Proud geek; hacker turned VC.
Lucas is a Partner at Lytical Ventures focusing on early-stage companies in the corporate intelligence space: cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI. He brings over a decade of investment, operational, and entrepreneurial experience to his role.
Prior to joining Lytical Ventures, Lucas was a Principal at Evolution Equity and a Principal at Gotham Ventures. Lucas was also a Venture Partner at Antecedent Ventures working as part of the investment team.
He co-authored The Art of Software Security Testing and chaired DefCon – the largest hacking convention in the US – for 10 years. He has been a member of the NY tech community since 1999. He is also an adjunct professor at NYU teaching the class “Entrepreneurship for Hackers”.
Lucas holds an MBA fromly Dartmouth and a BS in computer science from Purdue University. He is also a Kauffman Fellow (Class of 2015).