Bridges Inclusive Growth Fund

Bridges partners with ambitious, impact-led businesses that are delivering positive, measurable social outcomes for vulnerable groups in the UK.

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The challenge

Business can be a powerful engine for delivering better social outcomes. By broadening access to essential goods and services, it can promote inclusion, create economic opportunity, and reduce inequality. However, impact-led businesses with ambitions to scale often struggle to find a values-aligned investment partner to support their growth.

Our approach

Bridges seeks to partner with scalable businesses that have a compelling impact thesis and a high-quality, values-driven management team. Their flexible capital, value creation focus, and dedicated impact management support enables these companies to accelerate their growth and deliver better outcomes for key stakeholders.

The Fund

The Fund offers £5m–£10m in equity investment to support organic growth, strategic acquisitions, or a change of ownership. Its expertise in measuring and improving outcomes, developed through close collaboration with Bridges Outcomes Partnerships, together with access to a broad network of business and sector specialists, ensures a dedicated focus on value creation.

  • Fund size

    £65.7 million

  • Better Society Capital commitment

    £20 million

Get in touch

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Investment Manager

Key information

  • Geography

    UK wide

  • Investment type

    Enterprise equity

  • Fund manager

    Bridges Fund Management

  • Investment status

    Current

  • Investment date

    2016

  • Term

    10+ years

Impact

  • 6

    Number of ventures supported

  • 59%

    of Ethical Housing Company lettings to people who have been homeless or at risk of homelessness

  • 204,000

    Households supported during Bridges’ ownership of AgilityEco

Sustainable development goals

  • 1: No Poverty End poverty in all its forms everywhere
  • 3: Good Health and Well-being Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
  • 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • 11: Sustainable Cities and Communities Make cities and human settlements inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable