Lucy Lyons
Co-Founder & CEO, Kestrix
Lucy Lyons is Co-Founder & CEO of Kestrix, the ‘Google Maps of heat loss’ using thermal drones and AI to map and quantify how heat escapes from buildings and generate retrofit plans at city-scale. Since launching Kestrix in 2023, she has led the company to raise $4.5 million in funding (including $2M in non-dilutive grants), as well as map over 11,000 homes on behalf of UK housing providers like Clarion and Peabody and multinational utilities like E.ON and EDF
While Kestrix has won major housing recognition, including the 2024 Unlock Net Zero ‘Innovation of the Year’ award, Lucy was named to Forbes 30 under 30’s technology list and was recognised as GP Bullhound’s Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2024. She holds an M.Sc from the University of Oxford in Sustainability, Enterprise, and the Environment and a B.A. from New York University.
