Congratulations from everyone at Bridges to our co-founder Michele Giddens, who was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s Birthday Honours for services to international development and social finance. Michele has been a pioneer in these fields for three decades. This well-deserved recognition reflects not only her achievements as co-founder and partner of Bridges, but also […]
Read moreThis year, Bridges is sponsoring a brand new category at the Amazon Growing Business Awards: the Bridges Positive Impact Award, intended to recognise growth businesses that are driving positive change for people or the planet. To celebrate the new award, Real Business has published ‘Triple Bottom Line’ – a series of three articles highlighting some […]
Read moreBridges is proudly sponsoring a brand new category at the renowned Amazon Growing Business Awards – the Bridges Positive Impact Award. This new award recognises growing businesses that are demonstrating financial success while also driving meaningful positive change for people and/or the planet. Consumers increasingly demand that businesses play their part in tackling our most […]
Read moreWe are delighted to have been included in this year’s ImpactAssets 50. The IA50 is an annual list of the world’s 50 leading impact investment fund managers, selected for their excellence in demonstrating positive social, environmental and financial impact. Six of this year’s IA50 (including Bridges) have now raised over $1bn since inception. See the […]
Read moreEach year, the Queen’s Birthday Honours List recognises the achievements of extraordinary people across the UK. We were very proud to learn that Bridges partner Antony Ross was among those honoured this year, receiving an OBE for his services to Social Enterprise and Investment. Read more on this here. See what the press said at: […]
Read moreBridges Ventures is delighted to announce the launch of the DNA Profit for Purpose Prize, a competition to find a dynamic entrepreneur who has the passion and experience to make a positive change in the world by building a scalable business that can deliver both attractive financial returns and positive social or environmental impact. The […]
Read moreWe are delighted to share the news that The Gym, one of Bridges Ventures’ investee companies, has received yet another prestigious industry recognition. John Treharne, the company’s chief executive, has been named “CEO of the Year in the South East” by the BVCA Management Team Awards that celebrates the achievements of companies backed by private […]
Read moreBridges Ventures is delighted to announce that timto’s “Uplifting Gifting” platform is the winner of the DNA Profit with Purpose Prize. The winner of this unique prize – comprising of £100k equity investment and hands-on support from Bridges and a group of angel investors – was announced at last week’s DNA Summit, after pitches from […]
Read moreBridges Ventures is delighted to announce it has been awarded the “Venture Exit of the Year” Award in the prestigious unquote British Private Equity Awards 2013, held in London last night. A link to the full list of awards is here. Bridges was chosen as the winner for its role in the creation and success […]
Read moreBridges Ventures’ investee company The Gym Group has been named as the one of the UK’s fastest-growing companies in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100. The company came in 13th place in this highly prestigious list which ranks the fastest-growing private companies by sales, and is acknowledged by leading business figures as the definitive barometer […]
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that The Gym Group, one of Bridges Ventures’ investee companies, has achieved 15th place in the prestigious The Sunday Times 100 Best Small Companies to Work For list, the UK’s most extensive research into employee engagement and which honours the 100 Best Small Companies to Work For. Most notably, The […]
Read moreWe are delighted to announce that, for a second year running, Bridges Ventures (‘Bridges’) has been included in the ImpactAssets 50 2012 list (IA 50 2012), the first open-source, publicly published database of experienced impact investment fund managers. The IA 50 2012 is a resource for the increasing number of investors interested in gaining exposure to […]
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