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Nesta

Europe, England, United Kingdom, London

Description

Nesta is an innovation foundation that design, test and scale new solutions to society’s biggest problems.

Investor Profile

Nesta has made 31 investments, with 5 in the past 12 months and 65% as lead.

Stage Focus

  • Grant (48%)
  • Series Unknown (26%)
  • Series A (10%)
  • Seed (6%)
  • Pre Seed (3%)
  • Series B (3%)
  • Convertible Note (3%)

Country Focus

  • United Kingdom (100%)

Industry Focus

  • Education
  • Renewable Energy
  • Health Care
  • Energy
  • Medical
  • Non Profit
  • Cleantech
  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Charity
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FAQ

Frequently Asked Questions

Learn who this investor regularly partners with—both firms and angels—and explore their latest activity.

Who does Nesta frequently co-invest with?

EI
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 1
Enery
Europe, Wien, Austria, Vienna
Co-Investments: 1
One Planet Capital
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 1
Riverstone Holdings
North America, New York, United States, New York
Co-Investments: 1
Encevo
Europe, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, Esch-sur-alzette
Co-Investments: 1
KV
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 2
Green Angel Ventures
Europe, England, United Kingdom, London
Co-Investments: 2
EDP Ventures
Europe, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon
Co-Investments: 2
Oxford Science Enterprises
Europe, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Oxford
Co-Investments: 2
Helen Ventures
Europe, Southern Finland, Finland, Helsinki
Co-Investments: 1

Which angels does Nesta often collaborate with?

JH
Europe, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Abingdon
Shared Deals: 1
NE
Europe, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom, Oxford
Shared Deals: 1

What are some of recent deals done by Nesta?

Mixergy

Cassington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Mixergy offer a cost-effective solution to save energy and facilitate more renewable power generation.

EnergyRenewable Energy
Series UnknownMar 4, 2025
Amount Raised: $15,355,165
Descycle

London, England, United Kingdom

British e-waste recycling & metal recovery startup

CleanTechRecyclingSustainability
Series ANov 18, 2024
Amount Raised: $12,932,576
Anaphite

Bristol, Bristol, City of, United Kingdom

Advanced materials development and manufacture for Li-ion Battery electrodes

Advanced MaterialsBatteryChemicalManufacturingNanotechnology
Series ASep 27, 2024
Amount Raised: $13,904,803
Nandi Proteins

Edinburgh, Edinburgh, City of, United Kingdom

Nandi Proteins is a biotechnology company developing technologies to improve the properties of proteins in food manufacturing.

BiotechnologyCommercialFood ProcessingManufacturing
Convertible NoteAug 27, 2024
Amount Raised: $662,762
Renewabl

London, England, United Kingdom

Renewabl is a climate-tech software company.

CleanTechEnvironmental ConsultingRenewable Energy
SeedJul 25, 2024
Electron

London, England, United Kingdom

Electron is accelerating the energy industry’s transition to Net Zero by making granular, market-based interactions possible.

BlockchainClean EnergyData IntegrationEnergyInfrastructureRenewable EnergySoftware
Series UnknownSep 19, 2023
Amount Raised: $4,957,213
Martee’s

London, England, United Kingdom

Martee’s revolutionizing workplace nutrition with a fully managed, self-serve healthy meals and snacks solution.

Food and BeverageNutrition
Pre SeedJun 22, 2023
Mixergy

Cassington, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom

Mixergy offer a cost-effective solution to save energy and facilitate more renewable power generation.

EnergyRenewable Energy
Series UnknownMar 27, 2023
Amount Raised: $11,312,746
Airex

London, England, United Kingdom

Airex is a smart ventilation control that builds intelligent air ventilation units using atmospheric sensors and cloud algorithms.

CleanTechCloud InfrastructureConsumerConsumer GoodsEnergy EfficiencyHome ImprovementSensor
Series ADec 12, 2022
Amount Raised: $3,190,035
Naked Energy

Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom

Naked Energy has developed an innovative hybrid solar technology generating combined heat and power.

EnergyEnvironmental EngineeringRenewable EnergySolar
Series BDec 5, 2022
Amount Raised: $1,219,276