Nesta Impact Investments
Nesta Impact Investments is the venture capital arm of the UK innovation foundation Nesta, investing £150,000–£2 million in seed-to-Series A tech startups that deliver social and environmental impact. Founded in 2012, it focuses on fair starts for children, healthy lives, and sustainable economic solutions across education, healthcare, climate, and food sectors.
Their most common stage is series-b (43% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $8.6M (across 5 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
6
Fund Size
$60M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
0
Team
Serena Clayton
People Business Partner
Abbey Samyint
Executive assistant to the group chief people officer and group executive director of communications
Donovan Burn
Director of Property Operations
Ella White
Group Executive Director of Communications
Mallory Durran
Applied Research and Methods Director
Simona Capogna
People Director
Priten Makwana
Technology Support Analyst, Technology
Akalya Ahilan
Group Senior Internal Audit and Risk Manager, Finance
Annie Hurwitz
Knowledge, learning and development coordinator
Camille Stengel
Head of Qualitative Methods
Chris Norris
Senior Programme Manager, Central Programmes
Christiana Markou
Recruitment manager
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
Portfolio
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| AAirEx Technologies | Series A | — | Jan 2026 |
 Aira | Series B | — | Jan 2024 |
| GGaia Learning | Unknown | $720K | Jan 2024 |
 Aira | Series B | $14.5M | Jan 2024 |
 BibliU | Series B | $15M | Jun 2022 |
| BibliU | Series A | $10M | Apr 2020 |
| CCogbooks | Seed | $2.8M | Oct 2014 |
Top Co-Investors
Last updated: 19 September 2026