Nucleus Capital is a Berlin-based first-check venture capital firm backing frontier founders in deep tech, focusing on programmable biology, food technology, and neo industrials. The firm invests across Europe and the US at the pre-seed and seed stages.
38% of their portfolio is in Food & Agriculture. Their most common stage is pre-seed (44% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $9.0M (across 22 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
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Fund Size
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Top Stage
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Team
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
34 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Planet A Foods | Series A | $15.4M | Sep 2026 |
| IIntactis Bio Corp | Pre-Seed | $250K | Mar 2026 |
 Telura | Pre-Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
 Biographica | Series A | $8.8M | Jan 2026 |
 Apoha | Seed | $36M | Jan 2026 |
| Telura | Pre-Seed | — | Sep 2025 |
| SScience Machine | Pre-Seed | — | Jul 2025 |
 Spark e-Fuels | Pre-Seed | — | Feb 2025 |
| Telura | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2025 |
 Izote Biosciences | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Oct 2024 |
 Ucaneo | Seed | — | Sep 2024 |
| Planet A Foods | Series A | $15.4M | Feb 2024 |
| Apoha | Seed | — | Jan 2024 |
| Planet A Foods | Series A | $15.4M | Dec 2023 |
 Farmless | Pre-Seed | — | May 2023 |
 Infyos | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
| Izote Biosciences | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Jan 2023 |
 Root Global | Pre-Seed | $2.6M | Jul 2022 |
 Planetary | Seed | $4.2M | Mar 2022 |
 Repath | Seed | — | Jan 2022 |
 QOA | Seed | $6M | Oct 2021 |
 Cirplus | Seed | — | Jan 2021 |
 Endolith | Seed | $5.1M | — |
| Apoha | Series A | $36M | — |
 Biomia | Pre-Seed | $3M | — |
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Top Co-Investors
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Possible Ventures5 shared
World Fund5 shared
Cherry Ventures5 shared
Mudcake4 shared
Omnes Capital4 shared
Revent3 shared
TriplePoint Capital3 shared
First Momentum Ventures3 shared
Seedcamp3 shared
Redalpine3 shared
EQT Ventures2 shared
Far East Ventures2 shared
Entrepreneurs First2 shared
IBB Ventures2 shared
Collaborative Fund2 shared
Embark Ventures2 shared
Bee Partners2 shared
FTW Ventures2 shared
Courtyard Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 7 October 2026