Funding the Future: Lucas Nelson, Partner at Lytical Ventures

In today's episode of Category Visionaries, we speak with Lucas Nelson, Partner at Lytical Ventures, a Venture Fund Focusing on Enterprise Intelligence, Security & Analytics, about the current state of the venture space, and what is getting people excited or frustrated these days. Lytical ventures’ focus on the enterprise intelligence sector gives them the opportunity to work with passionate and technical founders across a whole range of enterprises, returning the market to its roots of investors taking board seats and being more involved in how their investment is run.

We also speak about the Lytical Ventures’ two main funds, frustration with the current ‘business school mindset’ dominating the market, why deep diligence is probably more important now than ever, and why data is driving much innovation based on deep market insights.

Topics Discussed:

• Lucas’ career from self-professed ‘geek hacker’ to venture capitalist, and what he’s learned along the way


• Why Lytical ventures chose a focus on the enterprise intelligence space, and how it helps them identify truly innovative offerings


• The different funding structures available, and the difference between seed funds, crossover funds, and others


• Why Lucas loves working with passionate founders, and taking a hands-on approach to investments


• Why Lucas has been frustrated with the ‘business school mindset’ dominating the venture capital space


• The present and future of venture capital, and how data is set to transform the investment tomorrow