Nucleus Adventure Capital
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Nucleus Adventure Capital invests early and moves quickly to support groundbreaking innovation aimed at building a better world. The firm emphasizes deep relationships with founders and hands-on involvement, drawing on the partners' operational and financial-markets backgrounds to add value beyond capital. Its interests span consumer, fintech, femtech, space, climate, crypto, biotech and sustainable materials, reflecting a broad, innovation-driven mandate.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 10 of 18 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×3Consumer ×3Fintech ×3AdTech ×2Hardware ×2Marketing Tech ×2Media & Entertainment ×2Social ×2
HQs:United States×5United Kingdom×1
Investments · 18 tracked
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AtaiBeckley develops rapid-acting mental health treatments and therapies for patients with difficult-to-treat mental health conditions.
BiotechDeep TechDigital HealthMedical DevicesMental Health
Srinivas Rao(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)Christian Angermayer(Founder and Chairman of the Board)
Co-investorsAble PartnersAlpha Wave GlobalCatalio Capital Management, LPFJ LabsFuture VenturesLeafy Tunnel+3 more
Pinterest operates a visual discovery platform where users save and browse images organised into boards, used heavily for shopping, recipes and design.
San Francisco, US
Evan Sharp(Co-Founder and Chief Design & Creative Officer)Benjamin Silbermann(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)Bill Readyin
BoardJeremy Levine(Director)in
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA*ABC QuantACE VenturesAcequia Capital (AceCap)Acumen+55 more
A social platform where users post content and discussions that are ranked by community votes, reaching hundreds of millions of monthly visitors across web and mobile applications.
ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialSan Francisco, US
Steve Huffman(Founder)inAlexis Ohanian(Cofounder)
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA*AAF Management Ltd.AlleyCorpAndreessen HorowitzBitDAO+28 more
Snapchat is a mobile app for communicating with friends and family through photos and videos, featuring augmented-reality Lenses, creative sharing tools, and a personalized map for discovering places and content.
ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocialSanta Monica, US
Evan Spiegel(Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer)inBobby Murphy(Co-founder and Chief Technology Officer)Reggie Brown(Co-founder; former Chief Marketing Officer)Michael Lynton(Director)Tim Sehn(Executive Officer)Mitch Lasky(Director)
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAlibaba GroupEntrée CapitalFidelity InvestmentsGeneral AtlanticGeneral Catalyst+21 more
Penta is a corporate advisory firm that combines proprietary stakeholder intelligence data with senior counsel expertise to help large organizations navigate political, cultural, economic, and technological risks.
Enterprise SoftwareSector Agnostic
Co-investorsBayes Entrepreneurship Fund
Elvie develops app-connected, hospital-grade wearable breast pumps and a smart bouncer that converts into a bassinet, sold direct to consumers and via insurance.
ConsumerFemTechHardware
Co-investorsNiya PartnersOctopus VenturesWesterly WindsImpact Engine
El Segundo, US
Tejs Broberg(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatthew Cornue(Director)Pierre Batrouni(Director)
Storyboarding and ideation tools for design professionals; acquired by Pinterest.
Kard provides transaction data and insights from millions of consumers to advertisers and financial institutions, enabling banks and card issuers to understand shopping behavior across consumer wallets while offering customizable API integrations.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFintechMarketing TechNew York City, US
Ben Mackinnon(Founder)in
Co-investorsFin CapitalTechstarsUnderscore VCTiger Global Management
Ledger provides hardware and software cryptocurrency wallet solutions that enable users to buy, swap, earn, and manage digital assets with security features and portfolio tracking capabilities across multiple blockchain networks.
Crypto & Web3FintechHardware
Charles Guillemet(CEO)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAglae VenturesCathay InnovationClub Italia Investimenti 2Digital Currency GroupDraper Dragon+8 more
QuickFrame AI is a generative AI video platform that creates videos from text prompts, images, or reference subjects and includes an AI editing assistant for producing ads across CTV, TV, and social channels.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing Tech
Co-investorsDorm RoomInnovating CapitalR/GA Ventures
A camera and messaging app that connects people to their friends and the world.
Bobby Murphy(Cofounder)Evan Spiegel(Cofounder)
Co-investorsGraphene VenturesNight CapitalSmile Group
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures4DX VenturesA*Abstract VenturesAccess Technology Ventures+107 more
Portfolio company exited when bd-Capital acquired a majority holding.
Co-investorsColumbia Lake PartnersGrafton Capital
Creates a biobased material from seafood shell waste as a sustainable leather alternative.
Tumelo builds proxy-voting technology for stewardship teams at financial institutions, including ProxySphere, a pass-through voting infrastructure for pooled funds serving institutional and retail investors, and ProxyBeacon, an AI platform for shareholder-voting research.
AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaS
Georgia Stewart(CEO)
Exits · 4
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAtaiBeckleyNASDAQ: ATAIPinterestNYSE: PINSRedditNYSE: RDDTSnapNYSE: SNAP
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesSpaceX · businessinsider.com · Aug 16, 2026
Snap · stl.news · Aug 7, 2026
Pinterest · opportunitiesforyouth.org · Jul 30, 2026
AtaiBeckley · investing.com · Jul 17, 2026
Reddit · simplywall.st · Jul 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Nucleus Adventure Capital made?
- Nucleus Adventure Capital has 18 tracked investments, 4 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO.
- What stage does Nucleus Adventure Capital invest at?
- Nucleus Adventure Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does Nucleus Adventure Capital focus on?
- Nucleus Adventure Capital focuses on Biotech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Crypto & Web3, FemTech, Fintech, Hardware, IoT, Media & Entertainment, New Materials, Sector Agnostic, Space Tech.
- Where is Nucleus Adventure Capital located?
- Nucleus Adventure Capital is headquartered in New York.
- Who does Nucleus Adventure Capital co-invest with?
- Nucleus Adventure Capital most often shares deals with Raptor Group, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, among 92 tracked co-investors.
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