Tess van Stekelenburg

Tess van Stekelenburg

Partner atLux CapitalFirm active Sep 24New York

Tess van Stekelenburg is a partner at Lux Capital investing in AI, biotech, aerospace, and physical world companies. She previously led AI methods research at Oxford University and co-founded a software startup.

What Tess can write

Writes checks of$100K to $30M+
Comes in atSeed, Series A, Series BCan lead the round
Ownership target7-10%At first check
Email the firm[email protected]The firm's own inbox for founders.

Lux Capital writes $100K to $30M+ checks, larger than 5% of firms in the atlas.

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Career

  1. Oxford University · led AI methods research in computational neuroscience
  2. Oxford University
  3. Lux Capital · Partner
    Now

Companies founded

a software startup

Investments named in public bios

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Focus

artificial intelligencebiotechnologyaerospacephysical world of atoms

Education

Oxford, master’s across computational neuroscience and biological sciencesUCL, master’s across computational neuroscience and biological sciences

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Who is Tess van Stekelenburg?

Tess van Stekelenburg is a partner at Lux Capital investing in AI, biotech, aerospace, and physical world companies. She previously led AI methods research at Oxford University and co-founded a software startup.

How much does Tess van Stekelenburg invest?

Tess van Stekelenburg invests through Lux Capital, which writes checks of $100K to $30M+ at seed, series a, series b.

How do I pitch Tess van Stekelenburg?

Email [email protected], the firm's inbox for founders, and name Tess in the subject. A warm intro from a founder Lux Capital backed works better.

What did Tess van Stekelenburg do before Lux Capital?

led AI methods research in computational neuroscience at Oxford University; Oxford University.

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