Patient, aligned capital for high-impact companies
Bridges Evergreen is a flexible, values-aligned investment partner for ambitious, highly impactful businesses that are helping to solve our most pressing social challenges.
Bridges Evergreen is a flexible, values-aligned investment partner for ambitious, highly impactful businesses that are helping to solve our most pressing social challenges.
Our thesis
If we are to have any hope of achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, business has a vital role to play. However, high-impact businesses with ambitions to scale – particularly in regulated sectors like health, education or energy – often struggle to find a like-minded investment partner to support their long-term growth.
We invest in scalable, profitable, cash-generative businesses with a compelling social impact thesis, a clear value creation strategy and a high-quality, values-driven management team.
Our patient, flexible capital supports decision-making that is in the best long-term interest of the business; while our impact management expertise helps the business to deliver better outcomes for its key stakeholders.
Get in touch“New Reflexions’ philosophy is that if we take a child in, we never end a placement. With the continued support of Bridges, we aim to continue opening small, bespoke children’s homes and small, bespoke residential schools – and keep on with our philosophy to get the best outcomes for these kids.”
What we look for
- Highly impactful businesses that are growing and cash-generative
- A clear linkage between financial and impact performance
- High-quality, purpose-driven management teams
What we offer
- Typical equity cheque of £10-30m
- Flexible and patient ownership horizon which facilitates impact optimisation and long-term decision making
- Lower-risk deal profile than typical private equity model with a highly prudent approach to leverage
- Extensive experience of supporting value creation initiatives
- Best-in-class impact management and reporting via our specialist in-house team
- Access to the broader Bridges network of business and sector experts