Expanding PE house YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Roshan Puri as an Investment Director with a focus on investing in growth capital and buyout opportunities across London and the South East of England.<\/p>\n
Roshan joins YFM from Calculus Capital where he invested in companies across the software, business services and consumer sectors. He also sat on various boards helping investee companies deliver their growth plans and realise value. \u00a0Roshan\u2019s previous investments include the workforce optimisation\u00a0software business ActiveOps<\/em>, digital asset management software company IPV<\/em> and\u00a0marketing agency Once Upon a Time<\/em>.<\/p>\n Jamie Roberts, partner at YFM, said: \u201cIt\u2019s great that we are welcoming Roshan as the second new recruit to join the YFM investment team this month.\u00a0 Roshan has significant experience, particularly in the tech sector, which will help us accelerate the investment rate from our recently raised \u00a380m Buyout Fund II and our growth capital focused VCTs.<\/p>\n \u201cThe committed capital across both of our investment strategies means that we remain very much open for business and are still actively looking for new investments. Throughout YFM\u2019s 38 year history of supporting SMEs, we have invested through various economic cycles and growing our team reflects our commitment to continue to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n Roshan added: \u201cJoining YFM is a great opportunity for me. The firm\u2019s experience in investing in businesses across the UK and the level of support they provide is evidenced by their impressive track record. The flexibility of YFM\u2019s funds, their strong regional presence and exceptional people have earned them a fantastic reputation and I am pleased to be joining the team. I\u2019m looking forward to helping support great management teams seeking an investment partner to realise their growth.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Expanding PE house YFM Equity Partners (YFM) has appointed Roshan Puri as an Investment Director with a focus on investing in growth capital and buyout opportunities across London and the South East of England. Roshan joins YFM from Calculus Capital where he invested in companies across the software, business services and consumer sectors. He also […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n