YFM Equity Partners is a private equity firm investing in growing businesses across the UK since 1982.
The investment round was led by YFM Equity Partners with participation from Mercia and Foresight Group.
"We’re proud of what we’ve achieved so far and are very grateful for the support of our clients and partners, but it feels like we’re just getting started."
The funding round was led by YFM Equity Partners alongside D2 and existing investors to support international expansion and product development.
"Every year, billions of dollars are wasted on laborious and time-consuming background research."
YFM Equity Partners led a £10m investment into healthtech company DrDoctor to scale its patient engagement platform.
"If personalised care is to become an NHS-wide reality, there needs to be a fundamental shift in the way we approach healthcare. We see this latest support from our investors as confirmation of our role as a key enabler for these necessary changes. We’ve already proven how a digital-first approach can have a profound effect on productivity, evidenced by our substantial footprint in the NHS. Thanks to this latest investment, we are moving forward with some incredibly exciting projects, accelerating our journey to delivering truly modern healthcare."
YFM Equity Partners has provided a £2m follow-on investment to support the e-learning platform's global growth.
"We are delighted to continue to partner with YFM for the next phase of our growth. I have greatly valued working with James and the YFM team as we have expanded our sales reach internationally and continue to help our customers to create impactful elearning by unlocking knowledge from any employee."
YFM Equity Partners backed the cloud software provider in its first institutional funding round.
"the AutomatePro team has built a world class SaaS product that’s delivering significant value to some of the largest and most complex organisations. Intelligent automated testing is a key feature of DevOps best practice and has become a necessity for organisations looking to maximise value from their IT infrastructure and IT talent. We are really bullish on investing further in software and services business enabling DevOps, and the great teams we are backing are benefiting from being part of a group of high growth business in this space with the common support of YFM."
