Lux Capital

Founded in 2000, Lux Capital is a venture capital firm based in New York and Silicon Valley. It manages over $5 billion in assets, focusing on seed to growth investments at the intersection of technology and sciences. Lux actively supports entrepreneurs building successful businesses in high-growth sectors such as biochemistry, material science, electronics, infrastructure, aerospace, genomics, synthetic biology, and robotics.

Tuvia Barak

Venture Partner

Steven Brody

COO

Shahin Farshchi

General Partner

Peter Hebert

Managing Partner

Grace Isford

Partner

Past deals in 3D Printing

Womp

Seed Round in 2022
Womp is a 3D software company founded in 2017 by Gabriela Truela, initially operating as a design and consulting studio. The company specializes in providing tools for 3D scanning, modeling, and printing, enabling users to transform their digital ideas into physical objects. Womp's platform stands out for its emphasis on social and collaborative features, which facilitate learning and skill enhancement among users, allowing them to share their creations with a global audience. The company offers a tiered subscription model, including a free option that grants access to essential features, catering to both novice and experienced 3D designers.

Shapeways Holdings

Post in 2021
Shapeways Holdings Inc. is a 3D printing marketplace and community that enables individuals to create, buy, and sell custom products. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, the company offers a wide range of products across various categories, including art, fashion, home goods, gadgets, games, jewelry, and miniatures. Shapeways operates on a model of on-demand printing, allowing for the customization and personalization of each order. By providing access to advanced 3D printing technology, the platform empowers users to turn their ideas into physical products, fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. Shapeways aims to democratize the manufacturing process by fully digitizing it, making industrial-grade additive manufacturing accessible to a broader audience.

Multiply Labs

Series A in 2021
Multiply Labs develops robotic-enabled manufacturing for personalized pharmaceutical capsules, combining pharmaceutical science with robotics to produce tailor-made capsules that align with individual patient metabolic needs. The company operates a robotic manufacturing facility and has introduced 3D-printed capsules, aiming to address scaling challenges in biotech and improve the efficiency and cost of producing patient-specific medicines.

Bifrost AI

Seed Round in 2021
Bifrost is a developer of a Generative 3D platform for creatives to create custom virtual worlds. It generates synthetic training data using three-dimensional graphics to simulate real-life scenarios. These datasets help teach AI systems to handle new tasks, environments, and challenges, while also validating their performance and reliability across thousands of automatically generated scenarios.

Bifrost AI

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bifrost is a developer of a Generative 3D platform for creatives to create custom virtual worlds. It generates synthetic training data using three-dimensional graphics to simulate real-life scenarios. These datasets help teach AI systems to handle new tasks, environments, and challenges, while also validating their performance and reliability across thousands of automatically generated scenarios.

Looking Glass Factory

Series A in 2020
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Shapeways Holdings

Series E in 2018
Shapeways Holdings Inc. is a 3D printing marketplace and community that enables individuals to create, buy, and sell custom products. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, the company offers a wide range of products across various categories, including art, fashion, home goods, gadgets, games, jewelry, and miniatures. Shapeways operates on a model of on-demand printing, allowing for the customization and personalization of each order. By providing access to advanced 3D printing technology, the platform empowers users to turn their ideas into physical products, fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. Shapeways aims to democratize the manufacturing process by fully digitizing it, making industrial-grade additive manufacturing accessible to a broader audience.

Desktop Metal

Series D in 2017
Desktop Metal is a global developer and manufacturer of additive manufacturing technologies, materials, and software for industrial production. The company offers a range of metal 3D printing systems, including the Production System for high-volume manufacturing, the Shop System for machine shops, the Studio System for office environments, and the Fiber printer for desktop use. It supplies materials and software that support metal, polymer, sand, and ceramic applications, enabling on-demand, digital mass production with improved speed, cost efficiency, and part quality. Desktop Metal serves automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development customers and operates worldwide from headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Pinscreen

Seed Round in 2017
Pinscreen, Inc. is a technology company and visual effects studio based in Santa Monica, California, with a branch in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Founded in 2015 by Professor Hao Li, an expert in computer vision, Pinscreen specializes in advanced generative AI technologies for the film industry and interactive experiences. The company offers comprehensive solutions for AI-driven lip sync, face reenactment, face swaps, de-aging, and avatar digitization. Its innovative technology enables the creation of realistic three-dimensional avatars from selfies, facilitating immersive mixed reality experiences for consumers and scalable content creation tools for professionals. Pinscreen has collaborated with prominent filmmakers and production studios, including Netflix, Amazon Studios, and Warner Bros. Notably, the company achieved several milestones, such as developing the first real-time deepfake technology and demonstrating AI lip sync for a complete feature film. Pinscreen is recognized for its contributions to neural rendering and digital human technology, having received accolades like the Epic MegaGrants in 2020 and participation in the NVIDIA Inception Program.

Looking Glass Factory

Series A in 2017
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Desktop Metal

Series C in 2017
Desktop Metal is a global developer and manufacturer of additive manufacturing technologies, materials, and software for industrial production. The company offers a range of metal 3D printing systems, including the Production System for high-volume manufacturing, the Shop System for machine shops, the Studio System for office environments, and the Fiber printer for desktop use. It supplies materials and software that support metal, polymer, sand, and ceramic applications, enabling on-demand, digital mass production with improved speed, cost efficiency, and part quality. Desktop Metal serves automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development customers and operates worldwide from headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Pinscreen

Seed Round in 2016
Pinscreen, Inc. is a technology company and visual effects studio based in Santa Monica, California, with a branch in Abu Dhabi, UAE. Founded in 2015 by Professor Hao Li, an expert in computer vision, Pinscreen specializes in advanced generative AI technologies for the film industry and interactive experiences. The company offers comprehensive solutions for AI-driven lip sync, face reenactment, face swaps, de-aging, and avatar digitization. Its innovative technology enables the creation of realistic three-dimensional avatars from selfies, facilitating immersive mixed reality experiences for consumers and scalable content creation tools for professionals. Pinscreen has collaborated with prominent filmmakers and production studios, including Netflix, Amazon Studios, and Warner Bros. Notably, the company achieved several milestones, such as developing the first real-time deepfake technology and demonstrating AI lip sync for a complete feature film. Pinscreen is recognized for its contributions to neural rendering and digital human technology, having received accolades like the Epic MegaGrants in 2020 and participation in the NVIDIA Inception Program.

Desktop Metal

Series B in 2016
Desktop Metal is a global developer and manufacturer of additive manufacturing technologies, materials, and software for industrial production. The company offers a range of metal 3D printing systems, including the Production System for high-volume manufacturing, the Shop System for machine shops, the Studio System for office environments, and the Fiber printer for desktop use. It supplies materials and software that support metal, polymer, sand, and ceramic applications, enabling on-demand, digital mass production with improved speed, cost efficiency, and part quality. Desktop Metal serves automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development customers and operates worldwide from headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Relativity Space

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2015, Relativity Space is a pioneering aerospace company based in Long Beach, California. It specializes in manufacturing and launching orbital rockets using proprietary 3D printing technology, significantly reducing the number of parts and assembly time compared to traditional methods.

Looking Glass Factory

Seed Round in 2015
Founded in 2015, Looking Glass Factory develops and manufactures holographic displays designed for 3D creators. Its flagship product, the Looking Glass, combines light field and volumetric display technologies to enable users to create, share, and interact with 3D content without needing VR or AR headsets.

Desktop Metal

Series A in 2015
Desktop Metal is a global developer and manufacturer of additive manufacturing technologies, materials, and software for industrial production. The company offers a range of metal 3D printing systems, including the Production System for high-volume manufacturing, the Shop System for machine shops, the Studio System for office environments, and the Fiber printer for desktop use. It supplies materials and software that support metal, polymer, sand, and ceramic applications, enabling on-demand, digital mass production with improved speed, cost efficiency, and part quality. Desktop Metal serves automotive, aerospace, healthcare, consumer products, heavy industry, machine design, and research and development customers and operates worldwide from headquarters in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Sols

Series B in 2015
Sols, Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in New York, specializes in customized orthotic solutions for foot support. The company offers two primary products: SOLSRx, medical-grade 3D printed orthotics, and ExoSOLS, direct-to-consumer custom insoles. Sols' innovative approach combines software, mobile applications, and advanced technologies like computer vision and machine learning to create tailored footwear solutions that address alignment issues, promote proper gait, and relieve plantar fascia pressure. The company serves customers in the United States and is a subsidiary of Aetrex Worldwide, Inc.

Sols

Series A in 2014
Sols, Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in New York, specializes in customized orthotic solutions for foot support. The company offers two primary products: SOLSRx, medical-grade 3D printed orthotics, and ExoSOLS, direct-to-consumer custom insoles. Sols' innovative approach combines software, mobile applications, and advanced technologies like computer vision and machine learning to create tailored footwear solutions that address alignment issues, promote proper gait, and relieve plantar fascia pressure. The company serves customers in the United States and is a subsidiary of Aetrex Worldwide, Inc.

Sols

Seed Round in 2013
Sols, Inc., established in 2013 and headquartered in New York, specializes in customized orthotic solutions for foot support. The company offers two primary products: SOLSRx, medical-grade 3D printed orthotics, and ExoSOLS, direct-to-consumer custom insoles. Sols' innovative approach combines software, mobile applications, and advanced technologies like computer vision and machine learning to create tailored footwear solutions that address alignment issues, promote proper gait, and relieve plantar fascia pressure. The company serves customers in the United States and is a subsidiary of Aetrex Worldwide, Inc.

Shapeways Holdings

Series C in 2013
Shapeways Holdings Inc. is a 3D printing marketplace and community that enables individuals to create, buy, and sell custom products. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, the company offers a wide range of products across various categories, including art, fashion, home goods, gadgets, games, jewelry, and miniatures. Shapeways operates on a model of on-demand printing, allowing for the customization and personalization of each order. By providing access to advanced 3D printing technology, the platform empowers users to turn their ideas into physical products, fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. Shapeways aims to democratize the manufacturing process by fully digitizing it, making industrial-grade additive manufacturing accessible to a broader audience.

Shapeways Holdings

Series B in 2012
Shapeways Holdings Inc. is a 3D printing marketplace and community that enables individuals to create, buy, and sell custom products. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in Eindhoven and Seattle, the company offers a wide range of products across various categories, including art, fashion, home goods, gadgets, games, jewelry, and miniatures. Shapeways operates on a model of on-demand printing, allowing for the customization and personalization of each order. By providing access to advanced 3D printing technology, the platform empowers users to turn their ideas into physical products, fostering creativity and entrepreneurship. Shapeways aims to democratize the manufacturing process by fully digitizing it, making industrial-grade additive manufacturing accessible to a broader audience.

Molecular Imprints

Series B in 2004
Molecular Imprints Inc. is a company based in Austin, Texas, that specializes in the manufacture of imprint and lithography systems designed for creating nanometer-scale surface relief structures. Founded in 2001 as a spin-off from the University of Texas, the company has developed a robust portfolio of over 100 patents related to imprint tools, materials, and process technologies. Its core technology, Jet and Flash Imprint Lithography, utilizes an advanced Drop Pattern Generation System to enable precise deposition of photoresist on substrates in extremely small quantities, facilitating the consistent nanoimprinting of features down to 10 nanometers. This innovative approach caters to various high-tech industries, including displays, life sciences, and light-emitting diodes, by providing cost-effective solutions for nanopatterning applications.
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