# Núclea

> Núclea is a VC fund in São Paulo backing Finance, Credit and Banking. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: São Paulo, Brazil
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nucleabr 
- Website: https://www.nuclea.com.br 

Núclea is a non-profit civil association that offers data analytics, insights, and digital transformation services for business development.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Finance | 2 | 67% |
| Credit | 1 | 33% |
| Banking | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Database | 1 | 33% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 67% |
| Brazil | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Rayls | Rayls is a next-generation blockchain platform built for banks and financial institutions, combining enterprise-grade privacy, regulatory compliance, and scalability with EVM compatibility to bridge traditional finance and DeFi. |  | Series A | Aug 15, 2024 |  |
| Parfin | Parfin is a financial technology company building enterprise-grade software products to allow financial institutions to adopt blockchain rails. Founded in 2019 by seasoned veterans of investment banking and blockchain technology, Parfin is the core developer of Rayls, taking a unified finance (UniFi) approach that enables traditional finance to usethe latest blockchain technology with the required level of compliance, security and privacy. Building blockchain technology products for the world’s leading financial institutions, digital assets traders, and developers, Parfin is paving the way for a world with more efficient, transparent and inclusive markets. Learn more at https://www.parfin.io. | $10M | Series A | Aug 14, 2024 |  |
| Klavi | Klavi specializes in data analytics and open data connectivity that receives data securely, quickly, and scalable through a single API. | $15M | Series A | Mar 15, 2022 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Framework Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/framework-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [ParaFi Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/parafi-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- L4 Venture Builder — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Banco BV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/banco-bv) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [BoostLAB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/boostlab) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [CIP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/camara-interbancaria-de-pagamentos) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Núclea invest in?

Núclea invests primarily in Finance, Credit and Banking startups, most often at Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Núclea last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Núclea closed in Aug 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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