Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, has won at the 2023 Environmental Finance IMPACT Awards for the groundbreaking Women in Safe Homes fund. This innovative gender-lens property fund, managed in collaboration with Resonance, has been named Impact Project/Investment of the Year in Real Estate.
The Women in Safe Homes fund is thought to be one of the world’s first gender-lens property funds. Conceived to address the unique challenges faced by women, it provides safe and secure housing for those experiencing or at risk of homelessness, domestic abuse survivors, ex-offenders, and individuals with complex needs. This fund sets a new standard for socially responsible real estate investment by prioritising gender-specific housing challenges.
Since its launch in December 2020, the Women in Safe Homes fund has marked some remarkable milestones. With more than £29 million raised and 120 people housed, the fund has made a tangible difference in the lives of vulnerable women across the country.
Patron Capital remains steadfast in its commitment to creating meaningful social change through pioneering real estate investments.
Keith Breslauer, Managing Director of Patron Capital, said:
“We are incredibly proud to receive the Environmental Finance IMPACT Award for the Women in Safe Homes fund, which works to provide safe housing for vulnerable women in often desperate situations. Many thanks to the team for all their hard work and commitment, and for the extraordinary progress the fund has made in 2023 – we are excited to build on this success in the new year.”
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Notes to Editors
About Patron Capital Partners
Patron represents approximately €5.2 billion of capital raised across several funds and related co-investments, investing in property, corporate operating entities whose value is primarily supported by property assets and distressed debt and credit related businesses.
Since it was established in 1999, Patron has undertaken more than 200 transactions across 110 investments and programs involving over 9 million square metres in 17 countries, with many of these investments realised.
Investors represent a variety of sovereign wealth funds, prominent universities, major institutions, private foundations, and high net worth individuals located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The main investment adviser to the Funds is Patron Capital Advisers LLP, which is based in London, and Patron has other offices across Europe including Barcelona and Luxembourg; the group is comprised of 61 people, including a 37-person investment team.
Further information about Patron Capital is available at www.patroncapital.com
