Nucleo Ventures
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Cluj-Napoca, Romania
Countries of investment
- Romania
- Bulgaria
- Hungary
- Poland
- Czech Republic
Investment stages
- Pre-Seed
- Seed
- Series A
Industries
- Health
- Manufacturing
- Energy
- Finance
- Defence
About
Nucleo Ventures is a Cluj-Napoca-based venture capital firm focused on backing innovative founders in Romania and Central Eastern Europe. Their focus spans health, manufacturing, energy, finance, and defence across Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Czech Republic. The firm supports product-led founders from Pre-Seed through Series A.
Nucleo Ventures is a Cluj-Napoca-based venture capital firm focused on backing innovative founders in Romania and Central Eastern Europe. Their focus spans health, manufacturing, energy, finance, and defence across Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, and Czech Republic. The firm supports product-led founders from Pre-Seed through Series A.
Investment Thesis
Nucleo Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across health, manufacturing, energy, finance, and defence sectors. They invest in product-led companies that disrupt traditional industries, backing teams that combine corporate experience, engineering excellence, and deep market insight. The firm differentiates itself through hands-on support from idea validation to scaling, providing a bridge for talent and companies moving from services to scalable software products in Romania and CEE.
Manager's Experience
Valentin Filip and Irina Mișca have built their experience at Fortech Investments, the corporate venture capital arm of Fortech, one of Romania's largest software outsourcing companies. Through Fortech Investments they built a diversified 16-company technology portfolio across healthcare, manufacturing, energy, automotive, proptech, and fintech sectors. The team brings combined expertise across enterprise software, venture building, financial structuring, legal, brand, AI, and go-to-market support.
Team
Valentin Filip - Managing Partner
Irina Mișca - Partner
Portfolio
Diversified portfolio of 16 healthcare
manufacturing
energy
fintech
and proptech companies from Fortech Investments legacy