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Bridges Fund Management

Founders Michele Giddens Philip Newborough Ronald Cohen

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Total investments 64
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$1M
Portfolio companies 60
Rounds per year 2.91
Lead investments 14
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.06
Exits 12
Key employees 16
Stages of investment
Private Equity

Areas of investment

  • Health Care
  • Communities
  • Non Profit
  • Real Estate
  • Charity
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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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Connectifier

Career Planning
Enterprise Software
Recruiting
SaaS
Search Engine
$1M20 Aug 2012 Sunnyvale, California, United States

cloud.IQ

Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Machine Learning
Retail Technology
SaaS
$5M01 Feb 2012 England

Ardenham Energy

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Solar
$2M12 Sep 2011 England

Call Britannia

Call Center
Consulting
Outsourcing
$2M10 Nov 2009 England

Adomo

Messaging
Service Industry
SMS
Telecommunications
$4M30 Mar 2000 Cupertino, California, United States

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Total investments 64
Average round size 1M
Rounds per year 2.91
Peak activity year 2014
Lead investments 14
Follow on index 0.06
Exits 12
Group Appearance index 0.16

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

Connectifier

Career Planning
Enterprise Software
Recruiting
SaaS
Search Engine
$1M20 Aug 2012 Sunnyvale, California, United States

cloud.IQ

Artificial Intelligence
E-Commerce
Machine Learning
Retail Technology
SaaS
$5M01 Feb 2012 England

Ardenham Energy

Energy
Energy Efficiency
Solar
$2M12 Sep 2011 England

Call Britannia

Call Center
Consulting
Outsourcing
$2M10 Nov 2009 England

Adomo

Messaging
Service Industry
SMS
Telecommunications
$4M30 Mar 2000 Cupertino, California, United States
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