Bridges 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 […]
Read moreThe 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 moreSpringboard provides high-quality before- and after-school educational programming to 6,000 children at 53 public and charter schools Bridges Ventures’ investment will allow Springboard to expand access to its programs, allowing it to reach tens of thousands of children across the U.S. This is the first investment from Bridges’ U.S. office, which provides aligned capital to […]
Read moreThe group will initially consist of nine pharmacies in the North-West of England It will focus on broadening access to healthcare services, especially in under-served areas This is the seventh investment from Bridges’ third sustainable growth fund The Bridges Sustainable Growth Fund III, managed by specialist sustainable and impact investor Bridges Ventures (“Bridges”), announces the […]
Read more18-acre site in Wolverhampton has planning permission for over 400,000 sq. ft. of warehouse space The development will bring a site back into commercial use that has been unoccupied for more than ten years Significant local demand for warehouse space – with potential to create more than 400 permanent jobs in an under-served region of […]
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
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