The Nucleus Newsletter

Welcome to the 16th edition of The Nucleus Newsletter. From gathering around the table with Morgan Stanley to convening an owners-only circle in New York, this edition is about intimacy and intention. We leaned into rooms where candor thrives, created space for conversations you can’t have anywhere else, and kept proving that the right people in the right setting make all the difference.

Nucleus Community Highlight

We hosted a private founder dinner last week at FlyFish Club in NYC with partners OWM, Morgan Stanley, and Apollo.

The room was electric, the kind of energy that makes conversations flow and ideas stick.

Big thanks to everyone who joined us (and yes, the food lived up to the hype)

Nucleus Ventures

In the past month, Nucleus Ventures has surpassed $42M deployed across 16 SPVs and direct deals. Our portfolio includes growth and late-stage leaders like Anduril, xAI, Neuralink, Apptronik, and MrBeast and all are showing strong momentum with multiple 3x+ uplifts. In addition, our early-stage innovators such as DYME Medical, Othership, Siegelman Stable and Crippling Hot Sauce are growing month over month.

Beyond capital, we’ve facilitated thousands of introductions and activated our 300+ LP network to provide warm introductions, partnerships, and advisory support to our portfolio companies. Nucleus continues to prove its edge: delivering ROI for investors while giving founders the capital, connections, and community to scale faster.

Nucleus Ventures is evaluating an investment in Aescape, the robotic massage/recovery leader that has raised $80M from Valor Equity, Fifth Wall, Crosslink, and Tom Brady (now a partner-investor).

We’ve secured syndicate allocation in a bridge round ahead of the Series B and are hosting a webinar with founder Eric Litman on this Friday, Oct 3 at 12pm PT / 3pm ET; reply here to get added to the calendar invite.

⭐Featured Partners This Month⭐ 

Baton Market

• A tech-forward marketplace that helps small business owners buy and sell with speed, transparency, and expert support.

• Baton Market reimagines business sales: selling 50% faster, at half the broker cost, with 10x the success rate of traditional methods.

Elevation Nation

• A platform and community helping ambitious leaders strengthen their mindset, confidence, and mental fortitude to thrive.

• Through storytelling, live experiences, and a powerful network, Elevation Nation equips high performers to own their story, elevate their impact, and lead with intention.

Fractional Jobs

• A leading marketplace connecting startups with expert-level fractional talent across 10+ functions.

• Fractional Jobs helps companies access embedded senior leaders on flexible retainers: giving startups VP/C-level guidance without full-time cost or overhead.

VC Platform

• A global community of 2,400+ operational leaders powering the world’s top venture capital firms — from Sequoia and Andreessen Horowitz to Founders Fund and beyond.

• VC Platform connects and equips professionals across product, operations, talent, investor relations, and more, driving the behind-the-scenes work that helps funds and founders thrive.

If one catches your 👁️ , feel free to reach out for a warm introduction by responding to this email. 

Content Recap

Linkedin Post Highlight:

The Nucleus Job Board

Job opportunities in our network. If you are interested in one of these opportunities, respond to this email and let us know

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Recent & Upcoming Events

What? A Merch Store?

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Looking Ahead

October marks a season of inflection, where the groundwork laid earlier in the year starts to crystallize into outcomes. The conversations deepen, the collaborations get sharper, and the partnerships that matter most rise to the surface.

We’re channeling that energy into curated gatherings, meaningful introductions, and momentum that carries well beyond the quarter. It’s all stacking into something bigger than the sum of its parts.

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