Lucas Nelson is a founding partner at Lytical Ventures who brings unusually deep technical security expertise to venture investing, having co-authored "The Art of Software Security Testing" and chaired DEF CON for 10 years as a self-described hacker turned VC. He takes a hands-on approach to investing that includes doing his own technical diligence, taking board seats, and still programming, while also teaching "Entrepreneurship for Hackers" as an adjunct professor at NYU to bridge hacker culture with company-building. Lucas Nelson is a founding partner at Lytical Ventures who brings unusually deep technical security expertise to venture investing, having co-authored "The Art of Software Security Testing" and chaired DEF CON for 10 years as a self-described hacker turned VC. He takes a hands-on approach to investing that includes doing his own technical diligence, taking board seats, and still programming, while also teaching "Entrepreneurship for Hackers" as an adjunct professor at NYU to bridge hacker culture with company-building.