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Alternative investments are archaic, complicated, and fraught with friction.

Bridge is here to help.

Bridge is here to help.

Our Story

Born out of first-hand lived experience and a shared passion for the industry that groomed them, co-founders Alex Goodwin and Ayo Ekhator originally bonded in the halls of Harvard Business School after over a decade of collective private markets investing experience.

Realizing they had an aligned vision for the future of this $25T and growing category, they set out to solve the problem together and joined forces.

Meet the Team

Founder, Alex Goodwin

Alex Goodwin is co-founder and CEO of Bridge. Before founding Bridge, Alex was an investor at Audax Group and Leonard Green & Partners, and Vice President of Corporate Development at Winc, a Bessemer portfolio company. Alex holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Ross and Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).

Alex Goodwin

Alex Goodwin is co-founder and CEO of Bridge. Before founding Bridge, Alex was an investor at Audax Group and Leonard Green & Partners, and Vice President of Corporate Development at Winc, a Bessemer portfolio company. Alex holds degrees from the University of Michigan, Ross and Harvard Business School (Baker Scholar).

Founder, Ayo Ekhator

Ayo Ekhator is co-founder and COO of Bridge. Before founding Bridge, he was an investor at Apax Partners and The Blackstone Group. Ayo began his career at Citigroup and holds degrees from Williams College and Harvard Business School.

Ayo Ekhator

Ayo Ekhator is co-founder and COO of Bridge. Before founding Bridge, he was an investor at Apax Partners and The Blackstone Group. Ayo began his career at Citigroup and holds degrees from Williams College and Harvard Business School.

Mission & Values

Bridge endeavors to modernize the private markets by streamlining access, evaluation, execution, management, and reporting until those tasks are as simple as they are for the public markets.

Resilience

Where there’s a will there’s a way.

Ingenuity

Challenge the status quo.

Accountability

Everyone is an owner.

Collaboration

Team above self.

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