Lucas Venture Group

Lucas Venture Group was founded by Donald A. Lucas, a second-generation venture capitalist, who spent the last 30 years involved in the Silicon Valley venture capital industry. LVG is focused on early to mid stage, private start-up companies. Areas of focus include software analytics, big data, e-commerce, social networks, precision medical and continuous monitoring devices. The firm follows the fundamentals of "old school" venture capital-stay small and focused, raise funds in measured succession, charge standard fees, and rely solely on personal relationships. Representative investments include Dexcom, Infinera Networks, Bluearc, Avinger, Theranos, Palantir, Touch of Modern, Berkeley Lights, Signifyd, Mighty Bell Software, Sun Basket, MDinsider and talech.