Lucas Nelson

Lucas also holds a BS from Purdue in computer science and an MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.

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After two years in San Francisco learning the complex etiquette of Napa Valley wine tastings, Lucas has returned to New York. He is an instructor in Capoeira, a Brazilian martial art, and also enjoys Brazilian Jiu Jitsu classes. In his free time he likes travel, discovering great food, and programming small side projects.

Proud geek; hacker turned VC.

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Lucas is a founding Partner at Lytical Ventures focusing on early stage companies in the enterprise intelligence space: cybersecurity, data analytics, and AI. He brings over a decade of investment, operational and entrepreneurial experience to his role.

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Lucas 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”, and is a Kauffman Fellow.

Lucas served his fellowship at DFJ Gotham under the mentorship of Managing Director Daniel Schultz as a member of Class 16.