Puma Private Equity

Puma Private Equity is the private equity arm of a fund manager with offices in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. It takes equity stakes in growing companies and works alongside their management teams to help them scale. Its website now trades under the name Puma Growth Partners.

What Puma Private Equity offers

• Equity investment — long-term funding for scale-up businesses, in a defined range of ticket sizes.
• Operational support — the team works with management on the challenges of the next stage of growth.
• Partnership approach — the firm says it builds close relationships with the teams it backs.
• Wide sector coverage — it does not restrict itself to one industry.

Who it works with

Growing companies across many sectors. Its portfolio has included a cocktail brand, an HR platform, a retail pickup-point service, a legal AI company, an accessibility technology firm and a cycle insurer.

Key facts

• Based in: London, Manchester and Edinburgh
• Group history: the wider group has managed third-party funds since 1996
• Founded: established as a standalone division in 2018
• Investment style: minority and majority backing of scale-ups, sector agnostic