Bridges Ventures

Status

Active

Location

London, United Kingdom

Total investments

64

Average round size

1M

Portfolio companies

60

Rounds per year

2.91

Lead investments

14

Follow on index

0.06

Exits

12

Stages of investment
Private Equity
Areas of investment
Real EstateHealth CareCommunitiesTrainingEducationConsultingNon ProfitService IndustryIndustrialCharity

Summary

In 2002 was created Bridges Fund Management, which is appeared as VC. The main office of represented VC is situated in the London. The venture was found in Europe in United Kingdom.

Opposing the other organizations, this Bridges Fund Management works on 14 percentage points less the average amount of lead investments. The important activity for fund was in 2014. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 5 - 10 millions dollars. Speaking about the real fund results, this VC is 3 percentage points less often commits exit comparing to other organizations. The fund is constantly included in 2-6 investment rounds annually.

The usual cause for the fund is to invest in rounds with 1-2 partakers. Despite the Bridges Fund Management, startups are often financed by Triodos Investment Management, Oxford Technology Management. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are True Ventures, Okapi Venture Capital, McKesson Ventures. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Menlo Ventures, Juno Capital Partners, True Ventures.

The current fund was established by Michele Giddens, Philip Newborough, Ronald Cohen. The overall number of key employees were 16.

For fund there is a match between the location of its establishment and the land of its numerous investments - United Kingdom. Among the most popular portfolio startups of the fund, we may highlight Call Britannia, SealSkinz, Unforgettable.org. Among the most popular fund investment industries, there are Charity, Health Care. The fund has exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. Besides, a startup needs to be aged 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund.

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Analytics

Total investments
64
Lead investments
14
Exits
12
Rounds per year
2.91
Follow on index
0.06
Investments by industry
  • Health Care (14)
  • Communities (9)
  • Non Profit (8)
  • Real Estate (8)
  • Charity (6)
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Investments by region
  • United Kingdom (56)
  • United States (6)
  • Australia (1)
Peak activity year
2014

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Quantitative data

Avg. startup age at the time of investment
20
Avg. valuation at time of investment
3M
Group Appearance index
0.16
Avg. company exit year
12
Avg. multiplicator
10.66

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Latest deals

Company name Deal date Industry Deal stage Deal size Location
Adomo 30 Mar 2000 Messaging, SMS, Telecommunications, Service Industry Seed 4M United States, California, Cupertino

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