Nucleus Innovate — Seed VC Firm ($500K–$3.0M Checks)
Nucleus Innovate is a Seed venture capital firm based in Denver, CO investing in SaaS, Other, Food / AgTech. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 5 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $500K–$3.0M
- Portfolio
- 5 companies on record
- Partners
- 1 listed
- Stage
- Seed
- Sectors
- SaaS, Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Enterprise, AI / ML
- HQ
- Denver, CO
- AUM
- Not in our records
Last verified: 2026-09-12
Seed
$500K – $3.0M
5+ companies
1 partner
Investment Thesis
Focused on early-stage B2B SaaS and Enterprise AI solutions that aim to transform traditional sectors such as government and banking.
How Nucleus Innovate invests
Nucleus Innovate is a vc firm based in Denver, CO. The firm invests at the Seed stage, with a focus on SaaS, Other, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer, E-commerce.
Nucleus Innovate typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment.
Nucleus Innovate has backed 5 companies in our records, including GovernTech.ai, Planet A Foods, Cradle.
Partners & Team
Daniel Ruiz
Solo GP
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (5)
Other
GovernTech.ai
Planet A Foods
A food technology company focused on sustainable food production.
Cradle
A company utilizing synthetic biology for product development.
Lypid
A food technology company specializing in alternative fats.
CI&T
A digital transformation and software development company.
- •Raising at Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in SaaS, Other, Food / AgTech — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
- •cold outreach ok
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Daniel Ruiz, Solo GP.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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