Where does Lucas Tucker work?

Lucas Tucker is Founder of Velvet.

Where did Lucas Tucker go to school?

Lucas Tucker studied at Y Combinator; University of Chicago (BS Mathematics, Computer Science with Honors).

Lucas Tucker

Founder

Founder at Velvet

San Francisco Bay Area

FoundedVelvet · YC

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513 people in our graph share verified history with Lucas — schools, employers, funds. One of them is your warm intro.

Garry TanunlockedLucas: together at Y Combinator (2025)

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About

Lucas Tucker is co-founder and CTO of Velvet. He previously worked as an engineer at Adobe on real-time content delivery systems and studied honors mathematics and computer science at the University of Chicago.

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Intro paths

Lucas went through Y Combinator (Fall 2025) — any YC alum in your network can reach them through the YC community.

Their group partner at YC was David Lieb, General Partner at Y Combinator — the partner who ran Velvet's batch and knows the company first-hand. YC profile ↗

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In turn, Lucas can intro founders to Velvet's investors below.

Velvet's investors · 4

Blockchain Founders FundSingapore FunFair Ventures Mindfulness Capital Y CombinatorSan Francisco · $500K checks · since 2025

Co-founders at Velvet

Lucas MantovaniFounder

Experience

VelvetCo-founder & CTOcurrent2025 — present
AdobeSoftware Engineer2025
AdobeSoftware Engineer Intern2024 — 2025San Jose, CA
LMCache LabResearch Assistant2024 — 2025Chicago, IL

Frequently asked questions

Who is Lucas Tucker?: Lucas Tucker is co-founder and CTO of Velvet. He previously worked as an engineer at Adobe on real-time content delivery systems and studied honors mathematics and computer science at the University of Chicago.
Where does Lucas Tucker work?: Lucas Tucker is Founder of Velvet.
What companies did Lucas Tucker found?: Lucas Tucker founded Velvet.
Where did Lucas Tucker go to school?: Lucas Tucker studied at Y Combinator; University of Chicago (BS Mathematics, Computer Science with Honors).

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