YFM Equity Partners is an independent UK private equity firm backing ambitious SMEs since 1982, providing £3m–£15m in growth capital and management buyout funding across the United Kingdom.
Deal activity increased 200% year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $17.5M (across 10 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
27
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Growth
Last 12 Mo
3
Team
Jamie Roberts
Managing Partner, London
Dan Freed
Partner, Manchester
David Bell
Senior Portfolio Partner, Reading
Helen Porter
Partner, London
Michael White
Partner - Investor Relations, Leeds
Mike Clarke
Partner, Leeds
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
31 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Xapien | Series B | $56M | Sep 2026 |
 GEEIQ | Unknown | $6.8M | May 2026 |
 StudentCrowd | Series A | — | Apr 2026 |
 Summize | Unknown | $50M | Jan 2026 |
| StudentCrowd | Unknown | $9M | Jan 2026 |
 StormHarvester | Series A | $10.2M | Jan 2025 |
| DDynarisk | Growth | $4.7M | Jan 2025 |
| Xapien | Series A | $10M | Jul 2024 |
| FFuuse | Growth | — | Jan 2024 |
 DrDoctor | Unknown | — | Jan 2023 |
| WWooshii | Growth | — | Jan 2019 |
| SSharpcloud | Series A | — | Jan 2019 |
 Matillion | Series B | $20M | Mar 2018 |
| TTraveltek | Growth | — | Jan 2016 |
 Ohalo | Growth | $3.5M | — |
| BBiorelate | Series A | — | — |
 Teamfeepay | Unknown | — | — |
| EElucidat | Growth | — | — |
| AAutomatePro | Series A | — | — |
| TTiPJAR | Unknown | — | — |
| FForce24 | Unknown | — | — |
| SS4labour | Growth | — | — |
| IIntegrum ESG | Growth | — | — |
| RReplay Maintenance | Growth | — | — |
| UUnbiased | Growth | — | — |
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Top Co-Investors
Founders Factory3 shared
Techstart Ventures2 shared
Maven2 shared
Maven Ventures2 shared
D2 Fund2 shared
Scale Venture Partners1 shared
Sapphire Ventures1 shared
Emerald Technology Ventures1 shared
500 Global1 shared
24Haymarket1 shared
Ananda Impact Ventures1 shared
British Business Bank1 shared
Triple Point Ventures1 shared
Kennet Partners1 shared
1818 Venture Capital1 shared
GFR Fund1 shared
Marlin Equity Partners1 shared
Mercia Asset Management1 shared
Spectrum Equity1 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026