Nuclera
At Nuclera, our mission is to better human health by making proteins accessible. We believe that providing rapid access to high-quality, soluble, active proteins at the benchtop will allow researchers to accelerate their protein projects. Fail fast, succeed faster. Our eProtein Discovery™ system automates construct screening for the best soluble expression and purification yields of different proteins in under 24 hours. From there, protein scale-up happens the next day (up to the mg scale) right on the benchtop - delivering reliable protein in-hand in less than 48 hours. Nuclera’s technology integrates cell-free protein synthesis and digital microfluidics on smart cartridges, allowing rapid progress on protein projects through a benchtop, automated, high-throughput protein access system. Founded in 2013 by PhD students at the University of Cambridge, the company now has a presence in Cambridge, UK and Boston, MA employing over 100 employees.
At Nuclera, our mission is to better human health by making proteins accessible. We believe that providing rapid access to high-quality, soluble, active proteins at the benchtop will allow researchers to accelerate their protein projects. Fail fast, succeed faster. Our eProtein Discovery™ system automates construct screening for the best soluble expression and purification yields of different proteins in under 24 hours. From there, protein scale-up happens the next day (up to the mg scale) right on the benchtop - delivering reliable protein in-hand in less than 48 hours. Nuclera’s technology integrates cell-free protein synthesis and digital microfluidics on smart cartridges, allowing rapid progress on protein projects through a benchtop, automated, high-throughput protein access system. Founded in 2013 by PhD students at the University of Cambridge, the company now has a presence in Cambridge, UK and Boston, MA employing over 100 employees.
Nuclera has raised $104M across 4 rounds. Its most recent round was a Series C of $12.0M in Jan 2026. Full funding history, investors, and team are detailed below.
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