Partner
Rick Lu
Venture Partner, Sum Ventures
- Firm
- Sum Ventures
- Title
- Venture Partner
- Role
- Venture partner
- Known as
- Investor
Record updated 17 September 2026
About
Entrepreneur and business executive in the Aerospace & Defense Industry for over 30 years. Mr. Lu founded two successful military electronics start-up companies building military wireless and computing technologies for U.S. Department of Defense customers and the defense industry. He has an extensive background in RF engineering, systems engineering, technical management, government contracting, and Congressional relations. The first company was NetworkFab Corporation, founded 2000, which was acquired by Agilent in 2007. The second company was Spectranetix, Inc., founded in 2011, which was acquired by Pacific Defense in 2020 where he still remains as one of the Board of Directors. He holds 3 Advanced Engineering Degrees; a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from UCLA, an M.S. in Aero/Astro Engineering from Stanford University, and a second M.S. in Engineering Management also from Stanford University. His interests include politics, investing, poker, scotch collecting, chess, and has picked
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