Jacob Key

Founding and General Partner at Luminar Ventures

📍 Lidingö, Stockholm County, Sweden🔄 Updated September 2026💼 17 investments📅 12 years investing🗓 Last invested Mar 2026𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
VC🌍 SwedenInvested this year
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Board Observer
Mar 2026
Only 1% of the worlds data is openly available on the Internet. We unlock the rest, to power your AI development. Redpine powers AI builders and autonomous agents with access to licensed, high-quality and multimodal data - securely and at scale. The platform empowers content owners across domains - including copyright holders and proprietary data providers - to offer controlled and compliant access to their data, unlocking value for both data owners and AI builders. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Stockholm, Redpine’s team brings deep expertise from leading organizations in data science, machine learning, and AI product development. The company is backed by prominent investors from OpenAI, Spotify, Perplexity, Xiaomi, Sana, and more.
Investor and Board Member
May 2025
Create internal tools from your data in minutes using AI.
Board Observer
Apr 2025
Motorica is the Believable Motion Engine and Animation Toolset for top game studios. Craft full motion matching datasets in just minutes instead of months, powered by real human performance captured in our in-house mocap studio, extended with our cutting edge technology. With deterministic motion control, real-time style blending, and foot-accurate Phase Shifting, Motorica delivers production-ready animation that integrates seamlessly into Unreal, Unity, Maya, and modern game pipelines.
Advisor and investor
Feb 2025
We are creating a balanced 
energy system for all. Photoncycle makes homes energy-autonomous year-round for a transparent price, while creating a balanced energy system for all. Our first-of-its-kind energy technology is being piloted with the largest house builder in Norway. It is predicted to become the obvious choice for powering homes worldwide when large-scale manufacturing begins in 2027.
Board Member
Jan 2024
A better API for generative AI Opper is an end-to-end platform for building production AI applications and provides access to Large Language Models (LLMs) using functions, retrieval using indexes, tracing, evaluations and automatic prompt optimisations with a single API key. Join early access at https://opper.ai Read our blog at https://opper.ai/blog
Board Member
Jul 2023
Currently in stealth mode.
Board Member
Jan 2023
RUN is a data driven investment company supporting the creator generation with offices in Los Angeles and Stockholm. We are dedicated to empowering independent artists by providing funding through a transparent, algorithm-driven model.
Board Member
Jul 2022
Founded in 2016 by engineers and computer scientists from the prestigious Massachusetts Institute of Technology (M.I.T), Muninn has been changing the way companies approach cybersecurity. With our advanced AI technology and reliable security solutions, Muninn AI Detect and AI Prevent empower organizations to protect their critical digital assets and infrastructures from cyberattacks, that already made it past the conventional security methods like next-gen firewall or antivirus programs. Located in the heart of Denmark, Copenhagen, our team is comprised of inspiring colleagues with multiple nationalities and backgrounds. Each commitment to professional development and growth ensures that Muninn will continue to be a game-changer in the field of cybersecurity. See more at https://www.muninn.ai
Board Member
Feb 2021
We dedicate ourselves to create win-win insurance experiences through the power of open data. That means, through our open insurance solutions, we help insurance companies, banks and other financial platforms give proper peace-of-mind to their customers. Insurely was founded in 2018 with the aim to make the insurance industry more open, and —to ignite a transformation within an industry that hasn’t changed for a very long time. As a provider of open insurance solutions we offer a variety of products, all based on our strive to challenge the mindset of the insurance industry. We are trusted by 30+ insurance companies, banks, and fintechs across Europe.
mid stageInsurance
Board Member and Investor
Dec 2020
The first ever dark closets ran by engineers and operational hackers. The first clothing subscription with a low climate impact, maximising the use of discarded garments.
Board member and Investor
Jun 2020
NewGlue helps you design your business with a click. We only work with professional logo designers and offer businesses immediate access to thousands of professionally designed visual identities (including logos, branded business cards, letterheads, social media content and merchandise etc.).
mid stageDesign
Board Member and Investor
May 2020
Welcome to the future of music! With Starmony you can make music in minutes just by using your voice. Sing or rap to thousands of professional music productions, share it worldwide and start earning royalties today. We combine our music intelligence with first-class producers across the globe to help you reach your potential.
early stageMusic
Board Member
Sep 2018
&frankly gives you a new way to measure and trigger engagement at your workplace! &frankly is a cloud based service that help make your workplace better. We give managers and employees an innovative tool to continuously check the pulse of the employees and trigger the organisation in a positive direction. Always with the same ambition, to put smiles on people at work. Because smiles are not only good stuff for the ones carrying it, but also for your business. We are a Stockholm based company with global ambitions. It consists of a dedicated team of HR experts, developers, designers, sales reps. and strategists who tirelessly together to challenge conventions within the HR industry. Simply put a smile on your workplace.
Board Member
Aug 2018
Insurello proactively educates people about their insurances and manages as well as maximizes their claims through a simple digital solution
early stageInsurance
Board Member
Aug 2018
Insurello proactively educates people about their insurances and manages as well as maximizes their claims through a simple digital solution
early stageInsurance
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2026
Board Observer
Mar 2026
Only 1% of the worlds data is openly available on the Internet. We unlock the rest, to power your AI development. Redpine powers AI builders and autonomous agents with access to licensed, high-quality and multimodal data - securely and at scale. The platform empowers content owners across domains - including copyright holders and proprietary data providers - to offer controlled and compliant access to their data, unlocking value for both data owners and AI builders. Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Stockholm, Redpine’s team brings deep expertise from leading organizations in data science, machine learning, and AI product development. The company is backed by prominent investors from OpenAI, Spotify, Perplexity, Xiaomi, Sana, and more.
2025
Investor and Board Member
May 2025
Create internal tools from your data in minutes using AI.
Board Observer
Apr 2025
Motorica is the Believable Motion Engine and Animation Toolset for top game studios. Craft full motion matching datasets in just minutes instead of months, powered by real human performance captured in our in-house mocap studio, extended with our cutting edge technology. With deterministic motion control, real-time style blending, and foot-accurate Phase Shifting, Motorica delivers production-ready animation that integrates seamlessly into Unreal, Unity, Maya, and modern game pipelines.
Advisor and investor
Feb 2025
We are creating a balanced 
energy system for all. Photoncycle makes homes energy-autonomous year-round for a transparent price, while creating a balanced energy system for all. Our first-of-its-kind energy technology is being piloted with the largest house builder in Norway. It is predicted to become the obvious choice for powering homes worldwide when large-scale manufacturing begins in 2027.
2024
Board Member
Jan 2024
A better API for generative AI Opper is an end-to-end platform for building production AI applications and provides access to Large Language Models (LLMs) using functions, retrieval using indexes, tracing, evaluations and automatic prompt optimisations with a single API key. Join early access at https://opper.ai Read our blog at https://opper.ai/blog
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