Nuclio Venture Builder

Nuclio Venture Builder is a Barcelona-based startup studio and venture capital fund founded in 2016 by serial Spanish entrepreneur Carlos Blanco alongside co-founders Maria Hidalgo, Alex Diaz, and Marc Torres. Headquartered at Pier01 in the Barcelona Tech City cluster, with additional presence in Madrid, Nuclio's thesis is to identify business models already validated and thriving in other geographies and then partner with top-tier local talent and capital to replicate them in Spain and the broader European market. Each project receives an initial investment of EUR 50,000 to EUR 150,000, delivered alongside a deeply integrated central services platform covering IT and software, communications and PR, human resources, legal, finance, and follow-on investment — significantly reducing the cost and time-to-market for each new venture. Nuclio leads rounds and has co-founded more than 20 ventures to date. Flagship successes include Housfy, the leading Spanish proptech platform; Games For a Living, co-founded by a former Activision Blizzard and King vice president; Kintai; Finteca; Prohipotecas; Verone; and Typs. Capital is deployed via the Nuclio Venture Fund, focused on early-stage opportunities in fintech, proptech, health tech, and edtech. The most recent disclosed investments include a EUR 300,000 pre-seed lead into Arediana, a preventive health and women's wellness company, and an early-stage VC round into Peimi in January 2025. The Nuclio ecosystem extends beyond the studio itself to include Nuclio Talent for digital headhunting, Nuclio School offering masters and bootcamps in product, growth, and technology, Nuclio Labs as a Web3 launchpad, and Nuclio Founders for first-time entrepreneurs. Co-founder Carlos Blanco also manages Encomenda VC as a parallel investment vehicle.