Bridger Pennington: How to Launch, Fund, and Scale Your Own Investment Fund

Bridger Pennington: How to Launch, Fund, and Scale Your Own Investment Fund

Bridger Pennington is a fund manager, entrepreneur, and co-founder of multiple investment funds dedicated to making private investing more accessible. In 2019, he co-founded Fund Launch, an incubator helping emerging managers launch and grow investment funds. Today, the platform has more than 141,000 users and has helped launch 390 funds representing over $7.1 billion in reported AUM. In 2026, Bridger co-founded Fund Launch AI, an end-to-end platform designed to simplify fund and SPV formation, legal structures, administration, and vendor management. He also co-founded Fund Launch Partners, a $32 million GP Stakes fund focused on partnering with emerging fund managers, with more than $341 million in aggregate portfolio AUM. Through these ventures, Bridger is working to democratize Wall Street and make sophisticated investment opportunities and infrastructure accessible to a broader generation of fund managers.