December 20, 2025

Nucleation Capital Participates for a Second Time in Blykalla’s $50M Financing

Nucleation Capital is pleased to congratulate Blykalla on the close of its $50 million financing round in December 2025 and to confirm its participation as a returning investor. The round was co-led by Oklo, Norrsken Launcher, and Armada Investment, with participation from strategic and financial investors including KDDI, Earth Venture Capital, and the co-founders of CoreWeave.

This marks Nucleation Capital’s second investment in Blykalla, following the $7.3 million Series A completed in the spring of 2024, which Nucleation co-led with Norrsken Ventures. Since that time, Blykalla has continued the development of its SEALER lead-cooled reactor while expanding its commercial and partnership activity across Europe and North America.

Over the course of 2025, Blykalla announced a series of partnerships and project-related agreements tied to Nordic deployment of its SEALER reactor, transatlantic cooperation, and the use of nuclear power for data centers.

In February, Blykalla and Norsk Kjernekraft announced a memorandum of understanding to explore the deployment of the SEALER reactor in Scandinavia, followed later by an agreement to pursue an SMR project in Norway’s Svalbard region. In late September 2025, Blykalla announced a major transatlantic partnership with Oklo to collaborate on reactor technology, supply chains, and regulatory coordination. Subsequently, in October 2025, Blykalla announced a landmark partnership with licensed nuclear site host Studsvik and European hyperscaler evroc to evaluate Sweden's first nuclear-powered data centers at the Studsvik site in Nyköping, Sweden. 

The capital from this financing will support continued testing and validation at the Advanced Reactor Testing Site in Oskarshamn, Sweden, further design and engineering work on Blykalla’s first nuclear units, and ongoing commercial and regulatory efforts related to siting and licensing its initial SEALER project.

Nucleation Capital invests in advanced nuclear and nuclear-adjacent companies focused on delivering reliable, zero-carbon energy. Nucleation’s continued participation in Blykalla reflects its long-term view that multiple next-generation reactor designs will be required to meet growing electricity demand from industry, data infrastructure, and other energy-intensive sectors.

November 1, 2025

Blykalla Nuclear Data Center Partnership Gains Momentum ()

A recent report highlights the growing financial and strategic significance of Blykalla’s partnership with Studsvik and Evroc, as the companies move forward on plans to develop Sweden’s first nuclear-powered data centers...

October 9, 2025

Blykalla Partnership Gains Attention from Data Center Industry ()

Industry coverage highlights how Blykalla’s collaboration with Studsvik and Evroc could position Sweden as a pioneer in pairing small modular reactors with AI and cloud infrastructure...

October 8, 2025

Blykalla Partners with European Firms to Explore Nuclear-Powered Data Centers ()

Portfolio company Blykalla has joined forces with Studsvik and European hyperscaler Evroc to assess developing Sweden’s first nuclear-powered data centers at the Studsvik site in Nyköping...

September 30, 2025

AI’s growing energy demand + carbon concerns powers momentum for nuclear

Growing Energy demand provided demand pull for both traditional and next-generation reactors throughout Q3 of 2025. Yet further boosting momentum was the announcement by the DOE that they had selected ten ventures for accelerated design review of a test unit. This has lit a fire under those and other ventures already making progress to try to get the DOE to allow them to build something by July 4, 2026.

September 29, 2025

Blykalla Secures Oklo as A2 Co-Lead and Forms Transatlantic Partnership ()

Portfolio company Blykalla has secured Oklo as a co-lead investor in its A2 round and formed a transatlantic partnership to collaborate on reactor technology, supply chains, and regulatory pathways...

June 12, 2025

Blykalla SMR proposed for Norwegian Artic region ()

Blykalla, the Swedish developer of lead-cooled reactors and a Nucleation portfolio company, and Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft have agreed to launch a joint venture to develop an SMR power plants on the Norwegian Artic archipelago of Svalbard.

February 28, 2025

Nordic partnership explores deployment of Blykalla SMR in Scandinavia ()

Swedish nuclear energy company Blykalla, a Nucleation portfolio company, and Norway’s Norsk Kjernekraft have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to collaborate on the possible deployment of Blykalla’s SEALER reactor design in Scandinavia.

September 18, 2023

Nucleation’s first two years

Nucleation Capital completed its second full year as a fund at the end of June, 2023. During these eight quarters, we made ten investments and built a portfolio that showcases how we define our thesis. This then begins to answer the question that many people have: How does a nuclear-focused climate venture fund invest into this sector? The answer is presented in the Two Year Report which we have posted below. We have now commenced our third year and, as an "evergreen" fund, we are continuing to raise capital and welcome new investors. If you are an accredited or qualified investor and interested in getting an allocation in our ongoing investments, please let us know.


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