Geoffrey Lucks

Geoffrey Lucks is the Co-founder and Chief Operating Officer of VenoStent, a pivotal clinical trial-stage therapeutic medical device company based in Houston, Texas, United States. Alongside his primary operational duties, he has served as a Venture Partner at GoingVC since March 2019 and a Venture Partner at Pioneer Fund since April 2021. Through his role at Pioneer Fund, an investment vehicle composed of Y Combinator alumni, he focuses on backing early-stage healthcare and technology startups emerging from the accelerator program. His academic credentials include a Master of Business Administration from Vanderbilt University, a Master of Bioethics from the University of Pennsylvania, and an undergraduate degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Lucks currently focuses on advancing bioabsorbable polymer technologies to improve vascular surgery outcomes while maintaining active involvement in corporate operations and early-stage venture capital investing.