Nest
VC Fund
Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Nest is a VC fund in Sheung Wan focused on News and Big Data. Nest offers corporate accelerator programs and makes investments in seed to growth-stage startups. It also runs an entrepreneurial community called Mettā. Since 2015, Over 174 startups have been accelerated with their corporate partners; including Bangkok Bank, INFINITI, FedEx, DBS, Amex, and various governments.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Nest invests in
Stages Nest invests in
Countries Nest invests in
Contacts
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Alyssa Aaron
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Lawrence Morgan
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Muthuri Kinyamu
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Stefan Mikic
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Investment Focus
Industry
- News 1 (20%)
- Big Data 1 (20%)
- Security 1 (20%)
- Software 1 (20%)
- Analytics 1 (20%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (60%)
- Funding Round 1 (20%)
Country
- Hong Kong 2 (40%)
- Singapore 1 (20%)
- South Korea 1 (20%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Alyssa Aaron
Director of Investments
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Director of Investments | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Lawrence Morgan
CEO
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CEO | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Muthuri Kinyamu
Programme Coordinator, Nest Africa
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Programme Coordinator, Nest Africa | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Simon Squibb
Co-Founder
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Co-Founder | Total investments: 6 | Find email | |
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Stefan Mikic
Co Founder
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Co Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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EO Studio
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Media and Information platform provides news and other articles on the start-up in Korea | Seed / Feb 02, 2023 | |
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EO Studio
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Media and Information platform provides news and other articles on the start-up in Korea | Seed / Jul 07, 2020 | |
Apvera
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Apvera is an information technology and services company that offers cybersecurity services for businesses, firms, and companies. It offers a software platform that provides insights for its clients to monitor the data flow within their own company. Apvera specializes in security, machine learning, data analytics, big data, and behavioral analysisThe company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Singapore.. | $1.3M / Seed / Nov 15, 2016 | |
GoWell
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Gowell is a Hong Kong-based education company focused on international education, overseas studies advisory services, corporate training and online learning. Gowell was first established based on the strengths of its award-winning online language learning platforms, GoChinese and GoEnglish, with customers throughout China and Greater Asia, the U.S.and UK. Since then, it has expanded into international education and corporate training. The company is now delivering the world’s most widely recognized university preparation program in China through the largest learning center network in the country. Gowell places a strong emphasis on maintaining high quality education with state-of-the-art approaches and learning technologies that meet the needs of today’s learners.History. Gowell started as an online education company, combining a strong focus on linguistics and state-of-the-art education technologies. Its online platforms bring to life learning materials by automatically generating the voice output, definitions, phonetics and other learning support. Learning and assessment content delivered on these platforms are contributed or customized by all participants in the learning process – leading publishers, authors, instructors and learners. Gowell’s showcase products include GoChinese and GoEnglish, which teach these respective languages with differing bilingual support. In November 2006, Gowell won both the top Asia Pacific ICT Award (APICTA) in Education and Training as well as the Hong Kong ICT Grand Award in eLearning.Gowell is also providing comprehensive corporate language training, integrating in-person teaching with its online platforms that deliver multimedia-rich course materials customized and regularly updated for individual companies. In 2014, Gowell expanded into international education, operating GAC-ACT overseas education centers in China and delivering the GAC university preparation program. This program is the flagship international education program of ACT Inc. and the most widely recognized university preparation program in the world. It is focused on preparing students for tertiary education in Western education systems and its curriculum includes a wide range of academic subjects taught in English as well as test preparation – all while equipping students with the learning skills that help them thrive when studying overseas. | $1M / Seed / Mar 17, 2015 | |
I Love
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I Love is a startup that connects brands with consumers by offering marketing services and products. The company offers digital, search, and mobile marketing; traditional and digital outdoor marketing; and ambient media and partnership marketing services via its marketing campaigns, digital advertising screens, sign spaces, coaster advertising andbill inserts, and more.I Love’s products portfolio includes I Love Hong Kong: a website that publishes details about food, fashion, shopping hangouts, restaurants, bars, clubs, shops, attractions, and hotels available in Hong Kong; Locationwise: a location-based marketing agency that enables brands reach local areas via its tactical campaigns; and The Kombi: a vintage Volkswagen Kombi that can be used for brand activations, street marketing campaigns and event activities.I Love was founded by Scott Davies and is based in Hong Kong. |
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FAQ
What does Nest invest in?
Nest invests primarily in News, Big Data and Security startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Hong Kong. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The team at Nest includes Alyssa Aaron (Director of Investments), Lawrence Morgan (CEO) and Muthuri Kinyamu (Programme Coordinator, Nest Africa), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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