We build impact bridges that vertebrate society and strengthen social impact institutions globally.
Impact Bridge is a Spanish asset management company devoted exclusively to quality impact investments that generate authentic, intentional, and measurable impact.
Founded in 2018 to connect the financial and business sectors with the social one to promote social cohesion and building a better world.
+80
Different countries
12M
Individuals funded
200K
Enterprises funded
- Strong shareholding structure that combines the management team with institutional strategic investors.
- A team of 10 people based in Madrid and Singapore with experience in top-tier financial institutions.
- Spanish asset management company (SGIIC) regulated by the CNMV.
- Strong relationship with academia through our Impact Bridge - IE Chair in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing.
- Our IBIST® is an impact measurement tool backed by academic research, which evaluates and measures the social and environmental impact of our investments.
We support social entrepreneurs shaping the course of society.
Excellence
we apply most sophisticated international institutional investors’ best practices and rigor to impact investing.
Authentic impact
we invest in projects that contribute to the solution of major global social and environmental challenges, validated by an impact committee composed of renowned international experts.
Shared value
we foster collaboration and weave alliances among our stakeholders to amplify the impact of our activity.
A multidisciplinary team from international asset managers, investment banking and academia that shares the purpose of building a fairer and more sustainable world.
Impact Family
Ignacio López
Ignacio López
Lawyer
Linekdin
Florencia López
Florencia López
Risk & Compliance Manager
Linekdin
Fernando Sanz-Pastor
Fernando Sanz-Pastor
Portfolio Manager
Linekdin
Santos Díaz
Santos Díaz
Investment Analyst
Consultant / Researcher at the MIT – IIT Comillas Universal Energy Access Lab
Linekdin
Carlos de Abajo, DBA
Carlos de Abajo, DBA
Porfolio Manager
M&A and Corporate Finance Associate Professor at IE Business School and ICADE
Linekdin
Álvaro Navarro
Álvaro Navarro
Investment Associate
Linekdin
Inês Henriques da Silva
Inês Henriques da Silva
Senior Sales Executive
Linekdin
Íñigo Serrats, CFA
Íñigo Serrats, CFA
Managing Partner and Founder
ESG and Impact Investing Professor at IE Business School. Sustainability Committee Member of CFA Society Spain.
Linekdin
Arturo Benito
Arturo Benito
Alejandra Pereda
Alejandra Pereda
Senior Investment Analyst
Linekdin
Braulio Pareja
Braulio Pareja
Ricardo Giménez-Arnau
Ricardo Giménez-Arnau
Investment Analyst
Linekdin
Rita Grewal
Rita Grewal
Senior Investment Analyst
Linekdin
Committee Members
Rebecca Eastmond
Rebecca Eastmond
Impact Committee Chair of IB Impact Debt
Co-Founder and CEO at Greenwood Place. Member of the Acumen Board.
Linekdin
Cristina González Viu
Cristina González Viu
Impact Committee Chair of the IB Deuda Impacto España
General Director of MicroBbank. General Management Program at IESE
Linekdin
Flavia Bartolomé
Flavia Bartolomé
Louisa Brassey
Louisa Brassey
Impact Committee of IB Impact Debt
President of the Lucille Foundation. Non-Executive Director and Member of Heineken's Sustainability and Responsibility Committee.
Linekdin
Saskia Bruysten
Saskia Bruysten
Impact Committee of IB Impact Debt
Co-founder and Executive Co-Chair of Yunus Social Business. European Commission Expert Group on Social Entrepreneurship.
Linekdin
Jose Cerón, CFA
Jose Cerón, CFA
Isabela del Alcázar, PhD
Isabela del Alcázar, PhD
Impact Committee of IB Deuda Impacto España
Global head of sustainability at IE University. PhD in Molecular Biology from UAM.
Linekdin
Joaquín Garralda
Joaquín Garralda
Impact Committee of IB Deuda Impacto España
President of Spainsif. Chairman of the Ethics Committee Microbank Ethical Fund.
Linekdin
Ricardo Gorodisch
Ricardo Gorodisch
José Luis Fernández
José Luis Fernández
Impact Committee of IB Impact Debt
Director of the Iberdrola Chair of Economic and Business Ethics at Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Linekdin
José María Vera
José María Vera
Impact Committee of IB Deuda Impacto España
Expert in social organizations. Professor at Advantere School of Management
Linekdin
Eduardo Trueba
Eduardo Trueba
Avinier: Sub-Saharan Africa women's empowerment paradigmatic academic case
We implement impact investing’s best practices
Impact Bridge Impact Scoring Tool (IBIST®), the academia-validated proprietary tool that homogenizes any investment’s impact analysis
Focused on investments’ benefit, intention and measurement through 66 inputs classified into 15 sub-categories.
BENEFIT
measurable
intentional
IBIST® is a pioneering, rigorous and robust tool that incorporates impact analysis’ best academic practices”
José Luis Fernández
Director of the Iberdrola Chair of Economic and Business Ethics at Universidad Pontificia Comillas
Academia plays a strategic role: it brings us closer to cutting-edge knowledge and allows us to generate impact investing rigorous knowledge
Teaching
We provide transversal training in impact economics and sustainability to students from prestigious universities, employees of financial institutions, family offices and foundations.
+500
Students
each year
each year
50%
of IB employees are teachers
Leadership
We accompany students and help them find their purpose through impact investing
+20
Undergraduate and master's degree final projects per year
5
Interns
per year
per year
Impact Bridge has allowed me to discover the transformative power of impact investing through the analysis of the social return generated by a project to accelerate Uganda’s electrification”
Victoria Vázquez
Former Impact Bridge Intern
Our academic network
Field research and scientific publications
We explore and develop new areas of knowledge in the field by connecting cutting-edge research with the reality of our beneficiaries' lives.
Our academic research in international refereed journals:
Our academic research in international refereed journals:
Impact Bridge-IE Chair in Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investing
Our partnership with IE University places us right at the intersection and allows us to facilitate the interaction of academic researchers, impact practitioners on the ground and the ultimate beneficiaries of the projects we invest in.
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Ongoing research:
Our impact quality funds have a profitable and efficient approach to solve some of humanity’s most pressing social and environmental challenges.
IB IMPACT DEBT, FIL
We are excited about the transformative potential and additionality of the projects financed from the Fund.”
Rebecca Eastmond
Co-Founder & CEO at Greenwood Place
ODS:
Description:
- Global, open-ended, short-term private debt fund with quarterly liquidity and monthly valuation.
- Strategy with strong emphasis on capital preservation with target net return of 3%-5% and track record since September 2019.
- Highly diversified with investment in more than 80 countries and financing to thousands of companies and millions of micro-entrepreneurs.
- Invests in funds and direct investments with five main impact themes: access to basic services, climate change, decent work creation, financial inclusion and women's empowerment.
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IB Impact Debt, FESE
We foster this fund as an ideal instrument to help the best social enterprises scale their impact.”
Cristina González Viu
General Manager of MicroBank
ODS:
Description:
- Closed-end private debt fund to finance impactful SMEs in Spain. (>85% portfolio) and Portugal.
- Capital preservation focus with a net target return of 5%-7%
- Target size of €150 million
- Focused on social issues such as rural development, decent work creation, inclusion of vulnerable groups, women's empowerment; access to basic services (education, health, financial inclusion and energy) and environmental issues such as circular economy, support to sustainable agriculture projects, environmental transition and energy efficiency.
- Classified as " Article 9" according to SFDR.
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