LUX Frontiers
LUX Frontiers is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA investing in Other, Deep Tech, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$2.0M
- Portfolio
- 2 companies on record
- Partners
- 12 listed
- Stage
- Pre-Seed, Seed
- Sectors
- Other, Deep Tech, AI / ML
- HQ
- Menlo Park, CA
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-04-12
Pre-Seed, Seed
$500K – $2.0M
2+ companies
12 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in deep tech breakthroughs at the intersection of AI, semiconductors, and fundamental science innovations.
How LUX Frontiers invests
LUX Frontiers is a vc firm based in Menlo Park, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer.
LUX Frontiers typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.
LUX Frontiers has backed 2 companies in our records, including Kernal Bio, Echodyne.
Partners & Team
Deena Shakir
Partner
Shaq Vayda
Partner
Lan Jiang
Partner
Peter Hébert
General Partner
Adam Kalish
Partner
Brandon Reeves
Partner
Grace Isford
Partner
Steven Brody
Partner
Segolene Scarborough
Partner
Shahin Farshchi, PhD
Partner
David Yang
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (2)
Other
Kernal Bio
Echodyne
- •Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Josh Wolfe, Founder and Managing Director.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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