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Nucleate Ventures

VC
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Nucleate Ventures is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands investing in Other, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $2.0M–$9.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$2.0M–$9.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
6 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A
Sectors
Other, Deep Tech
HQ
Amsterdam, Netherlands
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-06-17

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$2.0M – $9.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

6 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on commercializing nuclear-driven innovations in health, energy, and materials.

How Nucleate Ventures invests

Nucleate Ventures is a vc firm based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Deep Tech.

Nucleate Ventures typically writes checks of $2.0M–$9.0M per investment.

Nucleate Ventures has backed 2 companies in our records, including TheraFusion, FuzReactor Systems.

Partners & Team

PK

Peter Kolchinsky

Partner

RA Capital advisor; listed among Nucleate advisors and identified with RA Capital.

EM

Ellie Mcguire

Partner

Polaris Partners advisor; listed among Nucleate advisors and identified with Polaris Partners.

PB

Peter Barrett

Partner

Atlas Venture advisor; listed among Nucleate advisors and identified with Atlas Venture.

CS

Cami Samuels

Partner

Venrock advisor; listed among Nucleate advisors and identified with Venrock.

MC

Mira Chaurushiya

Partner

Westlake Village BioPartners advisor; listed among Nucleate advisors and identified with Westlake Village BioPartners.

JO

Janine Ooster

Principal

Nuclear Innovation
HealthTech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

TH

TheraFusion

Nuclear HealthTech
FU

FuzReactor Systems

Fusion Technology
How to pitch Nucleate Ventures
  • Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $2.0M – $9.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Peter Kolchinsky, Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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