# Nueva Ventures

> Nueva Ventures is a VC fund in San Mateo backing Gaming, Marketing and E-Commerce. See 4 investments, round sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Mateo, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Apr 2010
- Lead investor: 25%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/nueva-ventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/nuevaventures
- Website: http://www.nuevaventures.com

Nueva Ventures is a new genre of venture capital firms taking a "micro-cap" approach. We are able to meet the needs of entrepreneurs who choose to leverage today's technologies and adopt efficient go to market strategies to launch and prove out their businesses with far less capital. We seek to invest in startups needing $500k - $1.5million as a first venture capital Seed or Series A round and we generally look for opportunities that are within the Internet, software and mobile sectors. Our belief is that proving out the model with less capital reduces risks, improves the prospects of raising follow on capital on better terms and preserves exit options for the entrepreneur and investor.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gaming | 1 | 25% |
| Marketing | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |
| Advertising | 1 | 25% |
| Video Games | 1 | 25% |

10 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 25% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Cloudkick | Cloudkick is a centralized web-based control hub for cloud servers. Cloudkick offers: - graphs that visualize bandwith analyses and other traffic metrics - monitoring of critical server components - nodes and tags for metadata | $2M | Series A | Apr 28, 2010 | http://cloudkick.com |
| Rixty | Rixty is an alternative payment system that lets domestic and international users spend cash and coins for online games, virtual worlds and all types of digital content. Consumers can pay without a credit card and without exposing confidential information by converting cash to Rixty value at 140,000 stores in the US and Brazil or nearly 500,000locations worldwide. Online game and website publishers use Rixty to engage with and monetize a larger percentage of users. By providing cash-based consumers a safe and flexible way to pay online, Rixty helps these publishers increase sales, enable new business models and attract new customers. | $1.2M | Seed | Jan 21, 2010 | http://rixty.com |
| Cloudkick | Cloudkick is a centralized web-based control hub for cloud servers. Cloudkick offers: - graphs that visualize bandwith analyses and other traffic metrics - monitoring of critical server components - nodes and tags for metadata | $750K | Seed | Sep 14, 2009 | http://cloudkick.com |
| Marketfish | The Marketfish platform allows marketers to build and execute lead generation campaigns using 3rd party marketing lists.Using patented search algorithms, the tool allows users to discover targeted customer lists, build marketing campaigns, execute the campaign, and measure the performance in real time. | $1.6M |  | Jun 30, 2009 | http://www.marketfish.com |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Accelerator Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/accelerator-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Avalon Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avalon-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
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- [First Round Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/first-round-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Freestyle Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freestyle-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Nueva Ventures invest in?

Nueva Ventures invests primarily in Gaming, Marketing and E-Commerce startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Nueva Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Nueva Ventures closed in Apr 2010. Shizune tracks 4 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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