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Vestd is a sharetech platform based in the UK. The company commenced business in 2014.[1]
History
[edit]Vestd’s founder and CEO, Ifty Nasir previously served as CEO for Essar Energy and as Vice President for BP.[2][3]
In 2014, Nasir pivoted from the energy business to the tech business. He focused on equity management and built the Vestd platform to facilitate equity sharing.[4]
Culture
[edit]In 2019, the company went fully remote.[5][6] Partially because of this, Vestd was recognised by Breathe HR in their 2021 awards, which placed Vestd in the top three of British businesses for company culture.[7]
Expansion into India
[edit]In 2025, Vestd announced that it had partnered with Bangalore-based Trica Equity.[8][9]
Recognition
[edit]The WSB Awards 2024: ‘Share Scheme Provider of the Year’ - winner[10]
The Hustle Awards 2024: ‘Most Innovative Tech’ - finalist[11]
The Hustle Awards 2024: ‘Social Impact Heroes’ - finalist[12]
ESOP Centre Awards 2024: ‘Best Use of Technology in an Employee Share Scheme’[13]
Fintech Awards London, ‘Fintech of the Year 2023’ - finalist[14]
The Hustle Awards 2023, ‘Most Innovative Tech’ - finalist[15]
Europas 2021, ‘Hottest B2B / SaaS Startup 2021’ - finalist[16]
BusinessCloud’s FinTech50 2021 - winner[17]
Breathe HR Culture Winners 2021 - ‘Top 3 in the country’ - winner[18]
Campaigns and media activities
[edit]Vestd has featured in publications such as The Financial Times[19], The Times[20], ITN[21] and Sifted.[22]
In 2021, the company took their ‘EMI Revolution Report’[23] to the Government and met with the Treasury to discuss the findings of said report - notably that share schemes are an excellent stimulant of economic growth for individuals and companies.[24]
In 2023, Vestd launched FounderMetrics,[25] a business podcast hosted by Ifty Nasir. Guests have included Dragons’ Den star Piers Linney, business mogul Simon Squibb, The Apprentice Winner Mark Wright and fashion leader Roger Saul.
In 2024, Vestd created National Share Scheme Day.[26] This is celebrated on May 22nd every year, to raise awareness of the benefits of sharing.
References
[edit]- ^ "Vestd company information". gov.uk. Companies House (UK Government).
- ^ "Meet Ifty Nasir, founder and CEO of Vestd". justentrepreneurs.co.uk. Just Entrepreneurs Magazine. 30 January 2023.
- ^ "Profile, Ifty Nasir". weforum.org. World Economic Forum.
- ^ "Roar meets Vestd CEO Ifty Nasir". roar.training. Roar Training.
- ^ "Vestd, About Us". vestd.com. Vestd.
- ^ "How remote companies handle finances". teampay.co. Team Pay.
- ^ "Culture Leaders List 2021". breathhr.com. Breath HR.
- ^ "Post: Trica equity joins with Vestd". Linkedin.com. Vestd.
- ^ "Afternoon Dispatches". tice.news. Tice News India.
- ^ "WSB Award winners 2024". professionalpensions.com. Professional Pensions. 8 September 2023.
- ^ "Meet the Hustle Awards 2024 Shortlist". StartupsMagazine.co.uk. Startups Magazine.
- ^ "Meet the Hustle Awards 2024 shortlist". startupsmagazine.co.uk. Startups Magazine.
- ^ "Newspad Awards 2024". esopcentre.com. ESOP Centre.
- ^ "2023 Awards, winners and highly commended". fintechawardslondon.com. Fintech Awards London.
- ^ Sowery, Keira. "Meet the Hustle Awards 2023 shortlist". startupsmagazine.co.uk. Startups Magazine.
- ^ "Vestd recognised by the europas for hottest b2b saas startup 2021". fintech-alliance.com. Fintech Alliance. 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Revealing the UKs Fintech50 for 2021". businesscloud.co.uk. Business Cloud. 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Culture List 2021 Announcement". breathehr.com. Breathe HR.
- ^ Kyriakou, Simoney. "Budget 2024: 'Some relief' for business owners". ftadviser.com. Financial Times.
- ^ Prevett, Hannah (28 July 2023). "For richer for poorer: the rise of the co-founder prenup". thetimes.com. The Times.
- ^ "What is a share scheme and why would you want one?". itn.co.uk. ITN. 20 May 2024.
- ^ "How to set up a cofounder prenup". sifted.eu. Sifted (Financial Times).
- ^ "EMI Consultation Report" (PDF). vestd.com. Vestd.
- ^ "The founder of Vestd calls for change with new campaign to boost the number of share schemes in the UK". fintech-alliance.com. Fintech Alliance. 6 July 2021.
- ^ "FounderMetrics Podcast". pod.link. Podpreneur.
- ^ "Upcoming awareness days and events". awarenessdays.com. Awareness Days.
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