelf)
LGN
(Listed twice in Crunchbase; little detail in sources)
Universal Quantum
Spin-out from University of Sussex developing scalable trapped-ion quantum computers
Oxford VR
Immersive virtual reality treatments for behavioral health / mental illness
Optellum
AI-based early lung cancer diagnosis & decision-support software
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $250K – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Lomax Ward, Founding Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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