Josh Wolfe is a Fund Manager at Lux Capital, a venture capital based in New York with an office in Menlo Park, investing in emerging technologies in the physical and life sciences.

Wolfe was raised in Coney Island, a few hundred yards from the Cyclone Rollercoaster.

Wolfe graduated from Cornell University with a B.S. in Economics and Finance.

Wolfe is co-founder of Lux Capital. He is currently is a Director at Shapeways, 3Scan, Lux Research and Kallyope and helped lead the firm’s investments in Planet, Echodyne, Clarifai and Authorea.

Wolfe is a founding investor and board member with Bill Gates in Kymeta, making cutting-edge antennas for high-speed global satellite and space communications.

Wolfe is a Westinghouse prize semi-finalist and published scientist. He previously worked in investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney and in capital markets at Merrill Lynch.

In 2008, Wolfe co-founded Kurion, which attempted to use advanced robotics and state-of-the-art engineering and chemistry to clean up nuclear waste.

The company was among the first responders to the Fukushima Daiichi disaster.

Wolfe is a columnist with Forbes and Editor for the Forbes/Wolfe Emerging Tech Report.