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Nest is a great UK success story.
Established in 2010, Nest is a critical pillar of the Government’s automatic enrolment programme, with a public service obligation (PSO) to accept any employer wishing to use the scheme to discharge their automatic enrolment duties.
From a standing start, we have delivered a high quality, low cost pension scheme open to all, which has not only delivered on its mission, but has also helped to drive up standards and best practice across the industry. Now with over 6 million members and well over half a million participating employers, Nest is playing a critical role in helping people save for their retirement - many of them low to moderate earners who may be saving for the first time, and moving jobs frequently.
Nest now occupies an important place in the pensions market and will deliver high quality pensions to mass market consumers for many years to come, leveraging its scale to deliver value through the combination of low costs, market leading investment solutions and modernised services all overseen by strong Trustee governance.
Established in 2010, Nest is a critical pillar of the Government’s automatic enrolment programme, with a public service obligation (PSO) to accept any employer wishing to use the scheme to discharge their automatic enrolment duties.
From a standing start, we have delivered a high quality, low cost pension scheme open to all, which has not only delivered on its mission, but has also helped to drive up standards and best practice across the industry. Now with over 6 million members and well over half a million participating employers, Nest is playing a critical role in helping people save for their retirement - many of them low to moderate earners who may be saving for the first time, and moving jobs frequently.
Nest now occupies an important place in the pensions market and will deliver high quality pensions to mass market consumers for many years to come, leveraging its scale to deliver value through the combination of low costs, market leading investment solutions and modernised services all overseen by strong Trustee governance.
Overview
Location
United Kingdom, England, London
Employees
201-500
Founded date
2010
Mentions in press and media 26
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| Oct 23, 2026 | £180m Gets UK AI Startups Started, Who Pays to Keep Them Here? | Authored by Uche Ezuma, Technology Journalist The UK is one of the world’s great originators of ideas, but why do so many of its most promising startups still have to look abroad for the capital to grow? Between January 2022 and May 2026, U... |
| Sep 23, 2026 | Natwest makes first VC fund bet in push to back British tech | Natwest has made its first direct investment into an independently managed venture capital fund, joining a push by some of Britain’s biggest financial institutions to funnel more domestic money into UK tech companies. The banking giant is i... |
| Sep 16, 2026 | UK tech scale-ups raise £3.4bn as Burnham faces test over British investment | Britain’s latest crop of high-growth tech companies have raised £3.4bn between them and employ more than 6,000 people, as Andy Burnham faces pressure to get more British capital behind home-grown firms. Tech Nation on Wednesday unveiled the... |
| Jul 27, 2026 | Burnham backs plan to pump £1bn pension funds into start-ups | Andy Burnham’s government is set to spearhead a new £1bn fund that will channel cash from some of the country’s biggest pension schemes into start-ups. Pension funds including Nest, the workplace scheme set up by the government, Railpen, Bo... |
| Jul 13, 2026 | Nest launches first venture sleeve with Schroders Capital | |
| Jul 8, 2026 | State-backed pension scheme plans to pump £1bn into start-ups | The UK’s largest state backed pension scheme is planning to invest up to £1bn in venture capital by the end of the decade in a bid to boost returns for its members and fuel economic growth. The National Employment Savings Trust, dubbed Nest... |
| Jun 2, 2026 | Pension master trusts join forces to tackle outdated transfer systems | Eight pension master trusts have joined forces in a bid to improve the pension transfer system following uproar over its outdated and sluggish practices. The group, dubbed Pathfinder, brings together trusts including Nest, Smart Pension and... |
| Oct 23, 2025 | Schroders Capital Receives £500M from Nest | Nest, a pension provider representing around a third of the UK workforce, has committed a further £500 million to be invested by Schroders Capital’s private markets business. The allocation strengthens the partnership which began in 2022 an... |
| Oct 21, 2025 | Top Aussie pension funds wooed by Labour amid investment drive | Some of Australia’s largest pension funds are being courted by the Labour government amid a rush to attract higher investment in the UK. Ahead of a summit in Birmingham, Australia’s largest pension fund AustralianSuper announced extra inves... |
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FAQ about Nest
When was Nest founded?
Nest was founded in 2010.
What has the press written about Nest?
Parsers VC has collected 26 articles mentioning Nest, among them “£180m Gets UK AI Startups Started, Who Pays to Keep Them Here?” (Oct 23, 2026) and “Natwest makes first VC fund bet in push to back British tech” (Sep 23, 2026).
Is Nest still active?
Yes, Nest is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Oct 27, 2026.