# Valerie Gardner

> Valerie Gardner is a seed investor at Nucleation Capital backing Nuclear and Software. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Nucleation Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/nucleation-capital)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2025
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gardnervalerie/

Valerie Gardner is a seed investor at Nucleation Capital in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Nuclear and Software. Valerie Gardner

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nuclear | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Machine Learning | 1 | 50% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 1 | 50% |

### Stage

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

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nuclearn | Nuclearn is a software company delivering AI solutions for automating Nuclear Industry tasks.Nuclearn was established in 2020 by two esteemed veterans from the nuclear industry, Jerrold Vincent and Bradley Fox, driven by their passion for innovation. With backgrounds in nuclear engineering, business intelligence, and process improvement, theco-founders came together to create the industry's pioneering in-house data science team at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in 2016.Their remarkable work quickly gained recognition throughout the nuclear sector, resulting in a US-issued patent and the prestigious NEI Best of the Best, Top Innovative Practice Award in 2020. Fueled by this innovative spirit and a mission to benefit the entire nuclear power industry, Nuclearn was born to provide a safe and efficient way to automate critical processes in the field. | $10.5M | Series A | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Nuclearn | Nuclearn is a software company delivering AI solutions for automating Nuclear Industry tasks.Nuclearn was established in 2020 by two esteemed veterans from the nuclear industry, Jerrold Vincent and Bradley Fox, driven by their passion for innovation. With backgrounds in nuclear engineering, business intelligence, and process improvement, theco-founders came together to create the industry's pioneering in-house data science team at the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station in 2016.Their remarkable work quickly gained recognition throughout the nuclear sector, resulting in a US-issued patent and the prestigious NEI Best of the Best, Top Innovative Practice Award in 2020. Fueled by this innovative spirit and a mission to benefit the entire nuclear power industry, Nuclearn was born to provide a safe and efficient way to automate critical processes in the field. | $2.5M | Seed | Aug 01, 2023 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Copper Sky Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/az-vc) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Blue Bear Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blue-bear-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [SJF Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sjf-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Nucleation Capital

VC Fund · Menlo Park, United States

Nucleation Capital is a venture capital firm. it seeks to invest in advanced nuclear and deep decarbonization sectors.

1 contacts available at Nucleation Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Valerie Gardner | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/valerie-gardner-f7c0 |

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## FAQ

### What does Valerie Gardner invest in?

Valerie Gardner invests primarily in Nuclear, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 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 Valerie Gardner last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Valerie Gardner closed in Sep 2025. 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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