About NuFund
NuFund is a venture capital firm founded in 1997. It is primarily based out of San Diego, United States. As of Feb 2026, NuFund is an active investor, having invested in 18 companies, with 1 new investment in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Life Sciences to HealthTech and Enterprise Applications. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Entirety Biomedical A lot of funds co-invest with NuFund, with names like SeedFolio sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. NuFund has team of 37 people including 7 partners.Key Metrics
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NuFund's List of Top Investments
NuFund has a portfolio of 18 companies. Their most notable investments are in Eyegenex and Knee Voice.Their portfolio spans across United States and India. They have invested in Life Sciences, HealthTech, Enterprise Applications and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A stages. Here is the list of top investments by NuFund:_1572500729231.png?format=webp&height=120&width=120){kind=logo}
1. Cooler Heads
Developer of cold cap system to prevent chemotherapy side effects. The product Amma is a portable device that provides complete cooling at home after their chemo infusion.
Key facts about Cooler Heads
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: San Diego (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $26.4M
- Employee Count: 43 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Shah Capital Partners, Scientific Health Development and 18 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jul 10, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Provider of real-time sports betting data. It provides proprietary sports trading and customer data, focused on alternative sports disciplines. The company provides a connection point between alternative sports and the gaming and wagering space by leveraging and distributing proprietary data.
Key facts about ALT Sports Data
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Carlsbad (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $15M
- Employee Count: 33 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Motley Fool Ventures, Scrum Ventures and 5 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, May 12, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. PrivacyHawk
Application offering data privacy solutions. They help in managing, controlling, and deleting data from thousands of businesses exploiting users personal data. It also assists in automatically finding companies using or selling users data, gives control over how it is used and sends emails to delete, make do not sell requests, and unsubscribe from marketing emails on your behalf.
Key facts about PrivacyHawk
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Los Angeles (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.7M
- Employee Count: 20 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Array Ventures, Seraphim and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 26, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Developer of therapies for cardiovascular aging and vascular disease. The company's lead clinical candidate is VS-041, which is a potential personalized medicine-based treatment for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction. It also, develops pipeline for muscle atrophy and obesity.
Key facts about Vasa Therapeutics
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Encinitas (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Employee Count: 15 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: SeedFolio, NuFund and 1 Other
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jan 03, 2024, $*****
5. VerImmune
Developer of vaccines for the treatment of cancer. The company is developing Anti-tumor Immune Redirection (AIR) a therapy that redirects the pre-existing immune memory from childhood vaccines or infections to fight cancer. They have developed a papillomavirus nanoparticle conjugated with viral antigens to treat cancer.
Key facts about VerImmune
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: Baltimore (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $10.1M
- Employee Count: 13 as on Jul 31, 2026
- Investors: Mana Ventures, Gaingels and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Grant (prize money), Apr 29, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
NuFund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
NuFund has invested in 18 companies over the last 4 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 3 investments, while as of Feb 2026, it has made 1 investment in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Entirety Biomedical and most recent follow-on round was in Trio Pharmaceuticals.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 1 | 0 | 1 |
2025 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2024 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2022 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
NuFund's Investments by Stage
NuFund has made 15 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2.42M and 3 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $6.01M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 15 |
Series A | 3 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
NuFund's Investments by Sector
NuFund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Life Sciences, Enterprise Applications, HealthTech, High Tech and Blockchain Technology. Notably, it has invested in 17 Tech companies, 16 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Software companies and at least 2 companies focusing on Tech hardware.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Life Sciences | 10 |
Enterprise Applications | 7 |
HealthTech | 4 |
High Tech | 2 |
Blockchain Technology | 1 |
Others | 6 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
NuFund's Investments by Geography
NuFund has made most investments in United States (17), followed by India where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 17 |
India | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
NuFund's recent investments
NuFund has made 1 investments in 2026 so far - Entirety Biomedical.Here are the most recent investments by NuFund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Feb 11, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7718 | [+4] | |
Apr 23, 2025 | United States | Series A | 7467 | ||
Mar 11, 2025 | United States | Seed | 4104 | [+2] | |
Feb 03, 2025 | United States | Seed | 2191 | - | |
Dec 03, 2024 | United States | Seed | 7983 | [+2] |
Team profile of NuFund
NuFund has a team of 37 members including 7 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 13 Principals located in United States and United Kingdom. NuFund's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of top team members in NuFund:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | Cardiff | - | ||
Partner | Anchorage | - | - | |
Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Partner | San Diego | - | ||
Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Partner | San Diego | - | - | |
Venture Partner | San Diego | - | - |
Co-investors of NuFund
Over the past 4 years, 104 investors have co-invested in NuFund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before NuFund: HHS, Ad Astra Ventures and 15 others have invested in rounds before NuFund. There are 4 companies where HHS has invested before NuFund and 1 company where Ad Astra Ventures has invested before NuFund.
- Top Co-investors of NuFund: 71 investors entered a company along with NuFund. These include investors like SeedFolio (4 companies).
- Invested after NuFund: A total of 16 investors have invested in NuFund's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Motley Fool Ventures (1 company), Relay Ventures (1 company) and Scrum Ventures (1 company).
Recent News related to NuFund
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Entirety Biomedical Closes $1.2 Million Seed FinancingBakersfield•Feb 11, 2026•Plastic Surgery, NuFund, Revere Partners, Michigan Rise and 4 others
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Big Rentals Raises $2.8M in Seed FundingFinSMEs•Nov 13, 2025•Bigrentals, NuFund, Forum Ventures, LAUNCH and 3 others
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Cooler Heads Secures Series A Funding to Revolutionize Scalp Cooling for Chemo PatientsJinglingshuju•Jul 23, 2025•Cooler Heads, Mutual Capital Partners, Scientific Health Development, Crescent Ridge and 6 others
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Resolute Science Receives Investment From Nufund Venture GroupFinSMEs•Feb 12, 2025•Resolute Science, NuFund
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TRIO Pharmaceuticals Completes $3.1 Million Financing Round to Advance Cancer Therapeutics PipelineBakersfield•Dec 03, 2024•Trio Pharmaceuticals, The MMRF, Myeloma Investment Fund, NuFund and 1 other
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ALT Sports Data, Inc.’s $2.5 Million Seed RoundGlobal Legal Chronicle•Feb 21, 2024•Cassels, Relay Ventures, ALT Sports Data, Eberg Capital and 2 others
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Vasa Therapeutics Announces Closing of Seed Financing to Advance Novel Therapies for Diseases of Cardiovascular AgingTullahoma News•Jan 03, 2024•Vasa Therapeutics, Orphinic, NuFund, SeedFolio and 1 other
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PrivacyHawk Raises $2.7 Million to Pioneer the Personal Data Protection MarketBusiness Wire•Jul 12, 2023•PrivacyHawk, ff Venture Capital, NuFund, Alumni Ventures and 6 others
