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Charity & Innovation?

Dr. Benjamin Reid, Principal Researcher for International Innovation, NESTA

03-Sep-14 14:17

Charity & Innovation?

NESTA which stands for the National Endowment for Science Technology and the Arts in the UK occupies a unique space within the ecosystem as a charity organisation that invests in new start-ups; pioneering new products and forms of technology.

Dr. Benjamin Reid, who is Principal Researcher of NESTA, joins us to share how an innovation charity functions, especially when commercial returns are not its primary aims.


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