About

Lucas Pols is the General Partner of 1752vc, where he leads investments at the intersection of AI enablement and go-to-market execution. His focus centers on around the middleware and application layers of AI. At 1752, Lucas backs startups at the inflection point, where traction meets acceleration, and trains the next generation of venture investors through the Venture Fellow Program. He emphasizes high-signal sourcing, founder evaluation, and conviction-driven investing with a GTM-first lens. Previously, Lucas served as President of Tech Coast Angels and built a career as a top-performing Fortune 200 sales executive, driving national technology pilots and enterprise-scale innovation. He also hosts VC Unfiltered, where he explores the unvarnished truths of early-stage investing.

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  • 1752vc Pitch Deck Analyzer
    1752vc Pitch Deck AnalyzerKnow what investors will say before you ever hit send.
    Aug 2026
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    Joined Product HuntFebruary 21st, 2026

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2mo ago

We stopped buying SaaS at 1752vc and started building it instead

We are a venture firm, not a software company. But when we need a tool now, the first question is not what to buy, it is whether we can just build it ourselves. A few subscriptions we used to renew without thinking are gone.

Curious what others are seeing. Have you cancelled anything because you built the replacement, and did it hold up?

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3mo ago

Claude Code, Codex, Cursor: which one are you actually using day to day?

Not which model benchmarks best.

Which one is actually open on your machine right now? And what did it replace?

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3mo ago

What's the worst pitch-deck advice you've ever gotten?

I spend a lot of time on the investor side of the table, and the thing that surprises me most isn't bad decks. It's good founders following bad advice with total confidence. Someone they trust told them to do it, so they don't question it. Then they watch a raise stall and never connect it back to the "tip."

A few I run into constantly, and what I think actually works instead:

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