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Lucas Fernandez

Investor at talipot*

San Diego, California

Overview 

Lucas Fernandez is currently serving as the Senior Vice President at talipot*, specializing in venture capital investments, portfolio analysis, due diligence, and management. With a background in private equity and experience at notable organizations like StepStone Group and Nex Cubed, Lucas has demonstrated expertise in identifying and supporting emerging managers and diverse founders, particularly in sectors such as FinTech, SaaS, and Web3/Crypto.

Work Experience 

  • SVP, Venture Capital

    2024 - Current

    Building a portfolio of next generation VC managers and small funds.

  • Sr. Vice President, Alternative Investments

    2022 - 2024

  • Vice President (US), Investments

    2021 - 2022

    Multi-Strategy Single Family Office. www.talipot.net

  • Investor

    2022

    Early-stage venture FoF investment platform

1200 VC is an early-stage investment platform focusing on foundational technologies and sustainable development.

  • Investor Advisory Board

    2019 - 2021

    Nex Cubed is an investor that creates and accelerates frontier tech companies.

Nex Cubed FinTech specializes in accelerating transformative fintech solutions.

  • Venture Associate

    2017 - 2021

    Simplexity Venture Studio Fund is a venture studio and pre-seed/seed stage technology VC fund based in San Diego, CA.

Simplexity Venture Studio Fund is a is a Co-Founding Venture Studio.

  • Business Development & Partnerships

    2017 - 2021

    Simplexity Services is a service organization dedicated to empowering founders to spend their energies on building their teams, creating products, delighting customers and optimizing their business models.

Simplexity Services is a provider of accounting and bookkeeping services.

  • Private Equity Senior Analyst

    2015 - 2017

    StepStone Group (NASDAQ: $STEP) is a global private equity firm with $100B+ of AUM. I focused on institutional investments in Venture Capital and Growth Equity co-investments, secondaries and primaries. Covered and monitored private markets portfolios for family offices, endowments, SWFs, and Corporate Pensions. www.stepstoneglobal.com

  • Private Equity Analyst Intern

    2015 - 2015

StepStone Group provides investors with customized portfolios that integrate primaries, secondaries, and co-investments.

Raised $204,999,850.00.

  • Strategy & Business Development

    2014 - 2014

    Intelligent Light Source is an innovative artificial lighting startup that developed advanced technologies to transform indoor growing

Intelligent Light Source is illuminating a new era of indoor growing by delivering the exact light needed to maximize plant yield.

Raised $100,000.00.

  • Business Development

    2014 - 2014

    DiversyFund is a tech-enabled platform that allows the everyday investor to build wealth like the 1%. www.diversyfund.com

DiversyFund offers alternative investing using value-add real estate growth plans focused on multifamily real estate.

Raised $13,750,000.00 from Encloud Services LLC and Abbas Sura.

  • Innovation Research

    2014 - 2014

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