Fundraising FoxNucleus Adventure Capital
Venture capitalNew York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 7 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Nucleus Adventure Capital invests early and moves quickly to identify and support groundbreaking innovation aimed at building a better world. Rooted in two decades of friendship and investing experience, the firm emphasizes relationship-building with founders and hands-on involvement to help portfolio companies achieve their goals. Its portfolio spans a broad range of areas including femtech, fintech, crypto, space, climate, consumer, and life sciences, reflecting a generalist appetite for game-changing ideas at the early stage.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 7 people
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What they invest in
from 10 of 20 portfolio companiesConsumer ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Fintech ×3AdTech ×2Hardware ×2Marketing Tech ×2Media & Entertainment ×2Social ×2
HQs:United States×7United Kingdom×2
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×23 founders×2
Investments · 20 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 HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMental Health
Srinivas Rao(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inChristian Angermayer(Founder and Chairman of the Board)
Co-investorsAble PartnersAlpha Wave Globalatai Life SciencesAtaiBeckleyCatalio Capital Management, LPFJ Labs+6 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-investors3Spoke CapitalA.Capital VenturesA*Acequia Capital (AceCap)Allied Venture PartnersAmakor+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.
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-investors1435 Capital500 GlobalA.Capital VenturesA*AAF Management Ltd.AlleyCorp+32 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)Newton Porter(Executive Officer, Director)Taylor Auerbach(Executive Officer, Director)Tim Sehn(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsA-Rod CorpAccess Technology VenturesAlibaba GroupCapitalGCoatue ManagementEntrée Capital+33 more
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Elon Musk(Founder, CEO & Chief Engineer)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)inSteve Jurvetson(Director)inDonald Harrison(Director)
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures2080 Ventures3Spoke Capital4DX Ventures7BC Venture Capital+165 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 WindsBlackRockHiro CapitalImpact Engine
El Segundo, US
Tejs Broberg(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMatthew Cornue(Director)Pierre Batrouni(Director)
Co-investorsAquiline Technology Growth
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(CEO)in
Co-investorsFin CapitalTechstarsUnderscore VCFounders FutureTiger 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.
ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechHardware
Charles Guillemet(CEO)in
Co-investorsActivant CapitalAglae VenturesCathay InnovationClub Italia Investimenti 2Digital Currency GroupDigital Finance Group+15 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 RoomFantail VenturesInnovating CapitalR/GA Ventures
Portfolio company exited when bd-Capital acquired a majority holding.
Co-investorsColumbia Lake PartnersGrafton CapitalDraper EspritScottish Equity PartnersSEP
Tomtex develops biodegradable, low-waste materials with a focus on regenerative and sustainable production.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsEarth Venture CapitalC3 VenturesCRCM VenturesGaingelsSOSV
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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
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
atai Life SciencesFitreserveGoRecessIcebergsSnapchatTômtex
Exits · 5
5 IPOsAtaiBeckleyNASDAQ: ATAIPinterestNYSE: PINSRedditNYSE: RDDTSnapNYSE: SNAPSpaceXNASDAQ: SPCX
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Nucleus Adventure Capital made?
- Nucleus Adventure Capital has 20 tracked investments, 5 of which have exited.
- 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, US.
- 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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