# NuCicer

Startup profile on Capital Atlas: https://capitalatlas.ai/startups/nucicer

- Industry: Food
- Headquarters: Davis, US
- Website: www.nucicer.com
- Total disclosed funding: $18M
- Latest round: Series A (Dec 13, 2024)
- Investors on record: 10

## About

Based in California, US, and founded in 2019, NuCicer, Inc., aka NuCicer operates as a biotechnology company that focuses on the development of non-GM chickpea varieties. In June 2025, NuCicer, Inc. raised USD 7.26 million in series A funding from unspecified investors. The company develops and provides natural, non-GM (non-genetically modified), chickpea varieties that contain double the amount of protein than the normal chickpea. NuCicer, Inc. partners with farmers, manufacturers, and food and beverage firms to promote the usage of sustainable, nutritional chickpea that drives positive environmental impacts. NuCicer, Inc. genertaes revenue by licensing chickpea genetics, selling seeds, and partnering with food manufacturers. The company will use the recent 2025 funding to support the scaling of our high-protein chickpeas.

## Funding rounds

- Series A, Dec 13, 2024, $6.5M — Better Ventures, Illumina Ventures, Rhapsody Venture Partners, Stray Dog Capital, Leaps by Bayer
- Seed, Oct 7, 2022, $7M — Blue Horizon, Leaps by Bayer, Lever VC, Mudcake
- Seed, Mar 2, 2022, $4.5M — The House Fund, Lever VC, Mudcake, Lifely VC

## Investors

- The House Fund (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/the-house-fund) — Seed
- Lever VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lever-vc) — Seed
- Mudcake (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/mudcake) — Seed
- Lifely VC (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/lifely-vc) — Seed
- Blue Horizon (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/blue-horizon) — Seed
- Leaps by Bayer (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/leaps-by-bayer) — Seed, Series A
- Better Ventures — Series A
- Illumina Ventures (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/illumina-ventures) — Series A
- Rhapsody Venture Partners (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/rhapsody-venture-partners) — Series A
- Stray Dog Capital (https://capitalatlas.ai/funds/stray-dog-capital) — Series A