Nesta

Type

Non-Profit

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

25

Average round size

967K

Portfolio companies

24

Rounds per year

1.00

Lead investments

16

Follow on index

0.04

Exits

1

Areas of investment
SoftwareFinancial ServicesHealth CareHigher EducationEducationMedical DeviceMedicalRenewable EnergyNon ProfitCharity

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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Investor highlights

Stage focus
Seed

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Investments analytics

Analytics

Total investments
25
Lead investments
16
Exits
1
Rounds per year
1.00
Follow on index
0.04
Investments by industry
  • Education (7)
  • Health Care (4)
  • Medical (4)
  • Non Profit (4)
  • Software (2)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (24)
  • The Netherlands (1)
Peak activity year
2019

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
12
Avg. valuation at time of investment
1M
Group Appearance index
0.24
Avg. company exit year
11

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Martee’s 22 Jun 2023 Food and Beverage, Nutrition Seed England, London, United Kingdom
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