# James Savage

> James Savage is a seed investor at YFM Equity Partners (London) backing Software and SaaS. See 3 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [YFM Equity Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yfm-equity-partners)
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 3
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 100%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/james-savage-81190a17/

James Savage is a seed investor at YFM Equity Partners in London focused on Software and SaaS. James Savage - Portfolio Director @ YFM Equity Partners

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 67% |
| SaaS | 1 | 33% |
| FinTech | 1 | 33% |
| Computer | 1 | 33% |
| Internet | 1 | 33% |

12 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 33% |
| Series A | 1 | 33% |
| Private Equity | 1 | 33% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Xapien | Xapien automates online research, using Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing & with vast cloud compute power: #XapienThem | $10.4M | Series A | Jul 17, 2024 |  |
| Xapien | Xapien automates online research, using Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing & with vast cloud compute power: #XapienThem | $7.5M | Seed | Apr 12, 2023 |  |
| Elucidat | Elucidat is an 'intelligent' e-learning authoring platform that solves the challenges busy e-learning authoring teams face when using desktop-based authoring software made for individual authors. Elucidat is web-based, incredibly easy to use and creates highly engaging HTML5 e-learning that works perfectly on any device - computer, tabletor mobile. Unlike most e-learning authoring software, Elucidat can be fully customised by developers meaning they have infinite control over 'look and feel', animations and can even create their own interactions.As a business we are dedicated to improving the lives of high performance e-learning teams by making software that ensures the process of authoring, publishing and maintaining e-learning is as easy and pain free as possible.“Elucidat is a very solid product, I would recommend it to anyone looking for multi-device e-learning authoring software.”Craig Weiss, E-Learning Blogger, Expert, Analyst, Speaker, named the second most influential person in the world for e-learning. | $2.4M | Private Equity | Jan 16, 2023 |  |

3 of 3 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [D2 Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/double-down) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Deeptech Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/deeptech-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Kinled Holding](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/kinled) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Sunway iLabs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sunway-ilabs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About YFM Equity Partners

VC Fund · London, United Kingdom

YFM Equity Partners is an independent private equity business owned by its senior management and investment team. They invest up to £10 million of equity through offices in Leeds, London, Manchester, Birmingham and Sheffield.

5 contacts available at YFM Equity Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Adam Hart | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adam-hart |
| Colin Granger | Investment Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/colin-granger |
| Damien Timms | MarPortfolio Directorketing Manager | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/damien-timms |
| Eamon Nolan | Portfolio Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eamon-nolan |
| James Savage | Portfolio Director | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-savage-3 |

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## FAQ

### What does James Savage invest in?

James Savage invests primarily in Software, SaaS and FinTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 3 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United Kingdom. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did James Savage last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for James Savage closed in Jul 2024. Shizune tracks 3 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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