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Websitelumosity.com
Bloglumosity.com/blog
Twitter@Lumosity
CategoryConsumer Web
Email
Employees50
Founded2005
Descriptionbrain exercise program

Offices

San Francisco, USA
153 Kearny Street
San Francisco, CA, 94108
USA

People

Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Co-Founder and CEO
Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer
Advisor and Investor
Lead UX Designer
Advisor
CFO

Former People

Board of Directors
Director of Engineering
Mobile Engineering
Director of Mobile Products

Funding

Tags

Lumos Labs

Lumos Labs is the maker of the leading online brain training exercise program, Lumosity. Lumos Labs uses the latest findings in neuroscience to create brain exercises that train and improve core cognitive abilities such as memory, attention, and intelligence.

Milestones

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    Lumos Labs added David Drescher as Co-Founder and Chief Technology Officer. (1/1/06)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:57pm
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    Lumos Labs added Krishna Kakarala as CFO. (7/1/09)
    Posted 10/13/11 at 10:58am
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    Lumos Labs added Michael Scanlon as Co-Founder and Chief Science Officer. (1/1/06)
    Posted 6/13/11 at 3:52pm
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    Lumos Labs added Kunal Sarkar as Co-Founder and CEO. (10/1/06)
    Posted 6/13/11 at 3:52pm
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    Lumos Labs added Michael Dearing as Advisor and Investor.
    Posted 11/1/08 at 6:45pm
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    Lumos Labs received $32.5M in Series C funding. (6/16/11)
    Posted 6/16/11 at 3:53am via sharpbrains.com
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    Lumos Labs received $3.1M in Series A funding. (6/3/08)
    Posted 6/2/08 at 10:51pm
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    Lumos Labs received $450k in Angel funding. (6/11/07)
    Posted 5/22/08 at 9:29am via venturebeat.com
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    Lumos Labs — Lumosity grows to 20 million members in 2012 (2/6/12)
    Posted 2/6/12 at 10:46am via venturebeat.com
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    Lumos Labs — Lumosity wins two Gold Parents Choice Award for Lumosity.com and the Brain Trainer app (9/1/11)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:47pm via lumosity.com
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    Lumos Labs — Lumosity Cognitive Enhancement Data Published in Mensa (8/1/10)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:45pm via lumosity.com
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    Lumos Labs — Dr. Shelli Kesler and colleagues from Stanford demonstrate Lumosity can enhance brain function and math skills in Neuropsychological Rehabilitation (7/1/10)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:44pm via lumosity.com
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    Lumos Labs — Lumosity helps students "LEAP" ahead with the Lumosity Education Access Program (7/1/11)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:40pm via lumosity.com
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    Lumos Labs — Lumosity reaches 14 million members (6/1/11)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:37pm via lumosity.com
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    Lumos Labs — U.S. Office of Naval Research Recruits Lumosity to Enhance Human Intelligence (3/1/11)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:34pm via lumosity.com
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    Lumos Labs — Lumosity reaches 11 million members (2/1/11)
    Posted 10/26/11 at 2:26pm via mashable.com

Videos

Above:

Lumosity - Your Brain, Just Brighter

Added: 11/1/11
Above:

Lumosity - Why I Play

Added: 2/7/12

Screenshots

Lumos Labs screenshot
Above: Core Cognitive Abilities
Uploaded: 11/1/11
Lumos Labs screenshot
Above: Word Bubbles
Uploaded: 11/1/11
Lumos Labs screenshot
Above: Raindrops
Uploaded: 11/1/11

Products

Lumosity

Websitelumosity.com
Bloglumosity.com/blog
StageLive
Launch Date2007

Lumosity is the leading online brain exercise program that improves cognitive abilities such as memory, attention and intelligence. Lumosity has more than 35 games, 20 million members and paying subscribers from over 180 countries.

Lumosity Mobile

Websitelumosity.com/why-lumosity/mobile...

Lumosity’s mobile apps have been downloaded over 9 million times, reached #1 in the Apple iTunes App Store, spent close to two months in the top 25 and has regularly been one of the top apps in the educational gaming category since it launched in 2010.

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Lumosity

Sources

  1. Lumosity raises $400,000 for games to improve brain (venturebeat.com) [edit]
  2. TechCrunch [edit]
  3. Lumos Labs raises $32.5m: Largest Cognitive/ Brain Fitness Investment so far (sharpbrains.com) [edit]
  4. Citation Needed [add]
  5. Reclaim Your Brain with Lumosity Online Brain Fitness Games (emaxhealth.com) [edit]
  6. http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/lumositycom-announces-new-lumosity-brain-trainer-iphone-app-82210382.html (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  7. Lumosity.com Partners with Abbott Laboratories to Bring Cognitive Training to Italy (lumosity.com) [edit]
  8. Touchstone Health, Medicare Advantage Plan, to Offer ‘Brain Training’ to New York State Members (touchstoneh.com) [edit]
  9. Study finds Lumosity improves visual attention in mild cognitive impairment (lumosity.com) [edit]
  10. Study shows Lumosity training increases frontal lobe function (lumosity.com) [edit]
  11. Brain Exercise Startup Lumosity Beefs Up With 11 Million Members (mashable.com) [edit]
  12. United States Office of Naval Research Recruits Lumosity to Enhance Human Intelligence (lumosity.com) [edit]
  13. 14 Million Bright Stars (lumosity.com) [edit]
  14. We’re Helping Students “LEAP” Ahead! (lumosity.com) [edit]
  15. Lumosity Training Can Enhance Brain Function and Math Skills, According to Stanford Study (lumosity.com) [edit]
  16. Lumosity Cognitive Enhancement Research Published in Mensa (lumosity.com) [edit]
  17. Lumosity's Games Are Golden, According to Parents’ Choice Awards (lumosity.com) [edit]
  18. Lumosity sees brain games taking off as 20 million sign up for mental gymnastics (venturebeat.com) [edit]
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