# Donald Lucas

> Donald Lucas is a Series A investor at Lucas Venture Group backing Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Lucas Venture Group](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lucas-venture-group)
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Apr 2002
- Lead investor: 29%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/donaldlucas1
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/vconthebrain

Donald Lucas is a Series A investor at Lucas Venture Group in San Francisco focused on Software and EdTech. Donald Lucas is Founder and Managing Director at Lucas Venture Group. He previously worked at RWI Ventures and Peer Venture Partners as Co-Founder. Donald attended Santa Clara University.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| EdTech | 1 | 14% |
| Retail | 1 | 14% |
| Internet | 1 | 14% |
| Wireless | 1 | 14% |

15 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 29% |
| Series B | 2 | 29% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 29% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| iReady | iReady is a manufacturing company that specializes in developing silicon based TCP/IP stack processing solutions. Their products are HDL designed implementations that can be reused in OEM designs. The company's patented TCP/IP stack technology provides full transport off-load for high performance Ethernet networking.iReady wasfounded by Mike Johnson in 1996 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $19M |  | Apr 02, 2002 |  |
| Xporta | Founded in 1999 and based in Santa Clara, Calif. - the heart of Silicon Valley - Xporta was started to make commerce more effective by delivering a real-time Universal Landed Cost solution that accurately reflects the total delivered costs of goods both domestically and internationally, while taking into account source, destination and routing.Through innovative integration of proprietary technology and partnerships with industry leaders, Xporta provides automated calculation of shipping, insurance, taxes, duties and other charges via a fully hosted and maintained solution. | $15.5M | Series B | Jan 10, 2001 |  |
| Tsola | Tsola was founded on the idea that useful information is still too hard to find. Yes, there are mobile phones, pagers, PDAs and laptops. And yes, the Internet has made infinitely more data available. But ultimately, the burden of finding the right information still rests squarely on the shoulders of end users. Internet navigation is stillcumbersome. And most information isn't personalized or integrated. | $9M | Series A | Jul 25, 2000 |  |
| nQuire Software | nQuire Software started with a revolutionary vision: to combine the power of people, information, and the Internet to profoundly change the blueprint of decision making forever. This was realized by a team of visionaries and industry-leading technologists who blended their experience in creating some of the industry's most successful andinnovative Internet and enterprise solutions. Together, they've created a new generation of technology that makes it as easy to access the structured data needed for decision making as it is to get information via the Web.nQuire Software, Inc. is Revolutionizing Decision Making for the Internet era. | $8.5M | Series B | Jun 12, 2000 |  |
| iReady | iReady is a manufacturing company that specializes in developing silicon based TCP/IP stack processing solutions. Their products are HDL designed implementations that can be reused in OEM designs. The company's patented TCP/IP stack technology provides full transport off-load for high performance Ethernet networking.iReady wasfounded by Mike Johnson in 1996 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California. | $20M |  | May 30, 2000 |  |
| Xporta | Founded in 1999 and based in Santa Clara, Calif. - the heart of Silicon Valley - Xporta was started to make commerce more effective by delivering a real-time Universal Landed Cost solution that accurately reflects the total delivered costs of goods both domestically and internationally, while taking into account source, destination and routing.Through innovative integration of proprietary technology and partnerships with industry leaders, Xporta provides automated calculation of shipping, insurance, taxes, duties and other charges via a fully hosted and maintained solution. |  | Series A | May 02, 2000 |  |
| Cephren | Cephren – the master builder of the great pyramids. He changed the way the world was built. With the help of their customers, they will too!Welcome to Cephren, the premier business-to-business online workplace for the global construction industry. Cephren unites all participants in the industry with the first end-to-end, Web-based framework ofe-commerce and collaboration services.Whether you're an owner or developer, architect or engineer, general contractor or subcontractor, distributor or manufacturer, Cephren's online workplace addresses your needs throughout the design-to-build process, enabling you to do business smarter, faster and more cost effectively. | $41.5M |  | Jan 17, 2000 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- Telos Venture Partners — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Crescendo Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/crescendo-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bay Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bay-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [DCM Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dcm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Etnoteam spa — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GE Equity](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ge-equity) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Lucas Venture Group

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Lucas Venture Group is a second generation venture capital firm focused on investments of $500,000-$5,000,000 Our focus spans robotics, networking, software analytics/big data, and trans formative autonomous machines.LVG was founded by second-generation venture capitalist Donald A. Lucas, who grew up in an environment steeped in theentrepreneurial spirit in Silicon Valley. He has spent his entire professional career focused on investing in private companies, working with entrepreneurs and their management teams, leveraging his vast network to create value throughout all stages of investments.

2 contacts available at Lucas Venture Group.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Donald Lucas | Founder & Managing Director | — |
| Don A. Lucas | Founder & Managing Director | — |

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## FAQ

### What does Donald Lucas invest in?

Donald Lucas invests primarily in Software, EdTech and Retail startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 7 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Donald Lucas?

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### When did Donald Lucas last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Donald Lucas closed in Apr 2002. Shizune tracks 7 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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