Our Funds
We help impactful enterprises and purposeful businesses grow and deliver sustainable impact in their communities through the provision of affordable finance, business support and connection with local partners.
Impact investment
We help investors to achieve their Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance goals and Sustainable Development Goals through innovative funds and projects that deliver a balance of impact and financial return.
We invest in business sectors and assets that show a growing regional social or environmental impact at a community level.
City Funds
Fund size: £10m (£8m already committed; open for applications)
Aim: an innovative 10-year impact investment fund launched in 2019, designed for purposeful businesses addressing social and environmental inequalities aligned with Bristol’s One City plan.
Loans: Up to £1m or matched equity of up to £200k.
Housing
Target fund size: £250m
Aim: to deliver over 2,500 low carbon, secure and affordable new homes in the South West by 2035. To enable a further 2,500 homes via housing association partners, addressing the shortage of appropriate housing for key workers.
Net Zero
Target fund size: £50-£100m
Aim: working with partners to accelerate the transition to Net Zero in the South West via investment in infrastructure and businesses using EU and Innovate UK programmes. Bristol is the only UK city to be slected as part of the EU Finance Innovation Lab and one of 31 places in the UK to win a share of Innovate UK’s Net Zero Living Programme.
Local Access Programme
We are also partners in the Bristol Local Access Programme – a citywide investment programme created to develop a stronger and more sustainable social enterprise sector in Bristol through a combination of investment and business support.
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We accelerate: Our support
We can draw on 75 years combined experience to amplify high-impact businesses with pre- or post-investment support that strengthens leadership teams and maximises commercial viability.
We connect: Our network
We find natural alignments between businesses, projects and our regional network and uncover opportunities for partnership and multiplied impact.
We have history of impact
We have a visible track record in impact investment from market-making to asset acquisition and funds deployment.
Enterprise development and investment support
We are also partners in the Bristol Local Access Programme – a citywide investment programme created to develop a stronger and more sustainable social enterprise sector in Bristol through a combination of investment and business support.
Become a place maker with us
We’ve seen first-hand how our place-based approach transforms businesses and projects into dynamic vehicles of impact for our region.
