Lux Capital Raises $400M, Adds Renata Quintini as Partner

2/28/17

Renata Quintini

Lux Capital, which invests in robotics, drones, driverless cars, 3D technologies, VR, AR and related scientific technologies, announced in a blog post it has raised $400 million for a new venture fund. Fund V is nearly 15 percent larger than the $350 million the firm raised for Fund IV, which closed in 2015, according to Thomson Reuters. As part of the fund close, Lux also announced Renata Quintini has joined the firm as a partner. She previously was a general partner with Felicis Ventures, which she joined in late 2011 and where she invested in Dollar Shave Club, Bonobos and MetroMile, among others. She also blogged on Medium about her decision to join the Lux team, which she says she met eight years ago.

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