# Lucas Venture Group

> Lucas Venture Group is a VC fund backing Software and Artificial Intelligence. See 34 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Menlo Park, United States
- Total investments: 34
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/lucas-venture-group
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/LucasVenture
- Website: http://www.lucasvg.com

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.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 18% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 15% |
| E-Commerce | 4 | 12% |
| Information Technology | 4 | 12% |
| Internet | 3 | 9% |

76 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 7 | 21% |
| Series B | 6 | 18% |
| Series C | 6 | 18% |
| Series A | 4 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 6% |

10 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Donald Lucas | Founder & Managing Director | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/donald-lucas |
| Don A. Lucas | Founder & Managing Director | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/don-a-lucas |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Lyric Bio | LYRIC BIO develops biomanufacturing platforms for human donor-sourced therapeutics. The company focuses initially on increasing availability of intravenous immunoglobulin, using bioreactors that incorporate high-resolution, laser-printed 3D tissues originating from research at Prellis Biologics. Its approach integrates cell culture systems, processdesign, and scalable hardware to expand throughput while maintaining product consistency. Capabilities include the design of bioreactor components, process monitoring, and quality controls aligned to plasma-derived medicines. The goal is to reduce supply shortages for essential immunoglobulin therapies and create a path to broader access for donor-based biologics. | $6.6M | Seed | Dec 02, 2025 |  |
| TRIC Robotics | TRIC Robotics develops an autonomous, non-chemical pesticide alternative for strawberry farms. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Newark, DE. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| BoldHue | BoldHue is a beauty tech company that develops a Bluetooth-enabled handheld device to customize beauty needs. Its platform uses AI technology to scan faces, display color, and match the color of the face to dispense pigmentation into the base foundation. BoldHue was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Aurora, Colorado. | $3.4M | Seed | Apr 02, 2024 |  |
| Chptr | Chptr is a mobile-first platform for memorialization that collects, shares, and preserves memories of a loved one's life for future generations. is a collection of recollections brought together to describe a loved one's entire life narrative. | $1.5M | Seed | Nov 09, 2023 |  |
| Prellis Biologics | Prellis Biologics is building human tissues for drug development, and ultimately, developing human organs for transplantation. Bioprinting vascularized human tissue and organs will revolutionize healthcare. Prellis Biologics'​ technology leverages massive gains in print speed and resolution to break the microvasculature barrier.The companywas founded in 2016 and is based in San Francisco, California. | $35M | Series C | Aug 10, 2022 |  |
| Allermi | Allermi is the first company to offer direct-to-consumer delivery of customized prescription allergy medications, designed and formulated by world-class allergists. We design and deliver relief by offering patients access to board-certified allergists, science-based medicine and customized prescription treatments. | $1.3M | Pre-Seed | May 10, 2022 |  |
| Rizzle | Rizzle is a short video platform bringing unique formats and simplifying high-quality video creation using AI-based camera experiences. Rizzle is one of the top platforms for original content. With video responses, Rizzle enables a positive creator community. Rizzle supports sponsorships for creators, making it an integrated platform for creation,distribution, and monetization. | $10M | Series B | Mar 04, 2022 |  |
| Rizzle | Rizzle is an AI video creation platform. Rizzle works with Media and Publishers to transform their written content (articles, stories, newsletters and blogs) into engaging videos. Rizzle then helps its media and publishing customers distribute their content onto media and social platforms, as well as on their own sites and other video distributionnetworks. Finally, Rizzle drives the monetization of those videos as well as the measurement and analytics to determine what is working best and what is not yet working. | $10M | Seed | Mar 04, 2022 |  |
| Builders Patch | We work with builders to manage their deal from acquisition to finance on one collaborative platform that allows all partners to access all information, analytics in real time. We help raise construction finance efficiently and easily through our marketplace. | $2.3M | Seed | Sep 28, 2021 |  |
| Rizzle | Rizzle is a short video platform bringing unique formats and simplifying high-quality video creation using AI-based camera experiences. Rizzle is one of the top platforms for original content. With video responses, Rizzle enables a positive creator community. Rizzle supports sponsorships for creators, making it an integrated platform for creation,distribution, and monetization. | $17M | Convertible Note | Sep 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 34 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Black Diamond Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/black-diamond-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Cota Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cota-capital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Manatt Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/manatt-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [4-Good Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/4-good-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Orbit Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/orbit-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [SOSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sosv) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Lucas Venture Group invest in?

Lucas Venture Group invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series B stage. Most of the 34 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Lucas Venture Group?

The team at Lucas Venture Group includes Donald Lucas (Founder & Managing Director) and Don A. Lucas (Founder & Managing Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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