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Luis Shemtov

Luis Shemtov

Techy‑turned VC; General Partner at Lunar Ventures

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Lisbon, Portugal
Joined August 2025

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Summary

Technical‑operator turned investor: Luis blends hands‑on engineering and product experience with investor skills. He started as a self‑taught software engineer, studied psychology, then moved into startup operations and founding; that technical/operator background informs Lunar’s thesis of backing technical founders solving hard problems. medium+2
Deep‑tech early‑stage investor and fund founder: He co‑founded Lunar Ventures in 2017 and focuses on pre‑seed/seed investments in deep tech software (ML, cryptography, infra, devtools, robotics, TechBio). The fund emphasizes partnering with technical founders from day zero and has grown into a multi‑partner team with institutional LPs. lunar+2
Networked across Europe & Israel with business schooling: Luis is active in European and Israeli tech networks (INSEAD alum, Hebrew University undergrad) and appears frequently in interviews/podcasts about emerging managers and deep‑tech investing — reflecting his LP/GP fundraising experience and community presence. thenetwork+2

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Mar 20, 2026

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Mar 13, 2026

FCFrancesco Coreasaid that if they were launching a DevOps automation startup,
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would be among their first picks for pre-seed or seed investment.

Jan 6, 2026