Build Bold Ventures With Us
With our tested playbook, hands-on team, and day-one capital, we help extraordinary individuals turn bold ideas into game-changing ventures, fast.
WHO WE ARE
Mission Studio designs, builds and spins out startups that tackle society’s biggest challenges. We are part of Nesta, the research and innovation foundation.
We provide the capital, networks, and operational support that let founders push harder, test faster, and drive their ventures to scale.
HOW WE WORK
DESIGN
We explore a range of problem spaces, identify opportunities, and create tech-enabled concepts with venture scale potential. We validate rigorously and back our strongest ideas with extraordinary founders.
BUILD
With a founder on board, we co-build for six months to turn a high level concept into a validated early-stage venture. At the end of Build, founders pitch to our investment committee, if successful they spin out and we invest £200k.
ACCELERATE
Once a founder has ‘spun out’ of Mission Studio, we continue to support the venture and the founding team with guidance on hiring talent, acquiring customers and investment readiness ahead of their next raise.
FOUNDER OFFER
- Take the helm of an already partially validated concept
- A designated co-builder for the six months
- £4k monthly living stipend during the 6-month Build
- £25k cash Build budget
- Opportunity to pitch for £200k spin out funding
- Wider studio platform of peers, ex-founders, venture builders, operators, perks and experts
- Access to Nesta's mission-relevant networks perks and experts
OUR STARTUPS
From AI-powered demand forecasting for food retailers, to end-to-end home retrofits, our startups (and their founders) have turned breakthrough ideas into scalable solutions since 2021.
OUR MISSIONS
We build ventures that bring Nesta’s missions to life: from giving every child the best start in life, to increasing the number of healthy years lived in the UK, to accelerating the path to net zero.
A FAIRER START
Our mission is that every child has the same chance of developing to their full potential in the early years from 2030.
We build ventures that give every child the best chance to thrive – from tackling access to perinatal care to strengthening early years provision. Our focus spans new models of community-driven childcare, tech-enabled support for families, safer digital spaces for children, and solutions that empower the early years workforce.
A HEALTHY LIFE
Our mission is to halve the prevalence of obesity in the UK by 2030.
We build ventures that make healthy choices the easy choices. That means reducing obesity at scale, supporting food SMEs with making better products, and building tools that spark healthier consumer habits. We also explore adjacent levers - from agriculture to product reformulation - to shape healthier lives across whole communities.
A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
Our mission is to reduce home carbon emissions in the UK by 30% by 2030.
We build ventures that cut carbon emissions in the home. From affordable retrofits, to new financing solutions and workforce retraining, we focus on innovations that scale impact fast while ensuring homes, communities, and businesses thrive in a low-carbon economy.
