# Luminous funding: rounds and investors

> Luminous has raised $5.3M across 2 rounds since 2023. Investors include Pelion Venture Partners, Serena and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

Source: https://millionrounds.com/company/luminous (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article)

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# Who invested in *Luminous*

2 rounds we have observed, with the 3 investors named in them. Every figure came from a named source, and where the company reported a raise to the SEC itself, that is shown beside it.

Construction

Funding summary Updated 26 Oct 2026

**$5.3M** raised across 2 rounds since 2023, from 2 sources

**$2.1M** Seed **$3.2M** Grant

- **Latest round:** Grant, $3.2M Jul 2025
- **Step-up i:** 1.5×
- **Investors:** 3

See who backed them

## The funding story

Each circle is a round, placed by date and sized by amount. The line above is the running total.

2024 2025

**$2.1M** Seed

**$3.2M** Grant

- **First round:** Seed, $2.1M
- **Biggest round:** $3.2M
- **Between rounds:** 2.2 years

## The rounds

- **Jul 2025** Grant **$3.2M** *1 new* [Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/australian-renewable-energy-agency-arena) Source recorded
- **May 2023** Seed **$2.1M** *2 new* [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) [Serena](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serena) Source recorded

## Who was in which round

The busiest backers across the latest rounds. A filled square is a round they joined; a dark one, a round they led.

**Seed** 2023 **Grant** 2025 [Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) [Serena](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serena) [Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/australian-renewable-energy-agency-arena)

## Everyone who backed them

[Pelion Venture Partners](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pelion-venture-partners) VC firm **1** round

[Serena](https://millionrounds.com/fund/serena) VC firm **1** round

[Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA)](https://millionrounds.com/fund/australian-renewable-energy-agency-arena) Investment firm **1** round

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## Also claim to have backed them

These 2 firms list Luminous as a portfolio company on their own websites, but no report of a round names them. They are the firms' own claims, kept apart from the rounds above.

[Helios Capital](https://millionrounds.com/fund/helios-capital) Family office Per its own site

[The ICE Network](https://millionrounds.com/fund/the-ice-network) VC firm Per its own site

## Quick answers about Luminous

### Who invested in Luminous?

Luminous's investors include Pelion Venture Partners, Serena and Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).

### How much has Luminous raised?

Luminous has raised $5.3M across 2 rounds since 2023.

### When did Luminous last raise?

Luminous's most recent round was a Grant of $3.2M in Jul 2025.

### What was Luminous's biggest round?

Its most recent round, $3.2M in Jul 2025, is also its largest on record.

### Who backed Luminous first?

Luminous's first round on record, in May 2023, was backed by Pelion Venture Partners and Serena.

### What stage is Luminous at?

Luminous's latest named round is a Grant, in Jul 2025.

### Where is Luminous based?

Luminous is based in the United States.

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