Luminous Ventures — Pre-Seed & Seed VC Firm ($250K–$5.0M Checks)

Luminous Ventures is a venture capital firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The firm invests in deep tech applying innovative technologies to healthcare and life sciences, primarily at the Seed and Series A stages. Luminous Ventures focuses on pre-seed and seed investments across sectors including wellness, psychedelic therapy, e-commerce, consumer, healthcare, AI/ML and security.

The firm typically deploys checks ranging from $250K to $5.0M. Luminous Ventures has $55M in assets under management and a portfolio of 14 companies. Warm introductions are the preferred way to approach the firm. The investment team consists of Founding Partners Isabel Fox, who focuses on deep tech, life sciences, healthcare and applied science, and Lomax Ward, who focuses on deep tech, science-driven startups and frontier technologies.

Invests in deep tech applying innovative technologies to healthcare and life sciences, primarily at Seed and Series A.

Luminous Ventures is a vc firm based in London, United Kingdom. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, 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 14 companies in our records, including Small Pharma, Pinduoduo, Meituan.

Luminous Ventures has recorded investments in 14 companies. The firm's portfolio includes Astroscreen in social media, security and AI at seed; Earendil Labs in biotech and AI-R&D via private placement; Ellipsis Health in health tech, AI and digital health at Series A; and LGN, likely in AI, health and life sciences at seed. Additional investments include Molecule.one in drug discovery, chemistry and AI at seed; Optellum in medical imaging, AI and health tech via seed follow-on; and Oxford VR in VR, mental health and health tech at Series A.

The firm has also invested in Small Pharma in psychedelic therapy; Treos Bio in biotechnology and immunotherapy via convertible note; Universal Quantum in quantum computing, hardware and deep tech at seed; and Vital Bio in biotech and life sciences at seed. Other recorded investments include Meituan in service platforms, MistlabsUSA in AI hardware and robotics, and Pinduoduo in e-commerce.