# Nucleus Capital: portfolio, investments and team

> Nucleus Capital is a vc firm based in Germany. 37 investments on record, 13 in the last 12 months, latest Sept 2026. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team.

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# Nucleus Capital

Last cheque observed Sep 2026; 37 cheques on record.

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Pre-seed Seed Series A Food Nutrition

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**93%** of best year **13** **cheques in 12 months**, 37 on record

Since the last cheque **60** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec

Median round **$3.6M** Cheque size, as they say **$500K – $1.0M** Rounds led **0 of 37** Sole investor **2 rounds** Mostly in **United Kingdom, 30%**

Pitch Nucleus Capital

## Nucleus Capital highlights

- 01 13 cheques in the last 12 months
- 02 Mostly Venture and Pre-seed: 57% of its rounds
- 03 Sole investor in 2 rounds, median $2.4M

## What they do

> Nucleus is a first-check investor backing technical teams at the earliest stage. From their own website

- **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- **Cheque size:** $500K – $1.0M as they say
- **Stages:** Pre-seed Seed Series A
- **Sectors:** Food Nutrition
- **Based in:** Berlin, Germany
- **Cold pitches:** Accepted

## The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first **37 appearances**

- **2026** 10 rounds
- **Sept** **[Bindbridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/bindbridge)** Grant · GB **$541K** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Apoha](https://millionrounds.com/company/apoha)** Venture · GB **$36M** With 4 others
- **Jun** **[Concert Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/concert-bio)** Grant · GB **$132K** With 4 others
- **May** **[Triple Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/triple-bio)** Pre-seed · NL **$1.7M** Sole investor
- **Apr** **[Planetary](https://millionrounds.com/company/planetary)** Series A · CH **$21M** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Concert Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/concert-bio)** Grant · GB **$133K** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Bindbridge](https://millionrounds.com/company/bindbridge)** Pre-seed · GB **$3.8M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Koppie](https://millionrounds.com/company/koppie)** Venture · BE **Undisclosed** With 2 others
- **Feb** **[Biomia](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomia)** Venture · DK **Undisclosed** With 1 other
- **Jan** **[Biographica](https://millionrounds.com/company/biographica)** Seed · GB **$9.5M** With 2 others
- **2025** 12 rounds
- **Nov** **[Rhizocore Technologies](https://millionrounds.com/company/rhizocore-technologies)** Series A · GB · Kibo Invest **$5.9M** With 9 others
- **Nov** **[Endolith](https://millionrounds.com/company/endolith)** Series A · US **$17M** With 4 others
- **Nov** **[Planet A Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet-a-foods)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Oct** **[Telura](https://millionrounds.com/company/telura)** Pre-seed · DE **$4.7M** With 2 others
- **Jul** **[ScienceMachine](https://millionrounds.com/company/sciencemachine)** Pre-seed · US **$3.5M** With 1 other
- **Jun** **[Hoxton Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoxton-farms)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **May** **[Trilobio](https://millionrounds.com/company/trilobio)** Seed · US **$8.0M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[AtmoCooling](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmocooling)** Pre-seed · US **$2.6M** With 2 others
- **Mar** **[Ucaneo](https://millionrounds.com/company/ucaneo)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Mar** **[Vosbor](https://millionrounds.com/company/vosbor)** Venture · NL **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Feb** **[Izote Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/izote-biosciences)** Pre-seed · US **$3.1M** Sole investor
- **Jan** **[Spark e-Fuels](https://millionrounds.com/company/spark-e-fuels)** Pre-seed · DE **$2.4M** With 1 other
- **2024** 10 rounds
- **Dec** **[Farmless](https://millionrounds.com/company/farmless)** Grant · NL **$1.1M** With 2 others
- **Oct** **[Planetary](https://millionrounds.com/company/planetary)** Venture · CH **$3.5M** With 4 others
- **Sept** **[repath](https://millionrounds.com/company/repath)** Seed · DE **$4.0M** With 1 other
- **Aug** **[Root Global](https://millionrounds.com/company/root-global)** Seed · DE **$8.9M** With 2 others
- **Jun** **[Hoxton Farms](https://millionrounds.com/company/hoxton-farms)** Venture · GB **Undisclosed** With 3 others
- **Jun** **[atmio](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmio)** Seed · DE **$5.5M** With 4 others
- **Mar** **[Orbillion Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/orbillion-bio)** Venture · US **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **Feb** **[Izote Biosciences](https://millionrounds.com/company/izote-biosciences)** Pre-seed · US **$2.6M** With 1 other
- **Feb** **[Cirplus](https://millionrounds.com/company/cirplus)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 4 others
- **Jan** **[Evolv](https://millionrounds.com/company/evolv)** Pre-seed · US **$5.8M** With 1 other
- **2023** 1 round
- **May** **[Infyos](https://millionrounds.com/company/infyos)** Grant · GB **$213K** With 4 others
- **2022** 1 round
- **Jun** **[Hier Foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/hier-foods)** Venture · DE **Undisclosed** With 5 others
- **2021** 2 rounds
- **Nov** **[Juicy Marbles](https://millionrounds.com/company/juicy-marbles)** Seed · US **$4.5M** With 3 others
- **Oct** **[Grounded Foods Co.](https://millionrounds.com/company/grounded-foods-co)** Seed · US **$2.5M** With 2 others
- **Undated** 1 round
- **-** **[Triple Bio](https://millionrounds.com/company/triple-bio)** Seed · GB · Firms' own news pages **Undisclosed** With 2 others

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

Who backs their funds

## 1 LP on record in Nucleus Capital's funds

- **Funds:** 1

The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list.

- [**Equation Capital** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/equation-capital) Fund Vintage Committed Nucleus Capital - -

## What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

**7** of 19 we have independently watched raise

[Apoha](https://millionrounds.com/company/apoha)[Food technology Nucleus](https://millionrounds.com/company/bindbridge)[Food technology Nucleus](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmocooling)[Neo industrials Nucleus](https://millionrounds.com/company/brineworks)[Neo industrials Nucleus](https://millionrounds.com/company/atmio)[Planet-a-foods](https://millionrounds.com/company/planet-a-foods)[Programmable biology Nucleus](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomia) Endolithmining Food technology Nucleus Food technology Nucleus Key information LinkedIn NC–I NC–II Neo industrials Nucleus Programmable biology Nucleus Programmable biology Nucleus Reviews Yurigravity

Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

## The cheque

Pre-seed Seed Series A

Median round joined **$3.6M** the round, not its cheque Alone, median **$2.4M**

Led 0 of 37 rounds **0%**

- **Said size:** $500K – $1.0M
- **Sole investor:** 2 rounds
- **Last cheque:** Sept 2026

Rounds by stage said on their site

- Venture *12*
- Pre-seed said *9*
- Seed said *8*
- Grant *5*
- Series A said *3*

Cheques by month Led Joined

Nov 2023 Oct 2026

Often in the room with

- [Entrepreneur First](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first) 3
- [First Momentum Ventures](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-momentum-ventures) 3
- [Pale blue dot](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pale-blue-dot) 3
- [Plug and Play](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play) 3
- [Revent](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revent-2) 3
- [Speedinvest](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest) 3

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## Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Nucleus Capital. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

[**Entrepreneur First** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/entrepreneurs-first)[**First Momentum Ventures** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/first-momentum-ventures)[**Pale blue dot** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/pale-blue-dot)[**Plug and Play** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/plug-and-play)[**Revent** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/revent-2)[**Speedinvest** VC firm **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/speedinvest)[**Y Combinator** Accelerator **3** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/y-combinator)[**AgFunder** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/agfunder)[**Alumni Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/us-strategic-tech-fund-an-alumni-ventures-fund)[**Ascension** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/ascension)[**Astanor Ventures** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/astanor-ventures)[**Backed VC** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/backed-vc)

## Recently backed

The latest companies Nucleus Capital put money into.

[**Bindbridge** $541K · Sept 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/bindbridge)[**Apoha** $36M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/apoha)[**Concert Bio** $132K · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/concert-bio)[**Triple Bio** $1.7M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/triple-bio)[**Koppie** Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/koppie)[**Biomia** Feb 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/biomia)

## Quick answers about Nucleus Capital

### What does Nucleus Capital invest in?

Nucleus Capital invests most often at Venture and Pre-seed (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Food and Nutrition.

### How active is Nucleus Capital?

37 investments on record, 13 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Sept 2026.

### What has Nucleus Capital invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: Bindbridge (Grant, Sept 2026), Apoha (Venture, Jun 2026) and Concert Bio (Grant, Jun 2026).

### How big are Nucleus Capital's cheques?

The median round it joins is $3.6M. It says it writes cheques of $500K to $1.0M.

### Does Nucleus Capital lead rounds?

Rarely, if at all: none of its 37 investments on record names it as the lead.

### Where does Nucleus Capital invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United Kingdom (30%), the United States (27%) and Germany (24%).

### Is Nucleus Capital investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 13 investments in the last 12 months.

### Who does Nucleus Capital invest alongside?

Most often Entrepreneur First (3 rounds together), First Momentum Ventures (3 rounds together) and Pale blue dot (3 rounds together).

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