# Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures

> Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures is a VC fund in New York backing CRM and SaaS. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Mar 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nucleus-emerging-markets-ventures/
- Website: https://www.nucleusemv.com/

Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures is an investment group on a mission to fund and help scale founders building high impact fintech solutions for previously underserved, large populations in Latin America.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| CRM | 1 | 50% |
| SaaS | 1 | 50% |
| FinTech | 1 | 50% |
| Loyalty Programs | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |

9 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Peru | 1 | 50% |
| Colombia | 1 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Leal | Leal is the leading SaaS platform for AI-driven customer engagement in Latin America, empowering retailers to acquire, retain, and maximize customer lifetime value through advanced automation and personalization.At its core, Leal offers a powerful AI Decisioning engine for loyalty, offers, and campaign management, ensuring that brands deliverhyper-personalized experiences at scale. The platform includes: • Customer Data Platform (CDP): A centralized hub that aggregates and analyzes customer behavior to power data-driven marketing strategies. • Campaign Management Suite: AI-driven orchestration of email, SMS, and WhatsApp campaigns, enabling retailers to automate engagement across channels. • Customer Experience Module: Tools for measuring and improving customer sentiment through NPS, satisfaction surveys, and crowdsourced mystery shopping. • Loyalty & Rewards Engine: A flexible framework supporting points, cashback, rebates, and gamification, designed to drive repeat purchases and brand advocacy. • API-First Infrastructure: Seamless integration into existing tech stacks, with 350+ integrations across major POS, ERP, eCommerce, and payment processors.Leal is trusted by global brands like Subway, Chevron, and Miniso, managing millions of transactions across LATAM. Backed by investors like Rakuten and top Silicon Valley firms, Leal is helping retailers turn data into revenue. | $10M | Series A | Mar 31, 2022 |  |
| LEASY | Leasy is a FinTech platform that provides automobile financing to ride-hailing drivers through a subscription model. It uses its algorithm and evaluators to analyze users' profiles and find suitable cars for them and helps customers to enter into a contract to own a vehicle.Co-founded by Gregorio Gilardini and Alejandro Garay in 2018, thecompany aims to help people who would like to earn incomes as ride-hailing drivers be able to afford cars, thus earning a steady income. | $2M | Seed | Feb 25, 2022 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [DVC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dvc-0bf1) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [INCA VENTURES](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inca-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [BuenTrip Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/buentrip-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Centre Street Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/centre-street-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/empresas-p%C3%BAblicas-de-medell%C3%ADn-epm) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GRAM](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/gram-1241) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures invest in?

Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures invests primarily in CRM, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Peru. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nucleus Emerging Markets Ventures closed in Mar 2022. Shizune tracks 2 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?

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