The Sunday Times’ Social Affairs Editor, Nicholas Hellen, has written about Unforgettable.org, a new social enterprise being backed by Bridges. Unforgettable.org is the first comprehensive marketplace for dementia care products, offering guidance and support to those caring for patients with Alzheimer’s or other degenerative cognitive disorders. You can read the feature here. (£)
Read moreThe Sunday Telegraph interviewed John Treharne, Founder and CEO of The Gym Group, this weekend, discussing the success and expansion of the award-winning low-cost gym chain – which was incubated and backed by the Bridges Sustainable Growth Funds from concept stage. View the full article here.
Read moreAn expanding healthy snack bar and flapjack maker in North Wales is set to create 60 jobs after being acquired by Bridges Ventures. Read the article
Read moreThe Financial Times talks about the emergence of Social Impact Bonds as a genuine investment opportunity, drawing some interesting parallels with the philanthropy of the early 20th century chocolate tycoons (and Willy Wonka). You can read the full article here. (£)
Read moreBridges Ventures announces the purchase of the first three investments by the Bridges Property Alternatives Fund, which completed a first closing in April 2014 with over £120 mln (approx. €150.7 mln) of equity commitments from both existing and new institutional and private investors. Read the article here.
Read moreBridges Ventures, the specialist fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investment, has held the final close of the Bridges Social Impact Bond Fund at £25 million Read the article
Read moreBridges Ventures has announced the final close of the £25m social impact bond fund, aimed at providing investment and support for social care programmes across education, employment, housing, and care for vulnerable young people. Read the article
Read moreBridges Ventures has acquired a controlling stake in healthy snacks manufacturer Wholebake, providing a full exit for previous backer Finance Wales. Bridges invested via its Sustainable Growth Fund III, which closed on £125m in December 2013, beating its target of £100m. Read the article
Read moreSimon Ringer, head of the Bridges property funds, writes an opinion piece for Estates Gazette on the growing interest within the property world in investing for social and environmental impact. The article includes case studies from the Bridges portfolio, illustrating how an impact-led approach can generate both positive societal benefits and attractive financial returns. Read […]
Read morePaul Norman of CoStar covered Bridges’ £6m sale of Elmbridge Court, a business park near Gloucester, to Archimedes, a fund managed by M7 Real Estate. Read the article here. (£)
Read moreBridges featured in a story by Civil Society Finance’s Alice Sharman on the seven SIBs launched by the Cabinet Office on the 20th March. Partner Antony Ross is quoted talking about how the follow-up contracts awarded to Career Connect and Teens & Toddlers provide compelling evidence that SIBs work. For the full story, click here. […]
Read moreOn Tuesday, the New York Times featured an op-ed by David Brooks on the rise of impact investing, which the author believes is a great way for people to leave their mark on the world. The article draws on input from Brian Trelstad, a partner in Bridges’ US office, outlining some of the kinds of deals […]
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