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General Information

Websiteyfmgroup.co.uk
Phone0113-294-5000
Emailleeds@yfmgroup.co.uk
Employees
DescriptionInvestment Specialists

Funds

Offices

United Kingdom
Saint Martins House
210-212 Chapeltown Road, Leeds, LS7 4HZ
GBR

People

Managing Director

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YFM Venture Finance

They are the UK’s most active investor in SMEs, and have been successfully backing businesses since 1982. This experience and expertise means they can arrange funding quickly and efficiently. As a group they have over £300 million under management across a number of funds. These funds have been backed by The European Investment Fund, High Street Banks, large corporates, pension funds, private individuals, and public sector bodies and the European, UK Government and regional development agencies.

Recent Milestones

Investments

Company Date Round Size Participants
Pro-Cure Therapeutics 4/10Venture Round$1.08M3
New Net Technologies 2/10Series B$196k1
Diamond Microwave Devices 11/09Venture Round$2.16M2
CMS Global Technologies 3/09Venture Round1
Paraytec 12/08Series C$1.01M4
Break30 12/08Venture Round$295k1
New Net Technologies 11/08Venture Round$368k1
Andel 10/08Venture Round$1.14M1
GO-SIM 6/08Series B$494k1
CMS Global Technologies 5/08Series B$589k1
eflow 5/08Venture Round$649k1
REM Probe 3/08Venture Round$1.99M1
Radio Waves 2/08Venture Round$99k1
ProVision Communications 1/08Seed$1.46M3
TBi Connect 12/07Venture Round£330k1
2sms 11/07Venture Round$939k1
Mtivity 7/07Series C$7.08M3
CInergy International UK 7/07Series A$1.5M1
Mirifice 7/07Series B$1.31M1
Lattice Voice Technologies 6/07Venture Round$295k1
Object Matrix 5/07Venture Round$496k1
Dynmark International 1/07Venture Round$981k1
PDD Group 4/06Series A$458k1
Covalent Software 1/06Venture Round$447k1
Aconite Technology 1/06Venture Round$592k1
CMS Global Technologies 1/06Venture Round$441k1
Txt4 12/05Venture Round$430k1
Aupix 9/05Venture Round$270k1
Mtivity 7/05Series B$2.6M2
CellTran 2/05Venture Round$470k1

Videos

Sources

  1. Pro-Cure Therapeutics Limited Secures Further Funding and Strengthens its Board (Press Release 13 April 2010) (pro-cure.uk.com) [edit]
  2. EDGAR [edit]
  3. Diamond Microwave Devices Closes GBP1.3m Commercialisation Round (prnewswire.com) [edit]
  4. Capital Report Index [edit]
  5. Paraytec announces closing of £500,000 third round equity fundraising (paraytec.com) [edit]
  6. EDGAR [edit]
  7. IT software helps businesses cut costs following investment from YFM Group (yfmgroup.co.uk) [edit]
  8. EDGAR [edit]
  9. YFM VENTURE FINANCE AND RBS PROVIDE FUNDING SOLUTION TO YORK-BASED GO-SIM (yhef.co.uk) [edit]
  10. CMS SUPATRAK SET FOR GROWTH FOLLOWING INVESTMENT FROM SOUTH WEST VENTURES FUND (yfmgroup.co.uk) [edit]
  11. A company which develops software for the banking and financial industry has secured £330,000 to take advantage of recent changes in the sector (growingbusiness.co.uk) [edit]
  12. Firm has £1m to develop products (thetelegraphandargus.co.uk) [edit]
  13. EDGAR [edit]
  14. ProVision Communications Secures Venture Capital Funding for a Bright Future in Wireless Video (businesswire.com) [edit]
  15. YFM Group Funding Drives TBiConnect’s Expansion And Attracts Ex-Amstrad CEO To The Board (yfmgroup.co.uk) [edit]
  16. EDGAR [edit]
  17. EDGAR [edit]
  18. CInergy International secures over £700,000 investment to accelerate growth (cinergize.com) [edit]
  19. MIRIFICE SECURES VC FUNDING FOR INNOVATIVE DIGITAL TV MONITORING SOLUTION (mirifice.com) [edit]
  20. Software breaks down communication barriers (yorkshirepost.co.uk) [edit]
  21. Object Matrix secures venture capital funding to take advantage of strong broadcast and rich media data storage growth (southwestventuresfund.co.uk) [edit]
  22. YFM GROUP FUNDING DRIVES DYNMARK EXPANSION & ATTRACTS EXVODAFONE UK DIRECTOR TO THE BOARD (dynmark.com) [edit]
  23. EDGAR [edit]
  24. EDGAR [edit]
  25. EDGAR [edit]
  26. EDGAR [edit]
  27. EDGAR [edit]
  28. South West Ventures Fund Puts Video Phone Company in the Picture (southwestventuresfund.co.uk) [edit]
  29. Mtivity receives a $2.6 million investment (dealipedia.com) [edit]
  30. EDGAR [edit]
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