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Nesta

Founders David Puttnam

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Total investments 28
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$888K
Portfolio companies 27
Rounds per year 1.08
Lead investments 16
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.04
Exits 1
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Areas of investment

  • Education
  • Non Profit
  • Health Care
  • Medical
  • Renewable Energy
Summary

In 1998 was created Nesta, which is appeared as Corporate Investor. The main office of represented Corporate Investor is situated in the London. The fund was located in Europe if to be more exact in United Kingdom.

Among the most successful fund investment fields, there are EdTech, Medical. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight The Behavioural Insights Team, NanoSight, Swoop. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. For fund there is a match between the country of its foundation and the country of its the most frequent investments - United Kingdom.

The top activity for fund was in 2019. The fund is generally included in less than 2 deals every year. Deals in the range of 100 thousands - 1 million dollars are the general things for fund. The top amount of exits for fund were in 2013. Speaking about the real fund results, this Corporate Investor is 74 percentage points more often commits exit comparing to other organizations. Comparing to the other companies, this Nesta performs on 23 percentage points less the average number of lead investments.

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 participants. Despite the Nesta, startups are often financed by Nesta Ventures, YFM Equity Partners, Sulis Innovation. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Tennant Capital Partners, Technology Venture Partners US, Parkwalk Advisors. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Nesta Ventures, Eden Ventures, Nauta Capital.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Anaphite

Advanced Materials
Battery
Chemical
Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Pollution Control
27 Sep 2024 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Renewabl

CleanTech
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
25 Jul 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Martee’s

Food and Beverage
Nutrition
22 Jun 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Airex

CleanTech
Cloud Infrastructure
Consumer
Consumer Goods
Energy Efficiency
Finance
Financial Exchanges
Financial Services
FinTech
Home Improvement
Marketplace
Sensor
$3M12 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Naked Energy

Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
Solar
$1M05 Dec 2022 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Smart Surgical Appliances

Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
Surgical Devices
$452K03 Apr 2009 United Kingdom, England

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Total investments 28
Average round size 888K
Rounds per year 1.08
Peak activity year 2019
Lead investments 16
Follow on index 0.04
Exits 1
Group Appearance index 0.32

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Anaphite

Advanced Materials
Battery
Chemical
Manufacturing
Nanotechnology
Pollution Control
27 Sep 2024 Bristol, England, United Kingdom

Renewabl

CleanTech
Environmental Consulting
Renewable Energy
25 Jul 2024 London, England, United Kingdom

Martee’s

Food and Beverage
Nutrition
22 Jun 2023 London, England, United Kingdom

Airex

CleanTech
Cloud Infrastructure
Consumer
Consumer Goods
Energy Efficiency
Finance
Financial Exchanges
Financial Services
FinTech
Home Improvement
Marketplace
Sensor
$3M12 Dec 2022 London, England, United Kingdom

Naked Energy

Energy
Environmental Engineering
Renewable Energy
Solar
$1M05 Dec 2022 United Kingdom, England, United Kingdom

Smart Surgical Appliances

Medical
Medical Device
Pharmaceutical
Surgical Devices
$452K03 Apr 2009 United Kingdom, England
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