Nexus Bay
Fund of fundsActively deployingTelegraph Bay · 1 people tracked
Also known as Nexus Bay Associates · NEXUS BAY CAPITAL, LLC
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Investment thesis
Nexus Bay allocates capital to leading venture capital funds and innovative tech startups, drawing on decades of investment experience to pursue strong outcomes. Beyond capital, the firm supports VC managers and startups through strategic discussions and by connecting them with customers, suppliers, and investors to accelerate growth. It also partners closely with its own investors, giving them access to top-tier funds and startups alongside market insights and dedicated support.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 24 of 40 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×9Deep Tech ×5Enterprise Software ×5SaaS ×4Consumer ×3Fintech ×3Future of Work ×3Hardware ×3
HQs:United States×11Brazil×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 24 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×132 founders×73 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 27 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Carnegie Mellon University ×3Harvard University ×3University of Pennsylvania ×3Arizona State University ×2HEC Paris ×2The Wharton School ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 23 founders with field-of-study data
Computer Science ×7Business & Management ×6Engineering ×6Finance & Accounting ×2Humanities ×2Mathematics & Statistics ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 30 founders with career history
Eniac Ventures ×3Salesforce ×3Link Analytics ×2MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) ×2United States Air Force ×2
3 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 27 with degree data)
Investments · 40 tracked
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Aalo develops advanced nuclear reactor technology aimed at producing electricity at under 3 cents per kilowatt-hour.
Climate TechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Matt(Co-founder)inYasir(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBlack FlagBrave CapitalCrosscut VenturesDash VC+24 more
Adapt builds a company-wide AI agent that integrates across systems, tools, and data to automate workflows, analyze information, and take action.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Jim Benton(Founder)inSean Smith(Founder)inJohn Andrew Entwistle(Founder)in
Co-investorsHeadlineActivant CapitalAUTHENTIC VENTURESBackwards CapitalPredictive VCSusa Ventures
Co-investorsAtacama Ventures
Atomic is a venture capital and startup studio that partners with co-founders to build companies, combining experienced entrepreneurs and operational leaders across finance, legal, design, engineering, and talent functions.
Sector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Jack Abraham(Managing Partner & CEO)inChester Ng(General Partner)inNat Disston(Partner)in
Co-investorsFlex Capital PartnersNimble Partners
Legora is an AI legal platform serving law firms and enterprises with contract review, document drafting, and workflow automation capabilities.
AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSector Agnostic
Max Junestrand
Co-investorsBain Capital Ventures
Base10 is a venture capital firm that invests in automation technology for what it calls the "real economy," backing companies serving the broader population, and it states it donates 50% of its proceeds to support future technology founders.
Sector Agnostic
TJ Nahigian(Founder)in
Co-investorsInvariantes FundSmartGateVCStage 2 Capital
BTV is a venture capital firm founded by operators who invest in portfolio companies across multiple sectors.
Fintech
Jake Gibson(Founding Partner)inSheel Mohnot(Co-Founder & General Partner)in
Co-investorsBlue Haven InitiativeDeep Acre
Cantos is a venture capital firm that provides pre-seed and seed capital plus ongoing counsel to founders building technology in areas such as abundance, resilience, and U.S. competitiveness.
Deep TechSan Francisco, US
Ian Rountree(General Partner)
Co-investorsAtacama VenturesBleu CapitalLevel VenturesVeronorteMAGIC Fund
Collaborative Fund (Collab) is a venture capital firm that invests in startups across consumer brands, artificial intelligence, financial access, health technology, and energy/materials.
Sector Agnostic
Co-investorsCollab+CurrencyCollaborative Fund
Creator Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in AI-native consumer companies and the infrastructure that supports them.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator Economy
Co-investorsLevel VenturesIsomer CapitalSequoia Capital
Eniac Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 that invests in early-stage startups, with particular focus on AI-native companies, defense and intelligence technology, healthcare, security, and legal tech.
Sector AgnosticNew York, US
Hadley Harris(Co-founder & General Partner)inNihal Mehta(General Partner)inTim Young(Founding General Partner)in
Fastbreak provides AI software for sports league scheduling, tournament management, event operations, ticketing, travel, and brand sponsorship activations.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSports Tech
John Stewart(Founder)inChris Groer(Founder)inTimothy Carnes(Founder)in
Co-investorsEarly Light VenturesGreycroftGTMfund
Fifty Years is an investment firm founded and backed by 46 founders of tech companies valued between $1 billion and $100 billion, focused on supporting early-stage founders.
Deep TechEnterprise Software
Seth BannoninKia Fathi(Head of Engineering)Ueli Friedli(Head of Finance)in
BoardTony Kouzarides
Co-investorsBeast VenturesBlue Haven InitiativeY Combinator
GTM Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage companies.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Max Altschuler(Founder)in
Imaginary Ventures is a venture capital firm founded by seasoned consumer entrepreneurs and investors that focuses on identifying and scaling early-stage consumer and retail brands globally.
ConsumerDirect to Consumer
Natalie Massenet(Co-Founder and General Partner)inNick Brown(Co-Founder and General Partner)
Co-investorsICONIQValor Equity Partners
Julian Capital is a deeptech seed fund that makes early-stage (pre-seed and seed) investments in startups building physical hardware across sectors such as robotics, climate, chemicals, materials, medtech, and chips.
Deep Tech
Co-investorsSandwich Capital
Kalshi operates a federally regulated futures exchange that allows users to trade contracts based on the outcomes of real-world events, creating a new market for event-based financial derivatives.
FintechNew York City, US
Luana Lopes Lara(Founder)inTarek Mansour(Co-founder & CEO)in
BoardAlfred Lin(Director)inMichael Seibel(Director)inMatt Huang(Director)in
Co-investorsa16z cryptoAlpha PartnersAndreessen HorowitzCapitalGCoatue ManagementConductive Ventures+27 more
Lerer Hippeau is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups, describing its focus as finding founders before they become well known.
Sector AgnosticNew York, US
Ben Lerer(Managing Partner)Eric Hippeau(Managing Partner)
Personal website of Logan Kilpatrick, an angel investor and developer who works at Google DeepMind enabling developers to build with Gemini.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsChicago, US
Co-investorsLevel Ventures
Wander operates a platform for short-term rental properties, providing guests with curated homes and experiences while offering property operators technology and hospitality services.
B2B MarketplacesMarketplacesPropTechTravel & Hospitality
John Andrew Entwistle(Founder & CEO)Sahil Mansuri(President & COO)
Co-investorsAUTHENTIC VENTURESAlumni VenturesBedrock CapitalBreyer CapitalFifth WallQED Investors+14 more
Co-investorsNimble Partners
micro1 operates a data lab that produces expert human data, reinforcement-learning training environments, and contextual evaluations to train frontier AI models and assess AI agents.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureRobotics
Ali Ansari(Founder and CEO)in
Co-investors01 AdvisorsActivant CapitalCoho DeeptechCompanyon VenturesConversion CapitalCosmic Venture Partners+3 more
Monashees is a venture capital firm that invests in fintech, healthcare, and enterprise companies, primarily in Brazil.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechSão Paulo, BR
Co-investorsFEMSA Ventures
Co-investorsVintage Investment Partners
Rorra sells water filtration products, including a countertop filtration system and showerhead, available direct-to-consumer with subscription options.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceHardware
Jordi Hays(Co-Founder & Board Member)in
Co-investorsCreator VenturesDMG VenturesGROOVE CAPITALSuperAngel.FundV3 Ventures
Solo Founders runs a three-month, in-person residency program in San Francisco for solo founders building startups, and publishes research and commentary on solo founding, including a report drawing on Carta data.
Future of WorkSan Francisco, US
South Park Commons is an organization that supports early-stage founders in their pre-launch phase.
Future of WorkSector AgnosticSan Francisco, US
Spider Capital is a seed-stage venture firm that invests in applied AI software companies targeting traditional physical ("old economy") industries.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Michael Neril(Founder)in
Co-investorsFoundry
An angel investment fund run by two YC-alum founders that writes $300k–$500k checks into early-stage startups, having invested over $50M across 120+ companies.
Sector Agnostic
Todd Goldberg(Angel Investor / Founder)Rahul Vohra(Angel Investor / Founder)
Co-investorsInvariantes Fund
True Anomaly designs and builds hardware and software systems for space security and defense.
Defense TechHardwareSpace TechCentennial, US
Even Rogers(CEO and Co-Founder)inKyle Zakrzewski(Chief Engineer and Co-Founder)inThomas Nichols(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Brunski(Director)in
BoardJesse Michaels(Director)Austin Bishop(Director)
Co-investors645 VenturesAccelACME CapitalBlack FlagChampion Hill VenturesCortado Ventures+14 more
Vera Health is a healthcare AI company advised by emergency medicine and clinical physicians from institutions such as Harvard, Columbia, and Mayo Clinic.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtech
Maxime Allouch(Founder)inTaieb Bennani(Founder)in
Co-investorsGradient VenturesMantis CapitalW ventures
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
BoldstartDiscipulusventuresEssence VenturesInitializedMtvNeoRibbit
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Imaginary · boxrox.com · Sep 13, 2026
Micro1 · dataconomy.com · Aug 21, 2026
Monashees · axios.com · Aug 15, 2026
Rorra · explosion.com · Aug 14, 2026
Base10 Partners · pulse2.com · Aug 12, 2026
Kalshi · nytimes.com · May 7, 2026
Aalo Atomics · datacenterdynamics.com · May 7, 2026
True Anomaly · govconwire.com · Apr 29, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Nexus Bay made?
- Nexus Bay has 40 tracked investments.
- What sectors does Nexus Bay focus on?
- Nexus Bay focuses on Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Nexus Bay located?
- Nexus Bay is headquartered in Telegraph Bay.
- Who does Nexus Bay co-invest with?
- Nexus Bay most often shares deals with Level Ventures, Activant Capital, Invariantes Fund, among 115 tracked co-investors.
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