LU

Luminous Ventures

VC
London, UK (US investments)Website
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$250K – $5.0M

AUM

$55M

Portfolio

13+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Luminous Ventures invests in cutting-edge science and health companies pushing the boundaries of modern medicine, including psychedelics and wellness.

Meet the Team

IF

Isabel Fox

Founding Partner

deep tech
life sciences
healthcare
applied science
LW

Lomax Ward

Founding Partner

deep tech
science-driven startups
frontier technologies

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Other
Consumer
AI / ML
Security

Portfolio Companies (13)

Other

SM

Small Pharma

Psychedelic Therapy
PI

Pinduoduo

E-commerce

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

A Chinese e-commerce platform that connects farmers and consumers directly.

ME

Meituan

Service Platform

"Discovered via perplexity (medium confidence)"

A Chinese service platform offering food delivery, hotel booking, and other services.

EL

Ellipsis Health

Health tech / AI / Digital Health·Series A·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

AI-powered voice analysis and mental health diagnostics / emotional health tech

MO

Molecule.one

Drug discovery / Chemistry / AI·Seed Round·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

AI-based software platform for synthesizing molecules and planning drug discovery chemistry

TR

Treos Bio

Biotechnology / Immunotherapy·Convertible Note Financing·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Developing computationally designed peptide cancer immunotherapies (precision & off-the-shelf)

LG

LGN

Likely AI / Health / Life Sciences·Seed Round·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

(Listed twice in Crunchbase; little detail in sources)

UN

Universal Quantum

Quantum computing / Hardware / Deep Tech·Seed Round·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Spin-out from University of Sussex developing scalable trapped-ion quantum computers

OX

Oxford VR

VR & Mental Health / Health Tech·Series A·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

Immersive virtual reality treatments for behavioral health / mental illness

OP

Optellum

Medical imaging / AI / Health Tech·Seed (follow-on)·Fund I

"Discovered via openai_search (medium confidence)"

AI-based early lung cancer diagnosis & decision-support software

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