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Nucleation Capital

VC
Menlo Park, CAWebsite

Nucleation Capital is a Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, CA investing in Other, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech. The firm typically writes $250K–$3.0M checks and has 2 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$250K–$3.0M
Portfolio
2 companies on record
Partners
1 listed
Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech
HQ
Menlo Park, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-04-11

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$250K – $3.0M

Portfolio

2+ companies

Team

1 partner

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Invests specifically in nuclear and deep decarbonization technologies, including enabling software and infrastructure for nuclear deployment.

How Nucleation Capital invests

Nucleation Capital is a vc firm based in Menlo Park, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech.

Nucleation Capital typically writes checks of $250K–$3.0M per investment.

Nucleation Capital has backed 2 companies in our records, including Oklo, TerraPower.

Partners & Team

JW

Jonathan Webb

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Nuclear
Advanced Energy

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Climate / Energy
Deep Tech

Portfolio Companies (2)

Other

OK

Oklo

Advanced Nuclear
TE

TerraPower

Advanced Nuclear
How to pitch Nucleation Capital
  • Raising at Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Climate / Energy, Deep Tech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $250K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jonathan Webb, Co-Founder & Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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