Nesta is an organization that backs innovation for the common good through investment, research, programmes, networks and skills development. Its mission is to bring great ideas to life and create conditions where innovation can flourish. Nesta's investment strategy involves venture capital investing, backing accelerators, and impact investment funds. It also supports startups, conducts research on innovation policy, economics of innovation, and runs experimental innovation programs and labs.

1. Nesta’s
mission:
Bringing
great
ideas
to
life
and
crea0ng
the
condi0ons
where
innova0on
can
flourish

2. Backing
innova&on
for
the
common
good
through
investment,
research,
programmes,
networks
and
skills

3. Investment
Strategy
Involves:
Venture
por<olio
with
successful
exits,
backing
accelerators
and
impact
fund
RESOURCE
EFFICIENCY,
AGEING,
EDUCATION
VENTURE
INVESTING
IMPACT
INVESTMENT
FUND
CATALYSING
START
UP
SUPPORT
SUPPORTING
A
DEVELOPING
MARKET
BIG
SOCIETY
FINANCE
FUND
SVI
FUND
BIG
SOCIETY
FINANCE
FUND
RESEARCH
&
POLICY
RECOMMENDATIONS

4. Policy
&
Research:
Economics
of
innova0on,
innova0on
policy,
evidence,
data,
global
innova0on
prac0ce
EXPERIMENTS
IN
INNOVATION
POLICY
START-­‐UPS,
ACCELERATION
AND
ENTREPRENEURSHIP
HOT
TOPICS
AND
FUTURE
TECHNOLOGIES
HOW
TO
MAKE
INNOVATION
POLICY
RESEARCH
FOR
NESTA’S
PRACTICAL
PROGRAMMES:
AGEING,
JOBS,
SOCIAL
ACTION,
HYPER-­‐LOCAL
MEDIA
INNOVATION
AND
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
COLLECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE,
ANALYTICS
&
BIG
DATA
N
AND
INNOVATIO
ECONOMIC
GROWTH
COLLECTIVE
INTELLIGENCE,
ANALYTICS
&
BIG
DATA
DIGITAL
SOCIAL
INNOVATION:
EU
PROJECT
ASSET
BRITAIN:
ANALYSING
SOCIAL
INNOVATION
EVIDENCE
AND
EXPERIMENT
IN
POLICY

5. InnovaQon
Lab:
backing
projects
and
ventures
INNOVATION
IN
LOCAL
SERVICES
GIVING
AND
SOCIAL
ACTION
HEALTH
AND
AGEING
WELL
DIGITAL
PUBLIC
SERVICES
People
powered
health
5

6. UK
Crea(ve
Industries
Wider
Crea(ve
Economy
Innova0on
Vouchers
Skills
Digital
InnovaQon
CreaQve
InnovaQon
in
other
sectors
6

7. Prizes,
crowd-­‐funding
and
sourcing,
accelerators
Open
innovaQon,
innovaQon
policy,
experimental
methods
CONNECTING
WITH
INNOVATION
COMMUNITIES
AND
PARTNERS
SPECIFIC
INSIGHTS
FREE
LEARNING
MATERIALS
AND
TOOLS
CUSTOMISED
TRAINING
INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT
SOCIAL
INNOVATION,
PUBLIC
SERVICES
7

8. A
few
examples:

9. Prizes
…
9

10. Accelerator
programmes
To
date:
• 37
programs
world-­‐wide
1
• 038
companies
accelerated
2
• 01
exits
for
$
1,123,908,100
1
•
1,535,267,341
funding
$
• 864
jobs
created
4
(courtesy
of
www.seed-­‐db.com)

14. Innova0on
and
Jobs

15. Unemployment
remains
stubbornly
high…
Par0cularly
for
young
people…
And
in
specific
regions…
Challenges
remain
for
most
groups…

16. The
current
approaches
to
tackling
worklessness
are
complex
–
and
patchy
in
impact

17. SupporQng
entrepreneurship
&
enterprise
CreaQng
&
shaping
new
markets
mobilising
capital
(e.g.
complementary
currencies),
suppor0ng
growth
sectors
and
new
markets
(e.g.
developing
the
green
economy)
Intermediaries
that
improve
matching
employer
pooling,
web-­‐
pla<orms
for
flexible
working
(e.g.
task-­‐matching
sites),
new
approaches
to
careers
advice,
individualised
job-­‐
matching
services
business
services
(e.g.
start-­‐
up
support),
business
incuba0on,
funding
and
training
for
self-­‐employment
Jobs
Innovators
21st
century
employability
new
approaches
to
employment
support
(e.g.
career
coaching,
resilience-­‐
building),
pla<orms
to
showcase
skills
and
build
professional
networks
Blurring
work
&
learning
bringing
work
into
the
classroom
(e.g.
business
mentoring
in
schools),
temporary
jobs
and
supported
job
opportuni0es
(e.g.
appren0ceships
and
traineeships)

18. Our
work
• Prac0cal
support
to
spread
some
of
the
most
exci0ng
innova0ons
• Building
our
partnership
with
ci0es
• Developing
a
learning
network
and
sharing
evidence
on
‘what
works’
www.nesta.org.uk/makingitwork