Popular searches
Matt Mead
Chief Investments Officer

Matt Mead
Alumni
Matt led the venture investing team which manages a £25 million portfolio which currently has 20 live investments and five limited partner positions. Following Nesta’s transition to charitable status, Matt helped to develop, and now runs, Nesta’s social impact investment fund working alongside Joe Ludlow. Matt also led the venture investing team (a £25 million portfolio), led the management of the Nesta Trust, a £350 million investment portfolio, and oversaw Nesta’s business development activity.
Matt joined Nesta from 3i where he was a partner in its venture capital business. Matt invested in a number of notable successes at 3i, including Vistorm (sold to EDS), Datanomic (sold to Oracle), Nimbus Partners (sold to TIBCO), and Garlik (sold to Experian). Matt then led the disposal of 3i’s venture portfolio in 2007 to 2009 in a series of international secondary portfolio disposals.
Matt is an ACA qualified accountant and had a ten year corporate finance career at EY prior to joining 3i. He is currently on the venture committee of the BVCA and on the Board of the British Business Angels Association.
Browse content from Matt Mead
Also in Alumni
Stay up to date
Get our weekly newsletter and tailor your updates on our programmes, events and research
Stay up to date
Join our mailing list to receive updates about Nesta’s work, including the regular Nesta newsletter and tailored information on jobs, funding opportunities, programme updates, new research and publications, event invites and the occasional requests to take part in research or surveys - based on your interests.
You can unsubscribe by clicking the link in our emails where indicated, or emailing [email protected]. Or you can update your contact preferences. We promise to keep your details safe and secure. We won’t share your details outside of Nesta without your permission. Find out more about how we use personal information in our Privacy Policy.