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Luminous Ventures is an early stage VC fund based in London that partners with founders pushing the boundaries of science and technology to solve the world’s greatest challenges.
Overview
Investment Type
Venture Capital
Investment Stage
Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A; Series B
Portfolio 27
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| Mar 18, 2021 | Treos | treosbio.com | $22M | |
| Feb 11, 2021 | HOXTON FARMS | hoxtonfarms.com | $25.96M | United Kingdom, England, London |
| Jan 19, 2021 | Kernal Biologics | kernalbio.com | $25M | United States, Massachusetts, Cambridge |
| Dec 8, 2020 | Mahana Therapeutics (Outsized) | mahanatx.com | $61M | United States, California, San Francisco |
| Dec 7, 2020 | Magdrive | magdrivespace.com | $1.9M | United Kingdom, England, Didcot |
| Nov 14, 2020 | Biomage | biomage.net | United Kingdom, Scotland, Glasgow | |
| Nov 14, 2020 | Fathom | fathomcomputing.com | United States, California, Palo Alto | |
| Sep 30, 2020 | FLOX | flox.ai | $1M | Sweden |
| Sep 30, 2020 | Phenomic AI | phenomic.ai | $6.08M | Canada, Ontario, Toronto |
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News 41
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| Sep 25, 2020 | Join our next Venture Office Hour | Luminous Ventures is holding a joint Venture Office Hour with Illumina Accelerator on 7 October 5pm. We’d like to use it as an opportunity to support entrepreneurs and the European healthcare start-ups – businesses creating much-needed solu... |
| Sep 2, 2020 | Digital mental health: Resolving the engagement paradox | At Luminous, mental health is a big theme for us and we have made three investments in the area in recent years — BioBeats, Oxford VR and Ellipsis Health. However, one persistent question is the ability of apps to alleviate anxiety or depre... |
| The role of software, robotics and data in tackling cancer | For decades, outcomes for cancer patients have improved steadily but slowly. Breakthroughs in R&D were achieved one gene and one protein at a time, and cancer diagnosis often came too late for the patient. In the 1980s and 1990s, new c... | |
| Why is there a funding gap in the UK tech market at Series B? | The UK tech scene has had a lot to celebrate of late: Third in the world for producing successful tech companies and home to 13 tech unicorns – 37 per cent of Europe’s total unicorn companies, making it officially the tech unicorn capital o... | |
| It’s never been a better time to be backing UK Deep-Tech | Despite the uncertainty of Brexit, one thing is certain: It has never been a better time to be backing UK deep-tech. According to the latest 2019 Technology Innovation Hubs report from KPMG, the UK now sits at No 3 in the global ranking of... | |
| Why today’s deep-tech companies need to be ethical and society-conscious | Deep-tech startups have the potential to dramatically improve the society we live in today with the countless possibilities that breakthrough innovations within science and technology can bring. Many strive to solve global needs with their ... | |
| Isabel Fox interviewed on Bloomberg Radio | Luminous Venture’s General Partner and Co-Founder, Isabel Fox was interviewed by Matt Miller on Bloomberg Radio (Daybreak Europe). Isabel spoke enthusiastically about the prospects and opportunities for UK and European investment despite B... | |
| Disrupting the veterinary and pet industries | This month, we were inspired by our own office dog, Heidi, and have been investigating ways that technology is disrupting the veterinary and pet industries. The EU is home to 66 million pet dogs, while the US is home to another 70 million.... | |
| Phenomic – Our Investment | Luminous Ventures is very excited to welcome Phenomic to our portfolio. Phenomic AI, headquartered in Toronto, uses AI/ML to process data emerging from drug screens in complex experimental models that more closely match human biology. This ... |
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Mentions in press and media 11
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| May 25, 2026 | Chinese Robotics Startup Tianji Bags USD147.4 Million From GL Ventures, Meituan | (Yicai) May 25 -- Chinese robotics startup Tianji Intelligent System has raised CNY1 billion (USD147.4 million) in Series B and B+ financing co-led by Hillhouse Capital-backed GL Ventures and Chinese local services giant Meituan, lifting it... |
| May 18, 2026 | Chinese Exoskeleton Startup Hypershell Bags USD50 Million in New Round Led by Ant, Meituan | (Yicai) May 18 -- Hypershell, a Chinese manufacturer of wearable robotic external skeletons that support human movement, has secured USD50 million in its latest funding round, led by Chinese fintech giant Ant Group and Meituan Dragonball, t... |
| Mar 23, 2021 | London-based edge AI firm LGN raises $2 million | Edge AI firm LGN has raised $2 million in funding in order to help clients beat their competitors to the punch when it comes to better and more resilient AT models. Investors include Trucks Venture Capital, Luminous Ventures, and Jaguar Lan... |
| Feb 17, 2021 | What does it take to scale a deeptech company? | Diffblue, a deeptech company that saves developers time by automating the writing of code, span out of Oxford University in 2016. It raised the largest AI Series A funding in Europe with Goldman Sachs a year later. “The first thing you loo... |
| Dec 22, 2020 | Meet the 35 healthcare startups VCs say will take off in 2021 | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Healthcare startups that had a breakout year in 2020 are poised to have an even better 2021, investors told Business Insider. Startups, esp... |
| Aug 7, 2019 | Can a radical new event disrupt how VCs raise funds, unlocking cash for Europe? | For many years there’s been an accepted way to raise capital as a venture capital fund. Essentially, GPs (general partners, who set up and run venture capital firms) go “cap in hand” to LPs (limited partners, who invest into their VC firms)... |
| Jul 17, 2019 | Hot, hot, hot at cofinitive! | Hot, hot, hot at cofinitive! 17-07-2019 After a busy Spring, things have just carried on being hot, hot, hot at cofinitive this summer. The agency writes: Having taken on a new project with returning client, LSCC, we got stuck right in with... |
| Jul 15, 2019 | Optellum scores £1 million in funding from Luminous Ventures to tackle lung cancer diagnosis with AI | Oxford-based Optellum, which offers AI software for early lung cancer diagnosis and treatment, has just raised £1 million from Luminous Ventures, as part of a seed follow-on round of £3.25 million. Optellum’s software is said to be the firs... |
| Dec 16, 2018 | Luminous Ventures Joins $25.6M Series B for Synthace | Synthace Ltd., the company behind the leading cloud software platform for automating and improving the success rate of biological research and development, today announced the closing of a $25.6m Series B financing round led by Horizons Ven... |
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FAQ about Luminous Ventures
How many startups has Luminous Ventures invested in?
Luminous Ventures has 27 portfolio companies on Parsers VC, among them Treos, HOXTON FARMS and Kernal Biologics.
What is the latest news about Luminous Ventures?
Parsers VC has 41 news items about Luminous Ventures, among them “Join our next Venture Office Hour” (Sep 25, 2020) and “Digital mental health: Resolving the engagement paradox” (Sep 2, 2020).
What has the press written about Luminous Ventures?
Parsers VC has collected 11 articles mentioning Luminous Ventures, among them “Chinese Robotics Startup Tianji Bags USD147.4 Million From GL Ventures, Meituan” (May 25, 2026) and “Chinese Exoskeleton Startup Hypershell Bags USD50 Million in New Round Led by Ant, Meituan” (May 18, 2026).
Is Luminous Ventures still active?
Yes, Luminous Ventures is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jun 17, 2026.