17th November 2010
Bridges Ventures awarded at 2010 Education Investor awards ceremony
We are delighted to announce that Bridges Ventures was awarded The Judge’s Commendation in the Investors of the Year category at the 2010 Education Investor awards ceremony, held last night at London’s Grosvenor House Hotel. The panel of judges praised Bridges Ventures for its “inclusive approach and strongly personalised focus on learning”.
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3rd March 2010
Bridges Ventures and Magenta Partners launch Halo Insurance Services
Bridges Ventures and Magenta Partners today announce that they have co-invested to launch Halo Insurance Services Ltd, providing innovative niche insurance products for the wholesale and retail markets. Halo also announces that Alistair Tillen, former co-founder of SimplySwitch, joins its Board. Halo benefits the consumer by providing an alternative to insurance sold at major car […]
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30th January 2012
Bridges Ventures makes senior level promotions
• Simon Ringer, Head of Property Funds, promoted to the Board • Three team members promoted to Partner London, 30 January, 2012: Bridges Ventures (‘Bridges’) today announced that it has promoted Simon Ringer, Head of Property Funds, to the Board and Anne-Marie Harris, Alistair Tillen and Garret Turley of the Bridges’ Sustainable Growth Funds to […]
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18th November 2016
Bridges named Investor of the Year at the EducationInvestor Awards 2016
Bridges was delighted to be named ‘Investor of the Year’ at the 2016 EducationInvestor Awards. The award recognises Bridges’ track record of working with outstanding management teams to build high-growth, high-impact businesses in the education sector. This year’s highlight was our successful exit from Babington Group, a Derby-based apprenticeships provider, which was sold to RJD […]
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17th February 2011
J.P. Morgan invests £2.75m in the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund
Bridges Ventures today announced that the J.P. Morgan Social Finance Unit has invested £2.75 million in the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund, bringing the fund to a final close of £11.75 million. The investment is the first UK-based commitment by the J.P. Morgan Social Finance Unit. Launched in 2009, the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund aims to […]
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28th February 2011
Bridges Ventures appoints Alistair Tillen as Investment Director
Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, has expanded its investment team for the second time this year with the appointment of Alistair Tillen. In his role as Investment Director, Alistair will work across the major investment themes of the Bridges Venture Funds: underserved areas, environment, education & skills and health & well-being. He will focus […]
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10th October 2016
Michele named among Real Deals’ 20 Most Influential 2016
Real Deals has named Michele Giddens, Bridges partner and co-founder, as one of the top 20 most influential people in the global private equity industry. The publication points out that when Bridges was launched in 2002, the idea of a private equity firm trying to “deliver a profit at the same time as making a […]
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10th October 2016
Dr Guy Turnbull receives EY Social Enterprise of the Year award
Dr Guy Turnbull, Managing Director of CASA, triumphed at the national finals of the EY Entrepreneur of The Year 2016 awards, taking home the Social Entrepreneur award. CASA is an employee-owned social enterprise that provides high-quality domiciliary and complex health and social care to the elderly, disabled and vulnerable. Its innovative business model leads to […]
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17th October 2016
The Vet appoints new CEO and Chair as it gears up for growth
Jessica Frame, incoming CEO, has previously held senior leadership roles at Tesco, BCG and NutriCentre Sally Bailey, incoming Chair, was the CEO responsible for transforming White Stuff into one of the UK’s leading outdoor lifestyle brands The Vet now has six sites across the UK, with new clinics due to launch in the year ahead […]
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25th October 2016
Bridges wins Finance for the Future Award
We were delighted to win the Investing and Financing category in the recent ‘Finance for the Future Awards 2016’, in recognition of the success of the Bridges Social Entrepreneurs Fund. This fund was the first of its kind in the UK: an institutional closed-ended fund designed to provide quasi-equity, plus strategic and operational support, to […]
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19th May 2011
Bridges Ventures provides CASA with platform for future growth
19 May 2011: Social enterprise Care and Share Associates (CASA), which develops employee-owned domiciliary care companies, and Bridges Ventures, the sustainable growth investor, have finalised terms on an initial £200K investment designed to enable the company to prepare for future expansion. The investment will be made by Bridges Ventures’ Social Entrepreneurs Fund in the form […]
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25th October 2016
Michele talks to the FT about the opportunity for impact investing
Michele Giddens, Bridges’ partner and co-founder, was profiled in The Financial Times recently, talking about the role that impact investment and profit-with-purpose businesses can play in tackling some of the UK’s pressing social challenges. In the article, Michele talks about Bridges’ growth from its first fund in 2002 to today’s multi-fund platform. She also calls […]
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