1 thing that's surprised me over the years is how critical storytelling is for startup success... and how few entrepreneurs invest in this skill
Sharing some lessons learned and examples of what we look for at
@Lux_Capital
when writing a check:
Thrilled to announce Lux-led Series A for
@ThinkCaper
- extremely scrappy, ambitious and customer-focused team with brilliant approach to bring self-checkout to a grocery store near you.
I've always felt so INSPIRED by the people we back + work we do @ Lux in support of bold, unconventional ideas.
Today feel HUMBLED + OPTIMISTIC by the outpouring of community + investor support --> lets us do MORE of what we LOVE!
An exciting future awaits...
2/Today we accelerate the arrival of that science-based future with 2 new funds: Lux Ventures VII, a $675M early-stage venture fund, and Lux Total Opportunities, an $800M opportunity fund to support growth.
1st thing that attracted me to
@Lux_Capital
?
The firm's contrarian conviction - that dare to exist, to fund ideas that others wouldn't touch.
It's been key to our biggest successes. Hear it straight from Lux co-founder
@peterjhebert
:
Pretty incredible day for entire
@Lux_Capital
team. 2 new funds. 1 new team member
@deenashakir
. Lots of hustle over long time to get here. Always betting big on the future and getting it here faster.
My brilliant colleague
@arbesman
with a though-provoking piece on why widespread interest in
#biohacking
is likely fool's gambit... citing biology itself as evidence
IMAGINE... you're having a surgery.
Who is in the operating room while you're on the table?
You might be surprised by the entry at the bottom of this list:
Regarding the state of
#VC
,
@Lux_Capital
partner
@zacktrak
said it’s “an ebullient time with plenty of cash in the ecosystem, rising valuations" and "a huge wave of liquidity.” Read more in our Q1 Venture Financing Report Q&A on
#CooleyGO
:
In 10 years this will be commonplace. Better experience for shoppers, better sq ft utilization, stores get offline customer insights that rival online capabilities, and platform improves with time.
@ThinkCaper
💲💲 saving TIP for pet owners 🐈🐕🦺
@mypawp
membership can pay for itself (while also giving you peace of mind in case of emergency)
I just saved over $200 in vet bills
HOW YOU SAY??
Read on…
@awealthofcs
More people in U.S. have Tattoos than iPhones. Removal has several current issues: 1) many treatments required 2) doesn’t work on all ink colors 3) on darker skin it destroys pigment 4)painful. Have investigated (and invested)
@Lux_Capital
Thrilled to be working with
@MarcAtiyeh
,
@AndrewMalek27
, and the entire team at
@mypawp
!
Instant-access vet advice + affordable emergency protection. Empowers pet parents to be better-informed and better-prepared in case of the unexpected!
Desperately needed = new access + entry solutions for office buildings!
We’ve discussed on Latch Board for years - team has been disciplined and focused in building right products to solve real customer pain points.
Can’t wait for this to be live in NYC!
Also: our web series Futura is live! Theme is Sci-Fi Meets Sci-Fact: bringing you tech that's almost too amazing to be real & the rebels of invention bringing them to life.
In Ep 1
@wolfejosh
visits
@CTRLlabsCo
to show mind control isn't sci-fi anymore🧠
Welcome to the
@Nasdaq
family, Lux Health + Tech! 🎉
Now trading under $LUXAU, Lux Health + Tech is focused on dramatically improving healthcare by bringing the most promising scientific breakthroughs and disruptive innovations to the public market.
#NasdaqListed
Israel’s motives ARE just… 🇮🇱
That doesn’t mean all its tactics are justified. 💣💥
You CAN be sympathetic to Palestinians… 🇵🇸
Without being anti-Semitic or harboring a shred of support for Hamas.
Disturbed by the extreme polarization that only serves to furthers hatred ☮️
Latest Lux investment, led by our newest partner
@deenashakir
. And even better we get to welcome all-star former associate
@jasminhume
back into the Lux family!
We are elated to be adding Tony as a venture partner at Lux. He is in a league of his own with wisdom, humility, guts and good humor too. We and our companies will benefit immensely from his time and the many lessons he's learned from highest-stakes situations.
1/ Grateful + humbled to share Lux news:
Ex-head of all Special Operations, USSOCOM 4-Star General Tony Thomas—aka “T2” who oversaw 90,000 of the most elite warriors in 90 countries in every corner at the “tip of the spear” of the globe—has joined Lux...
Thanks for the shout-out!
I love working with
@Pitch
to quickly prototype concepts and collaboratively work with clients.
It was a fun & fitting creative challenge to use a pitch deck as the basis for my web presence.
@RecursionChris
@RecursionPharma
What a win for patients. You all are going to have such an impact on so many lives. Congratulations!
...and
@RecursionChris
, this means it’s time for the office aquarium, right?
Couldn’t be more proud of what
@LASchoenfelder
and the
@latchaccess
team have accomplished in such a short time. Products, people, partners + plans all 🥇. MUCH more to come. Watch this company... 🚀🚀
Next phase of
@shapeways
is going to be very exciting as the power of 3D printing as production platform reaches millions more creators. Thrilled to announce
@Lux_Capital
's latest investment:
@wolfejosh
@LASchoenfelder
@latchaccess
What a lot of people MISS when looking at
@latchaccess
is the bigger picture. Most people see a hardware company. The hardware has always been just the necessary first step to get IN THE DOOR (literally) with customers
Reluctantly I have concluded that President Trump is a serious threat to US national security. He is refusing to protect vital US interests from active Russian attacks. It is apparent that he is for some unknown reason under the sway of Mr Putin.
@bznotes
@DeanKamen
logic was unassailable. Promised same avg speed as car in city (8mph), 100X more efficient, 0 emissions, same footprint as pedestrian. Didn’t have benefit of cheap batteries or brushless motors or ubiquitous mobile + GPS. Ahead if its time.
This is what 0 - 90 MPH in under a second looks like. Watch
@DroneRaceLeague
zip through the Twin Cities in Level 3 of the 2019 DRL
@Allianz
World Championship season right now.
#DRL2019
@moment
's latest gear turns your phone into a cinema-capable camera. The footage speaks for itself. Get early dibs on Kickstarter (fully funded in <45 minutes!)
@Lux_Capital
annual meeting always a very special, intimate day with our investors and entrepreneurs. Here’s rare glimpse inside- our 2019 dinner talk.
Lux 2019 annual meeting talk:
THEME: How technology evolves—out of the infinite arms race—between deception + its detection.
Opening 2 mins below.
Full link to full talk here...
Experiments we’ve been doing: using a
@CTRLlabsCo
neural interface to directly control a holographic ✋ inside the Looking Glass. Head on over to our Kickstarter for THIS AND MORE
The way metal parts will look in the 2020’s. Achieved through metal 3DP and generative design.30-50% lighter, greener and using less parts and materials. Mass customized to ea local market and built without tooling and inventory of 1. This is the 4th industrial revolution 🕶🚀
We believed early - leading the company's Series A Financing.
And today we're incredibly excited to share a new $100M funding round to accelerate the company's ambitions - a key investment from
@Lux_Capital
's Health + Tech initiative
@RecursionChris
The Recursion Bioplex
The Cellular Genomicon
The Medicinal Multiverse Multiplexer
The Golden Data Gusher
The Volume (triple meaning: AMOUNT of data created, SPACE the physical equipment occupies, the ENDLESS CREATION/DISCOVERY in a series)
That feeling when you see your Airpods strewn about the washing machine at the end of a cycle 😲 ..... and 24hrs later when they're miraculously working again 😌