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YFM Equity Partners

A UK private equity firm providing growth capital and management buyout funding to smaller companies

  • Business
  • DataBase
  • Private Equity
  • Leeds
  • +6 more
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TrustList summary

YFM Equity Partners backs ambitious UK small and mid-sized businesses. It provides equity for growth and for changes of ownership, and manages venture capital trusts that raise money from investors.

What YFM Equity Partners offers

  • Growth capital: funds hiring, product development or opening overseas offices.
  • Management buyouts: supports ownership changes, including equity release for existing shareholders and acquisition funding.
  • Investor funds: British Smaller Companies VCT and VCT2, plus two buyout funds.
  • Strategic support: expertise and a global network alongside the investment.

Clients

The firm targets UK businesses with established sales for growth deals, and profitable ones for ownership transactions. Backers have included founders in food and hospitality.

Key facts

  • Experience: more than 40 years of investing
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Investor products: two venture capital trusts and two buyout funds
  • Focus: smaller companies

Summary written by TrustList from the business's own published information, Sep 2026.

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Rankings

YFM Equity Partners is ranked on 2 TrustList rankings: #1 on 1 and #6 on 1.

Every ranking orders its listings by their reviews, how complete the profile is and the Trust Score. YFM Equity Partners has no reviews yet and 3 of the 10 profile details we look for. Where no listing on a page has been reviewed, the order follows the profiles alone.

Investor · 2 rankings

  • #1of 29
    Private equity firms

    It is one of 2 here listing DataBase and one of 6 here listing partners.

    Of the 29 here, 6 also cover partners and 5 also cover healthtech; 7 also work in London and 4 also work in Shanghai.

    Behind YFM Private Equity, ahead of Goodman Capital.

  • #6of 153
    London

    It is one of 5 here listing private equity.

    Of the top 59 here, 11 also cover seed stage and 9 also cover series a; 21 also work in New York City and 16 also work in San Francisco.

    Behind Holland Venture, ahead of NVM Private Equity.

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