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What does Nesta invest in?
Nesta invests most often at Venture and Seed (56% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Education, Learning Management System and Productivity Tools.
Nesta highlights
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2 cheques in the last 12 months
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Mostly Venture and Seed: 56% of its rounds
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Led 1 rounds
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2 exits from the portfolio
What they do
The Mission Studio We're building the next generation of mission-led start-ups.From their own website
- Type
- VC firm (from a list, unverified)
- Cheque size
- Not stated
- Stages
- SeedSeries ASeries B
- Sectors
- EducationLearning Management SystemProductivity Tools
- Based in
- London, United Kingdom
- Cold pitches
- Not stated
The record
Every round we can evidence, newest first32 appearances
- 2026
2 rounds
- Jul
- May
- 2019
1 round
- Jun
- 2017
1 round
- Oct
- 2012
2 rounds
- Mar
- Feb
- 2011
2 rounds
- Oct
- Feb
- 2010
5 rounds
- Oct
- Jun
- Jun
- Apr
- Apr
- 2009
4 rounds
- Dec
- Jul
- Feb
- Feb
- 2008
4 rounds
- May
- Apr
- Apr
- Jan
- 2007
4 rounds
- Oct
- Jul
- Jul
- May
- 2006
3 rounds
- Oct
- Jul
- Mar
- 2005
3 rounds
- Dec
- Oct
- Jun
- 2002
1 round
- Dec
An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.
The team
We hold 8 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.
Exits from the portfolio
Companies it backed that were later bought or listed2 in all
SirigenBought by Becton DickinsonUndisclosedAug 2012
TidewayBought by BMC SoftwareUndisclosedOct 2009
An exit counts when it came after the firm's first round in the company. From historical deal records.