For US Founders Raising Pre-Seed or Seed Capital

Why a European angel on a US cap table

• A second continent, early. Most US start-ups eventually need European customers, a European entity or European regulatory footing. Having a shareholder who lives in that market makes the first ten conversations dramatically cheaper.
• Regulatory orientation. Switzerland has some of the world’s most workable rules for digital assets and financial infrastructure. If your product touches money or tokenised value, that context is a real asset.
• Counter-cyclical capital. We invest our own principal capital with no fund clock, so our appetite does not swing with the US venture cycle.
• Introductions without an agenda. We are not raising a next vintage, so we can introduce you to co-investors and enterprise buyers without positioning ourselves.

What we look for

The same things we look for anywhere: an exceptional founding team with an earned insight, a market with a real catalyst, a defensible edge in data, distribution or technical performance, and capital efficiency. Our themes are set out on investment focus.

How the cross-border part actually works

• Structure. We invest into standard US structures — Delaware C-corps, SAFEs and priced rounds are all familiar territory.
• Process. Intro call, then a focused diligence conversation, then a decision. See how we invest.
• Time zones. Central European Time overlaps the US morning; we schedule around your day, not ours.
• Language. All business is conducted in English.

What to send in the first e-mail

Short beats polished. Five lines is plenty:

• What you are building, in one sentence a customer would recognise.
• Why you — the insight you have that others do not.
• Traction: usage, revenue or design partners, with real numbers.
• The round: stage, what you are raising it for, who else is in.
• A deck or a demo link, if you have one.

Write to us from the contact page. Founders hear back directly.

One thing to be clear about

Nahuen Capital AG is not a licensed or regulated financial services provider. We invest our own principal capital as a shareholder, manage no third-party assets, place no financial instruments and give no investment, legal or tax advice. Anything regulated in your jurisdiction stays with your own licensed advisors.