Lucas Nelson
InvestorPartner at Lytical Ventures
New York, New York
Writes $100K – $5M checks · typically $1.5M
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Chris RustunlockedLucas: together at US Venture Partners (2008–2009)
Lucas: together at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth
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Lucas: together at Purdue University
About
Lucas Nelson is a hacker-turned-VC with technical security expertise—co-authored The Art of Software Security Testing and chaired DEF CON—who does technical diligence and teaches Entrepreneurship for Hackers at NYU.
Contact· published on Lucas's own website
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Experience
- Lytical Ventures, LLCPartnercurrent2018 — presentGreater New York City Area
- Kauffman Fellows Class 16Kauffman Fellowcurrent2009 — present
- Graylog, Inc.Board Membercurrent2018 — presentHouston, Texas, United States
- CMT SolutionsBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- WickrBoard Membercurrent2020 — present
- Singularity UniversityMentor @ Singularity Labs2015 — 2019
- NYU Polytechnic School of EngineeringAdjunct Faculty, CSE department, NYU School of Engineering2014 — 2018Brooklyn, NY
- Antecedent VenturesVenture Partner2014 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- Evolution Equity PartnersPrincipal2017 — 2018Greater New York City Area
- Evolution Equity PartnersSenior Advisor2016 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- Gotham Ventures (formerly DFJ Gotham)Principal2011 — 2017Greater New York City Area
- Cornell TechStudio Lead2015 — 2016Greater New York City Area
- NYC CTO SummitCo-Founder2014 — 2015Greater New York City Area
- Lean Startup MachineMentor2011 — 2014Greater New York City Area
- Adobe SystemsSr. Manager, Secure Software Engineering2010 — 2011
- AdobeContractor - Product Manager for Privacy2010
- U.S. Venture PartnersInvestment Associate2008 — 2009
- SymantecTechnical Manager2004 — 2007
- AtstakeSenior Security Architect2002 — 2004
- DoubleClickSoftware Engineer2000 — 2001
- i33BlackOps1999 — 2000
Skills & more
Venture Capital36Start-ups80SaaS29Cloud Computing21Computer Security15Product Management17Entrepreneurship44Business Strategy12Business Development9Cryptography4Security9Mobile Applications6
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MuscleData SecurityLeadershipTeam SpiritStrategic PartnershipsDue DiligenceManagementSoftware as a Service (SaaS)Languages Portuguese
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Investments
Investor
Arcanna.AiBorneoBranchGraylogHackNoticeKeyCaliberLimaCharlieNetmakerNS8RAD SecuritySenteonStart Left® Security
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Colleagues at Lytical Ventures
Alex Stamos
Chief Security Officer Corridor at Lytical Ventures
Allie Miller
Global Head of Machine Learning BD, Startups & VC, Amazon Web Services at Lytical Ventures
Bob Hammer
Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer at Commvault at Lytical Ventures
Brad Arkin
Chief Trust Officer Salesforce at Lytical Ventures
Brett Goldstein
Former Director, Defence Digital Service U.S. Department of Defense at Lytical Ventures
Charles Henderson
Executive Vice President of Cyber Security Services Coalfire at Lytical Ventures
Charles Tango
Chief Information Security Officer, Sysco at Lytical Ventures
Charles Tango
Venture Partner at Bloccelerate VC
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Lucas Nelson?
- Lucas Nelson is a hacker-turned-VC with technical security expertise—co-authored The Art of Software Security Testing and chaired DEF CON—who does technical diligence and teaches Entrepreneurship for Hackers at NYU.
- Where does Lucas Nelson work?
- Lucas Nelson is Partner at Lytical Ventures.
- What does Lucas Nelson invest in?
- Lucas Nelson invests in AI & Machine Learning, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, SaaS.
- What check size does Lucas Nelson write?
- Lucas Nelson typically writes checks of $100K – $5M.
- What companies has Lucas Nelson invested in?
- Investments tracked here include Arcanna.Ai, Borneo, Branch, Graylog, HackNotice, KeyCaliber, LimaCharlie, Netmaker, NS8, RAD Security, Senteon, Start Left® Security.
- Where did Lucas Nelson go to school?
- Lucas Nelson studied at The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth (MBA, Business); Purdue University (BS, Computer Science, English).
Same school
Also attended The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth321
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Also attended Purdue University463
Mamoon HamidPartner at Kleiner PerkinsNabeel HyattInvestor helping founders and working on AI that enables human creativity and agencyKenneth Morand, Ph.D.Life Sciences Partner at CincyTechJane CommerfordOperations at 8VCSven StrohbandInvestor at Khosla VenturesJeff PetersPartner at Ibex Investors
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Shared employers
Also worked at CMT Solutions6
Also worked at NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering25
Karthik ChakkarapaniInvestor at Foundation CapitalHebatalla GadInvestment Analyst at Orbit StartupsPeter KashHealth Moonshot Impact Board at StartUp HealthFrank RimalovskiExecutive Director at NYU Innovation Venture FundMicah KotchPartner at Blackhorn VenturesJie LiDirector at Lair East Labs
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