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Luminous Ventures
Venture capital · London, United Kingdom · Europe
Luminous Ventures is a London-based fund that invests in Deep Tech, focusing on applications of innovative technologies to healthcare and life sciences. The fund is fully deployed and is not making new investments.
Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning
In its own wordsdeep techhealthcarelife sciences
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Or find every investor that fitsLuminous Ventures lists 11 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 6 funding rounds, 3 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Growth, 50% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (47%), AI & Machine Learning (33%) and Robotics & Hardware (13%). 50% of its companies are based in United Kingdom. It invests most often alongside 11.2 Capital, 1955 Capital and 2050 Capital.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Luminous Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 17% |
| Series A | 17% |
| Series B | 17% |
| Growth | 50% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 0 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 3 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 27th | 11 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 57th | 17% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 81th | 47% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 70th | 4 countries |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| 11.2 Capital | 1 |
| 1955 Capital | 1 |
| 2050 Capital | 1 |
| 2b AHEAD Ventures | 1 |
| AIX Ventures | 1 |
| Able Partners | 1 |
| Abstract | 1 |
| Apricot Capital | 1 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers11100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Biotech | 47% | 15% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 33% | 18% |
| Robotics & Hardware | 13% | 1% |
| Cybersecurity | 7% | 4% |
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherCompare Luminous Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Recent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Luminous Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 28 Aug 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 13 Aug 2026 | Series A Led | |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Series C+ Led |
Round details for Luminous Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Luminous Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
11 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambi is a new interface for AI that understands what's happening as it happens, remembers what matters, and helps you carry things forward. | AI & Machine Learning | Oct 2026Seed | Funding round | |
| BioBeats improves the mental wellbeing of employees through a mobile app and wearable device that collects biometric and psychometric data | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Ellipsis Health develops and provides an AI care manager for healthcare companies to manage patient engagement and care coordination | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Hadean Supercomputing provides AI and simulation capabilities for defense and national infrastructure applications | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| The company develops first-in-class therapies for patients suffering from major incurable diseases. | Healthcare & Biotech | Jun 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Optellum develops AI-powered solutions for early lung cancer diagnosis | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| The company designs and manufactures underwater robots and systems for various subsea operations, including cable and pipeline work | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series A | Funding round | |
| Sharpa builds robots and artificial intelligence models for real-world tasks that require dexterous manipulation | Robotics & HardwareAI & Machine Learning | Aug 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Synthace helps scientists design, automate, and run powerful experiments and generate high dimensional datasets for AI | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| Universal Quantum builds utility-scale quantum computers based on a robust, modular and practical blueprint | Healthcare & BiotechAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| VitalBio is transforming diagnostics to ensure patients get the care they need | Healthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 11 Nov 2026- Site
- luminous.vc
- Last read
- 11 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Feb 2026
- Companies checked
- 11
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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