NESTA

Charity with a mission to help people and organisations bring great ideas to life.

NESTA is the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts - an independent body with a mission to make the UK more innovative. Their endowment status means they operate at no cost to the UK taxpayer. They invest in early-stage companies, inform policy, and deliver practical programmes that inspire others to solve the big challenges of the future. NESTA's success depends on the strength of the partnerships they form with innovators, policymakers, community organisations, educators and other investors. They bring the best ideas, new flows of capital and talented people together, and encourage others to develop them further.

NESTA works in a number of practical areas to help shape a better, fairer and more prosperous future, including: citizen engagement in public services, digital arts & media, future thinking, government innovation, health & ageing, impact investment, innovation policy, new models for inclusive economic growth, and opportunities for young people.