Nesta Impact Investments

Featurespace is dedicated to making the world a safer place for our clients and their customers by providing advanced fraud and financial crime management solutions through their ARIC™ Risk Hub, which leverages machine learning and Adaptive Behavioral Analytics.

Aira Technologies provides AI-powered solution suites to support Operators’ operational, energy, and spectral efficiency goals.

Resi is a connected platform for live streaming, on-demand video, and AI-powered content creation, trusted by organizations where reliability isn't optional and every event deserves to keep working long after it ends.

Anaphite is focused on revolutionizing battery production through its Dry Coating Precursor (DCP®) technology, which aims to reduce costs and carbon emissions in the manufacturing of EV batteries.

DEScycle is a deep tech company that aims to transform the metals industry. We create innovative metal recovery & recycling methods using eco-friendly Deep Eutectic Solvents (DES). These non-toxic, non-water-based salts allow for low-temperature, low-energy operations; resulting in low-carbon, low-impact metals.

Renewabl is a renewable energy platform that facilitates efficient procurement of Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and certificates, enabling companies to manage their clean energy data and track their carbon-free energy (CFE) scores.

BibliU's Learning Enablement platform empowers universities and colleges to automate learning content workflows and improve student outcomes, providing digital textbooks, monographs, and courseware more cost-effectively than ever before.

Skin Analytics is a company specializing in skin health analysis, offering insights into skin care solutions.

UK’s No.1 Fundraising & Crowdfunding platform

Symetrica is a leading manufacturer of radiation detection solutions and integrated threat detection systems, specializing in operational security threat detection and identification.

Ambrosia Bioscience, founded by experienced doctors, focuses on delivering the latest in pharmaceutical advancements.

Avesta Fund is a certified B Corporation venture capital fund that invests 100% of its capital in early-stage tech startups whose business models are intrinsically tied to decarbonization and economic opportunity. The fund systematically prioritizes founders from communities most affected by climate change and inequality, operates as a public-private bridge through its partnership with Colorado's Venture Capital Authority, and combines traditional venture returns with formal impact verification using standardized frameworks.

Invests in robotics, advanced materials, and nanotechnology while combining venture investing with in-house podcasts and video to popularize companies and enable accredited fans to co-invest alongside its celebrity founder.

Impact-oriented family office founded and led by a married team combining a former Montessori educator (Fulbright Scholar with MA in Literacy Learning) and a twice-exited entrepreneur/renewables and healthcare VC. They explicitly use their pedagogical and operating experience to shape investment selection and portfolio support, writing $50k–$500k checks with a thesis focused on inclusive education, healthcare, and climate solutions linked to social mobility. They commit 10% of profits to evidence-based nonprofits as a formal part of their identity.

Solo-GP investor led by Adam Besvinick focusing on pre-seed health, climate, and empowerment startups, offering early conviction checks and disciplined pushback against overbuilt models and oversized rounds. Looking Glass Capital is a solo-GP fund that positions itself as a "first yes" pre-seed investor, aiming to be the earliest conviction check for founders rather than following others' signals.

Global firm investing pre-seed to Series B in climate, health, and inclusive capitalism; led by exited founders, runs an in-house venture builder with well-known founders and AI-driven scouting.