About Us

Based in Bristol (UK), we are on a mission to inspire people to live more fulfilling lives through accessible consciousness altering experiences. From interviewing people at Burning Man about what freedom means to them, to months of EEG brain scans developing and optimising our method of inducing altered-states using only light and sound, our journey has been anything but ordinary. Take a look at the timeline below for an overview of how we got to where we are today.

Lumenate App Launch

The Lumenate App Launches

The Lumenate App officially opens to the public via the App Store and Google Play.

Mar 2021

Feb 2021

Rosamund Pike Joins the Team

After getting involved in early beta testing and experiencing the huge potential impact of the app as a tool to explore one’s own mind, Rosamund Pike has invested in the company, and has joined the team as a Creative Director going forward.

Rosamund Pike Lumenate Investor Creative Director
Photo Credit: Francois Berthier
Amanda Fielding Lumenate Investor

Beckley Waves Investment

Beckley Waves, a new initiative focused on supporting the psychedelic ecosystem, which was co-founded by Amanda Feilding of the Beckley Foundation joins as our first investor.

Dec 2020

Aug 2020

Developing The Lumenate App

Jay & Tom take on the challenge of developing the app themselves learning everything from music production to app coding as they went.

Lumenate app screens
Lumenate brainwave entrainment app in use

A New Direction

Jay & Tom go back to the drawing board and identify an opportunity to replicate the Lumenate experience using a mobile phone.

Apr 2020

Mar 2020

COVID-19 Hits

After running just one event a UK-wide lockdown in response to COVID-19 forces the cancellation of the remaining group sessions.

Corona Virus image
Lumenate Group Experience audio visual brainwave entrainment

Group Sessions Launch

The team launch their first public group light experiences in Bristol, UK with a month of sold out events.

Mar 2020

Jan 2020

Group Prototype

Development begins on the prototype light and sound system for the Lumenate group experience.

Lumenate co-founder Tom Giving a presentation on the project's neuroscience to researchers at Imperial College London including Dr Robin Carhart-Harris

Neuro Research

The team buy an EEG brain scanner and begin months of scientific research to design and optimise a method of effortlessly guiding people into a state where subconscious exploration is possible.

Nov 2019

Oct 2019

The Birth of Lumenate

Lumenate Ltd is officially incorporated with the vision of ‘making impactful subconscious exploration experiences more accessible than ever before’.

Lumenate Logo

Focus on the Subconscious

Jay & Tom reconvene and after further rounds of customer research focus on the idea of inspiring change in people’s lives through subconscious exploration.

June 2019

Sept 2018

Our Own Explorations

Embodying their mission, Jay sets off to walk the length of New Zealand while Tom drives from Canada to Chile in a campervan, both interviewing people they meet about what freedom and fulfilment means to them.

Co-founders Jay Conlon and Tom Galea exploring freedom
Lumenate co-founders leave Jaguar Land Rover

Goodbye Corporate World

The pair quit Jaguar Land Rover on a mission to understand how they can help people to live freer and more fulfilling lives.

Aug 2018

Aug 2015

Designing the Future

Jay & Tom get hired by Jaguar Land Rover and work on far future concept vehicles together.

Lumenate founder Jay during his role in far future concept vehicle design

Founders Meet​

Co-founders Jay & Tom meet studying Engineering at the University of Liverpool, UK.

Sept 2011