Property Alternatives Fund III closed ahead of target thanks to strong demand from U.S. and European investors Highlights the growing interest in sustainable and impact-driven property investment Bridges’ third property fund, and the largest vehicle the firm has raised for any strategy to date Bridges Ventures (‘Bridges’), the specialist sustainable and impact investor, today announces […]
Read moreSince 2012, Career Connect’s SIB-funded programme has delivered thousands of improved outcomes for vulnerable young people, potentially saving the Government millions of pounds in future welfare payments Bridges, which invested in the SIB, has made a short film celebrating Career Connect’s story Career Connect and Teens & Toddlers (another Bridges-backed SIB) have both now repaid […]
Read moreThe PRI’s annual assessment process plays an important role in promoting best practice and transparency around ESG issues. The UN-supported Principles of Responsible Investment were established in 2006, in order to help asset owners and managers encourage the integration of ESG issues into investment decision-making. There are now almost 1,400 signatories globally. An important part […]
Read morePioneers Post discusses the success of three early UK social impact bonds that have paid investors in full and ahead of schedule. Two of the three, Career Connect and Teens & Toddlers, were backed by Bridges – and earlier this year, the providers involved in both were recommissioned to deliver a second SIB-funded programme. Read the […]
Read moreB Corp is a global movement of companies looking to combine social and financial goals Today it launches officially in the UK, with an initial cohort of over 60 UK-based B Corps To coincide with the launch, Bridges Impact+ is publishing a new report entitled ‘To B Or Not To B’, which examines the arguments […]
Read moreThe homes, which are already let to Barchester Healthcare, provide quality accommodation for elderly, often high-acuity, patients They were developed with investment from Bridges Ventures’ Sustainable Property Fund and the CarePlaces Fund, a joint venture between Bridges and Castleoak Bridges has now successfully exited nine of its care home investments Property funds managed by Bridges […]
Read moreBridges and IVUK back Unforgettable, a pioneering social business set up to improve the lives of those living with dementia and their carers Bridges Ventures (‘Bridges’) and Impact Ventures UK (‘IVUK’) have announced they are backing Unforgettable.org (‘Unforgettable’), a pioneering website and e-commerce platform to support those living with dementia and their carers – informed by the founder’s own […]
Read moreThe Foundry, a hub for social justice and human rights organisations based in Vauxhall, South London, has been named ‘London Building of the Year’ at the prestigious Royal Institute of British Architects’ annual awards. The RIBA judges were full of praise for the work of Architecture 00, who led the redesign of the former shoe […]
Read moreMIINT engages a network of student-led MBA teams at prominent business schools across the world in impact investing competition. This Saturday, April 18, Bridges Impact+ and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative hosted the fourth annual MIINT competition — an international training program for business and graduate students interested in impact investing. The competition welcomed over […]
Read moreMIINT engages a network of student-led MBA teams at prominent business schools across the world in impact investing competition. Bridges Impact+, the advisory arm of specialist fund manager Bridges Ventures, and the Wharton Social Impact Initiative at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania will host the fourth annual MIINT competition for student-led impact […]
Read moreBrian Trelstad, US Partner at Bridges Ventures, discusses the rise of impact investing in an op-ed for Buyouts Magazine, and explains why private equity managers can’t afford to ignore this important new force. View the article on PE Hub here.
Read moreThe Bridges Property Alternatives Fund and Stoford, a leading commercial property company, have teamed up to acquire and develop the 18-acre Prime 10 site in the Wednesfield area of Wolverhampton, at a total estimated cost of circa £20m. Bridges and Stoford plan to transform the derelict site into a high-specification warehouse and logistics centre; it […]
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