Date | Title | Description |
05.01.2022 | Another investor joins YFM as it builds its existing presenc... | Experienced investor, adviser Stephen Murray has joined YFM Equity Partners, which has offices in Bi... |
21.12.2021 | YFM makes £8m follow-on investment in Oracle & multi-clo... | One of the UK’s largest independent Oracle partners, DSP-Explorer, a database and cloud managed serv... |
15.12.2021 | Experienced tech veterans appointed to Cooper Software board... | Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software specialist Cooper Software has made two senior appointme... |
13.12.2021 | YFM in Reading donates £3,000 to Berkshire Community Foundat... | As part of the celebration of its new office in Reading, YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has made a £3,000... |
30.11.2021 | Haydn Mursell appointed chair of Checkmate as the business p... | Infrastructure and construction veteran Haydn Mursell has been appointed as chair of fire protection... |
25.11.2021 | YFM makes significant investment into fast-growing ERP busin... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has completed an investment from its managed Buyout II fund into Cooper So... |
23.11.2021 | YFM closes £60m VCT fundraising for tech businesses in just ... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM), has once again seen the offers for its two managed Venture Capital Trusts... |
10.11.2021 | YFM Appoints Marcus Karia as CFO | Experienced private equity and venture capital finance director Marcus Karia has joined fast growing... |
10.11.2021 | Matillion, FourNet, Force24 and Vypr honoured at the Norther... | Four YFM-backed firms were listed in this year’s Top 100 Companies at the Northern Tech Awards. The ... |
05.11.2021 | YFM wins Private Equity Firm of the Year | The Thames Valley Deal Awards 2021 were held on Wednesday night at the Royal Berkshire Conference Ce... |
20.10.2021 | KeTech supplies UK’s first hydrogen powered train, Hydroflex... | A successful collaboration between Porterbrook and the BCRRE has resulted in a revolutionary, green ... |
05.10.2021 | YFM’s David Hall speaks to Wealth Club about the British Sma... | David Hall, Managing Director of YFM Equity Partners, was recently interviewed by Alex Davies, found... |
28.09.2021 | YFM backs Vuealta with multi-million pound investment | Funds managed by YFM Equity Partners (YFM) have completed a multi-million pound investment into Lond... |
15.09.2021 | Matillion completes Series E fundraise at a $1.5bn valuation | YFM investment and Manchester-based Matillion, a leading cloud data integration platform, today anno... |
07.09.2021 | Gavin Chadwick joins YFM | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) in the North West is continuing to grow with the appointment of portfolio ... |
11.08.2021 | Checkmate Fire strengthens offering by joining forces with R... | Passive fire protection specialist Checkmate Fire has joined forces with Rosse Systems enabling the ... |
06.07.2021 | Another investment professional joins growing YFM team | Ben Pitt is the latest recruit, joining the growing investment team as an investment associate at YF... |
01.07.2021 | YFM strengthens reach in South West with new office in Readi... | Fast-growing private equity house YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is strengthening its presence in the Tha... |
29.06.2021 | YFM supports fast-growing disruptive global video agency Woo... | UK-based agency Wooshii, which provides video content and software tools for blue-chip companies aro... |
24.06.2021 | YFM backs continuing cutting edge product development at Tra... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing to support the growth of innovative Scottish software busine... |
22.06.2021 | Outpost VFX featured in Insider Media | Insider Media today released a profile of award-winning visual effects company Outpost VFX. The firm... |
16.06.2021 | Another successful exit as YFM sells Deep Secure Ltd realisi... | YFM Equity Partners-advised funds have sold their shareholding in Deep Secure Limited to Forcepoint ... |
08.06.2021 | YFM exits FourNet generating 6x return for investors | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has sold its stake in FourNet, the award-winning digital transformation an... |
08.06.2021 | YFM builds team with investment director promotion | Private equity house YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and M... |
11.05.2021 | YFM promotes new partner in the South West and the Thames Va... | Private equity house YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in London, Birmingham, Leeds and M... |
10.05.2021 | YFM celebrates 25 years of helping grow young businesses via... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is this month celebrating the 25th anniversary of the launch of its first ... |
10.05.2021 | YFM wins Deal of the Year at Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards | Insider Media have begun announcing the winners of the 2020 Yorkshire Dealmakers Awards, starting to... |
26.04.2021 | Becoming part of the YFM team – despite lockdown! | Over the last year, YFM has continued to invest in its people with several colleagues having joined ... |
20.04.2021 | YFM backs Management Buyout of Essex-based specialist proper... | RGE Services, a fire and electrical compliance services provider primarily working with the public s... |
15.04.2021 | YFM-backed Matillion profiled by Insider Media | Matthew Scullion, Matillion co-founder and CEO (pictured), spoke to Insider Media this week about th... |
14.04.2021 | Tiffany Young joins YFM as investment manager | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing to expand its team with the appointment of Tiffany Young as ... |
25.03.2021 | MacroArt completes first carbon neutral installation for the... | YFM-backed MacroArt has completed an installation of more than 3000 m2 of graphics and signage at th... |
04.03.2021 | YFM’s £14m VCT fundraising fully subscribed in just four wee... | Having opened its two managed Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) for non-prospectus top-up offers in earl... |
23.02.2021 | Digital consumer insights expert appointed to Vypr board | Market research and online consumer intelligence veteran Richard Thornton has been appointed to the ... |
16.02.2021 | YFM investment to support VFX studio’s international scaling... | Outpost VFX, a fast-growing UK-headquartered film and TV visual effects company, has secured a multi... |
10.02.2021 | YFM delivers 2x return with sale of CPMS | YFM Equity Partners’ managed-funds have sold their shareholding in rail project business Collaborati... |
02.02.2021 | Entrepreneurs re-think investment priorities during lockdown... | Research by regional mid-market private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has revealed a growing... |
02.02.2021 | KeTech secures new Australian contract | KeTech is thrilled to share that the team has successfully secured a contract with Alstom in Brisban... |
26.01.2021 | Software scale up Force24 strengthens board following invest... | Digital marketing veteran Chris Underhill has been appointed as chair of Leeds-based Force24, the aw... |
19.01.2021 | North West health nutrition business announces 40% growth | Cheshire-based health and fitness nutrition business, The Protein Works, has seen turnover grow by 4... |
12.01.2021 | YFM investment enables consumer insight business to scale-up | Fast-growing consumer insights business Vypr plans to strengthen its sales and marketing operations ... |
07.01.2021 | YFM Partner Mike Clarke on the prospects for 2021 | Mike Clarke, a Partner on the new investment team at YFM, spoke to Insider Media this week about the... |
21.12.2020 | Victor Christou speaks to The Business Desk about remote wor... | When lockdown first brought a necessity to work at home many employees welcomed the opportunity to s... |
14.12.2020 | YFM supports growth of award-winning global commodity broker | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has made a £3.75m investment into ARRACO Global Markets (ARRACO), the awar... |
07.12.2020 | YFM Equity Partners donates 2020 Christmas party budget | With a traditional office Christmas party off the table this year, YFM Equity Partners has made the ... |
03.12.2020 | Elucidat announce partnership with CrossKnowledge | CrossKnowledge, a leader in high impact digital learning solutions, and Elucidat, an award-winning e... |
26.11.2020 | Laura Sisson talks scale up funding with Fund Her North | Laura Sisson, Investment Manager at YFM Equity Partners, is taking part in an online event called Ta... |
23.11.2020 | YFM makes investment into fast growing marketing automation ... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has boosted its growing portfolio of high-growth technology businesses wit... |
27.10.2020 | Victor Christou backs The Bright SCIdea Challenge | Victor Christou, Head of Growth at YFM Equity Partners, is lending his expertise to an entrepreneurs... |
09.10.2020 | TravelTek launches data insight tool for post-Covid travel s... | Founded in 2002, Glasgow-based Traveltek provides travel retailers with the technology to package to... |
06.10.2020 | New partner at YFM | Private equity firm YFM Equity Partners (YFM), which has offices in Leeds, Manchester, Birmingham an... |
05.10.2020 | YFM joins new investment collective to break down barriers t... | Laura Sisson of YFM is one of 28 female investment and business experts who have joined forces to cr... |
17.09.2020 | CPMS make the case for diversity in the rail industry | Adeline Ginn of CPMS argues for improving diversity in the rail industry in a new article for Rail T... |
08.09.2020 | Matillion and FourNet featured on the Sunday Times Tech Trac... | The 20th annual Tech Track 100 was published in The Sunday Times this week, with two YFM investments... |
18.08.2020 | Elucidat sees growth as businesses turn to online training | E-learning software firm Elucidat is reporting an increase in sales enquires for Q2 2020 as online t... |
06.08.2020 | Seasoned venture capitalist and entrepreneur joins YFM Equit... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing its focus on growth stage investment, particularly in the te... |
03.08.2020 | DSP acquires Explorer UK | DSP today announced the acquisition of Explorer UK, creating one of the largest independent Oracle p... |
23.07.2020 | Unbiased launches new product suite for post-Covid challenge... | Unbiased, the UK’s leading online market place for financial advice, recently launched a new range o... |
21.07.2020 | Panintelligence navigates the Covid crisis with investor sup... | Panintelligence CEO and co-founder, Zandra Moore recently spoke to Insider Media about the challenge... |
15.07.2020 | Andy Thomas on the role of private equity in post-Covid reco... | Andy Thomas is quoted in a new article by Insider Media titled “Private Equity to Play Significant R... |
13.07.2020 | YFM backs the £17m buyout of loss adjusting and claims manag... | Loss adjusting and claims management specialist GHG Limited near Southampton has funded its primary ... |
03.07.2020 | Wooshii launches remote video productions | Video production agency Wooshii has been adapting to the challenges of Covid-19 with the launch of R... |
30.06.2020 | Insider Media profiles YFM success story, Mangar | The latest article from Insider Wales profiles medical equipment business, Mangar Health. The compan... |
17.06.2020 | YFM Investment Managers speak to the UKBAA about ‘The New No... | This week Helen Villiers and Aaron Lowery gave an interview to UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA... |
12.06.2020 | Professional Music Technology reopens stores | Professional Music Technology (PMT) have announced they will reopen their stores from Monday 15th Ju... |
27.05.2020 | Springboard launches PedBox Occupancy Alert System | Springboard has announced the launch of their new product, PedBox. The plug and play device is desig... |
13.05.2020 | Food-to-go chain Friska launches Friska at Home | YFM backed food-to-go chain Friska has announced the launch of Friska at Home. The new service allow... |
12.05.2020 | David Gee interviewed by Insider Media on investing during C... | Deal activity has bounced back strongly in recent weeks following the initial impact of the Covid-19... |
06.05.2020 | Another investment manager joins YFM in Manchester | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) is continuing to expand its team with the appointment of Laura Sisson as i... |
04.05.2020 | Elucidat named as one of the 2020 UK’s Best Workplaces | A great culture is just one of the reasons why 93% of Elucidat employees say it’s ‘a great place to ... |
29.04.2020 | Roshan Puri joins YFM Equity Partners | Expanding PE house YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Roshan Puri as an Investment Director wit... |
27.04.2020 | ACC featured in The Sunday Times Profit Track Covid-19 Editi... | Protecting staff and supporting communities are the priorities, write Richard Tyler and and John Ell... |
20.04.2020 | ACC operates Covid-19 repatriation flight for NGO personnel | When one of our global security clients called ACC requesting assistance in repatriating a group of ... |
20.04.2020 | YFM Equity Partners delivers more than 3x return with sale o... | YFM Equity Partners-advised funds have sold their shareholding in GroupBC to Bentley Systems Incorpo... |
14.04.2020 | YFM invests in commercial vehicle safety specialist Innovati... | YFM has completed a significant investment in West Midlands-based Innovative Safety Systems (ISS), a... |
14.04.2020 | David Wrench joins YFM | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed David Wrench as an investment director with a particular foc... |
07.04.2020 | YFM Equity Partners announce successful close for new £80m b... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has announced the final close of its Buyout Fund II, ahead of target, with... |
07.04.2020 | Elucidat offers free access to program worth $3,000 to suppo... | Elucidat’s Digital Learning Skill-Up program is for learning teams and subject matter experts that n... |
30.03.2020 | The Business Desk: First US partnership for fast growing bus... | Fast-growing business intelligence and data analytics software developer Panintelligence has announc... |
09.03.2020 | Roux Brits joins the Portfolio team at YFM Equity Partners | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) announced today the appointment of Roux Brits as Portfolio Director. Based... |
27.02.2020 | Charlie Robinson featured on TLT’s Scale-Up Insights Podcast... | Charlie Robinson, Partner at YFM Equity Partners, joined TLT’s Nina Searle and Andrew Jennings on th... |
21.02.2020 | Panintelligence profiled by the Yorkshire Post | Sometimes placing a pin in a map is the best way of finding the job of your dreams. Just ask Zandra ... |
18.02.2020 | YFM featured in FT Adviser article on board diversity | Nearly 40 per cent of all boards in YFM Equity Partners’ growth portfolio have at least one female d... |
16.02.2020 | ACC Aviation Ranks in International Track 200 for Third Time | Leading aviation service provider, ACC Aviation, has ranked 82nd in this year’s Sunday Times HSBC In... |
30.01.2020 | Panintelligence selected for Tech Nation’s Upscale 5.0 progr... | A YORKSHIRE-based software firm is on course to become one of the UK’s leading technology companies ... |
29.01.2020 | YFM’s Dave Hall speaks to FT Adviser on VCTs use in inherita... | Venture capital trusts’ steady income streams mean they are being increasingly used for intergenerat... |
23.01.2020 | 4Net Technologies named as one of the top 50 tech UK tech fi... | 4net Technologies was today ranked among the top 50 best performing privately-owned companies in the... |
20.01.2020 | The UK’s leading online platform for finding financial advis... | Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”) have backed a £5.6m investment into Unbiased EC1 Limite... |
13.01.2020 | YFM banks strong returns from part sale of investment in EIK... | Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager, have banke... |
10.01.2020 | Aaron Lowery joins YFM | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has today announced the appointment of Aaron Lowery as Investment Manager.... |
26.12.2019 | FT names niche operator Professional Music Technology as a r... | From “Niche operators show resilience in face of retail gloom” by Jonathan Eley. |
20.12.2019 | YFM completes £365m of deals and raises £110m of new funds | So, 2019 was going to be a year when we all paused for breath. Fortunately, UK’s small businesses ha... |
28.11.2019 | Matillion wins at the BVCA National Management Team Awards | The BVCA Management Team Awards, produced in association with Grant Thornton UK LLP, is an annual sh... |
26.11.2019 | YFM leads £4.5m Series A fundraising at Panintelligence | The rapidly scaling data visualisation, reporting and analytics software developer Panintelligence, ... |
31.10.2019 | Management buyout of Professional Music Technology | The Management team of Professional Music Technology (“PMT”) has completed a management buyout of th... |
16.10.2019 | SharpCloud closes £4.5m Series A round from YFM | Funds advised by YFM Equity Partners (“YFM”), the specialist private equity fund manager, have backe... |
01.07.2019 | YFM completes £230m of deals and raises £100m of new funds i... | During the first half of 2019 YFM Equity Partners (YFM) completed £230m of deals and raised £100m of... |
20.06.2019 | YFM Equity Partners announces £60m first close of its Buy-Ou... | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) announces the first close of its Buy-Out-Fund II with £60m of investment c... |
17.06.2019 | BSC2 wins at the AIC Shareholder Communications Awards 2019 | British Smaller Companies VCT2 plc (BSC2), one of the VCTs advised by YFM, has again won the prestig... |
13.06.2019 | Helen Villiers joins YFM | YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has today announced the appointment of Helen Villiers as Investment Manage... |