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Nucleo Ventures

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Nucleo Ventures is a Pre-Seed, Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Healthcare, Other, Food / AgTech. The firm typically writes $750K–$3.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$750K–$3.0M
Portfolio
5 companies on record
Partners
3 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed, Seed
Sectors
Healthcare, Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Climate / Energy
HQ
San Francisco, CA
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-08-26

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed, Seed

Check Size

$750K – $3.0M

Portfolio

5+ companies

Team

3 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Specializes in novel biotechnologies and drug development platforms at the early stages.

How Nucleo Ventures invests

Nucleo Ventures is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages, with a focus on Healthcare, Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Climate / Energy. It does not invest in Fintech.

Nucleo Ventures typically writes checks of $750K–$3.0M per investment.

Nucleo Ventures has backed 5 companies in our records, including BioInnovate Labs, Formo, Arkeon Biotechnology.

Partners & Team

AW

Alex West

Managing Partner

Biotech
Pharmaceuticals
FV

Fortech Ventures team

Team

healthcare
energy
manufacturing
automotive
proptech
other
NT

Nucleo team

Team

venture
product
capital formation
legal & governance
AI & data systems
brand & dealflow

Industry Focus

Invests In

Healthcare
Other
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Climate / Energy

Does Not Invest In

Fintech

Portfolio Companies (5)

Other

BI

BioInnovate Labs

Biotech
FO

Formo

Food Tech·Early-stage

A company focused on precision fermentation dairy.

AR

Arkeon Biotechnology

Synthetic Biology·Early-stage

A company converting CO2 into ingredients.

CO

Colipi

Climate Tech·Early-stage

A company focused on sustainable bioconversion of carbon into oils.

NU

Nucleo

Web3·Seed

A Web3 privacy infrastructure startup.

How to pitch Nucleo Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed, Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Healthcare, Other, Food / AgTech — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $750K – $3.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Alex West, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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