Nucleus Adventure Capital
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 5 people tracked
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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 · 5 people
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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×6United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×23 founders×2
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)inChristian 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 & CDO)Ben Silbermann(Co-founder & CEO)inPaul Sciarra(Co-founder)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)Bill Readyin
Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesA*Acequia Capital (AceCap)Allied Venture PartnersAmakorAndreessen Horowitz+52 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.
Cloud ComputingConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSocialSan Francisco, US
Steve Huffman(Founder)inAlexis Ohanian(Cofounder)inMelissa Tidwell(Executive Officer)in
BoardSam Altman(Interim CEO (2014); board member until 2022)Keith Rabois(Director)Robert A. Sauerberg, Jr.(Director)
Co-investors500 GlobalA.Capital VenturesA*AAF Management Ltd.AlleyCorpAndreessen Horowitz+26 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)Tim Sehn(Executive Officer)Emily White(Executive Officer)
BoardMitch Lasky(Director)
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAlibaba GroupCoatue ManagementEntrée CapitalFidelity InvestmentsGeneral Atlantic+22 more
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Elon Musk(Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer)in
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures4DX VenturesA*Abstract VenturesAccess Technology Ventures+110 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 FundEmerald Technology Ventures AgNysnø Climate InvestmentsSandwater
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
Tania Boler(Founder)in
Co-investorsNiya PartnersOctopus VenturesWesterly WindsImpact Engine
El Segundo, US
Tejs Broberg(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatthew Cornue(Director)Pierre Batrouni(Director)
Co-investors37 Angels
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 Associates+9 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
Lucas Loeffler(Founder)in
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
Portfolio company exited when bd-Capital acquired a majority holding.
Co-investorsColumbia Lake PartnersGrafton Capital
Tomtex develops biodegradable, low-waste materials with a focus on regenerative and sustainable production.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsEarth Venture 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)in
Exits · 5
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioAtaiBeckleyNASDAQ: ATAIPinterestNYSE: PINSRedditNYSE: RDDTSnapNYSE: SNAPspace-xNASDAQ: SPCX
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAlva · arcticstartup.com · Sep 3, 2026
space-x · businessinsider.com · Aug 16, 2026
Pinterest · opportunitiesforyouth.org · Jul 30, 2026
AtaiBeckley · investing.com · Jul 17, 2026
Reddit · simplywall.st · Jul 15, 2026
FinDox · octus.com · Apr 4, 2025
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 Coatue Management, Raptor Group, Sequoia Capital, among 93 tracked co-investors.
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