Nucleus Edge Fund
Nucleus Edge Fund is a Seed venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in SaaS, Other, AI / ML. The firm typically writes $300K–$1.0M checks and has 4 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $300K–$1.0M
- Portfolio
- 4 companies on record
- Partners
- 11 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, AI / ML
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-08-26
Seed
$300K – $1.0M
4+ companies
11 partners
Investment Thesis
Backing emerging Edge AI technologies with a strong emphasis on performance optimization and model efficiency.
How Nucleus Edge Fund invests
Nucleus Edge Fund is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Other, AI / ML. It does not invest in Consumer.
Nucleus Edge Fund typically writes checks of $300K–$1.0M per investment.
Nucleus Edge Fund has backed 4 companies in our records, including Embedded AI, Nucleus Security, Cradle.
Partners & Team
Stephen Carter
CEO
Michael Yates
Investment Director
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (4)
Other
Embedded AI
Nucleus Security
Cradle
A company focused on green technologies and synthetic biology.
Colossal Biosciences
A company focused on green technologies and synthetic biology.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, AI / ML — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $300K – $1.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Danielle Hollibaugh, Director of Revenue Operations.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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