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Our Group

Puma Capital Group is an award-winning investment manager, and a leading provider of growth capital to UK SMEs and property finance to developers and real estate investors.

Our Group Businesses

The Puma Capital Group comprises four businesses focused on delivering long-term sustainable growth for our investors and partners, namely: Puma Investments, Puma Property Finance, Puma Growth Partners and Puma Public Markets. Collectively the Group has over £1bn in assets under management, supports over 12,000 investors and has funded over £2 billion in property developments across the UK. As a business we have assisted dozens of businesses across the UK elevate and build to deliver on their brilliant ideas.

Puma Capital Group has a strong track record in:

a) Growth Capital for UK SMEs;

b) Property Finance;

c) Public Markets.

Puma Investments, one of our Group businesses, raises funds from a variety of sources including wealth managers and IFAs from the very large (e.g. SJP, Barclays Wealth, Evelyn Partners, Cazenove) through regional players to the very small independents, from execution-only brokers and from HNWs. We also work with leading wrap platforms (including Fidelity, Aberdeen, M&G and Transact).

In addition to raising capital from private clients, the Puma Capital Group has attracted £500m of institutional funding.

Our Products

As a business, our origins lie in the management of Venture Capital Trusts (“VCTs”). In fact, Puma itself grew out of Shore Capital Group which started operating VCTs in 2004. We now have 15 VCTs under our belt (and have raised over £380 million) and we launched our latest — Puma AIM VCT — in 2024.

Over the years, we’ve also branched out into other investments, such as the Puma Heritage Estate Planning Service — which finances professional property developers, the Puma AIM Inheritance Tax Service — which invests in the Alternative Investment Market (“AIM”), and Puma Alpha EIS — our Enterprise Investment Scheme (“EIS”) offer.

Indeed, we are proud to have been recognised and awarded for our various offers, most recently having won Finalist/Winner of Best BR Investment Manager – Listed for seven years running (Growth Investor Awards, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024), Winner: Most Impactful Investment (Growth Investor Awards, 2024), Runner up: Best VCT Investment Manager (Growth Investor Awards, 2024), Commended: Best Venture Capital Trust (Investment Life & Pensions Money Facts Awards 2024), Shortlisted, Best VCT (Investment Week, Investment Company of the Year Awards 2024), Team of the Year (Growth Investor Awards, 2022) and Highly Commended: Best Venture Capital Trust (Investment Life & Pensions Money Facts Awards 2021 & 2020).

Further information about our business can be found on our website Puma Capital Group.

Our Business Divisions:

Puma Investments, as set out above, raises funds from a variety of sources including wealth managers and IFAs from the very large regional players to the very small independents, from execution-only brokers and HNWs. We also work with leading wrap platforms, as detailed above. https://pumainvestments.co.uk/

Puma Growth Partners is a growth capital investor which partners with UK SMEs. We typically invest £4m to £10m per round into established, high growth businesses. We invest across most sectors with a focus on companies with a proven product and clear growth plan. https://www.pumagrowthpartners.co.uk/

Our Puma Property Finance business facilitates development loans from £10 million to £50 million to finance residential, commercial and specialist sector projects such as hotels, student accommodation and healthcare, including care homes and retirement living. With no capital losses to date, we've also been able to attract more than £500 million of funding from established institutional investors, to complement the funds raised from our retail investors. We have funded over £2 billion of property developments since inception and continue to grow both our retail and institutional capital sources. We have recently entered into a new strategic partnership with Madison International Realty, a leading institutional real estate private equity firm headquartered in New York. Through this partnership, Madison has acquired a 24.5% stake in Puma Property Finance Ltd. https://pumapropertyfinance.co.uk/

Our Puma Public Markets business focuses on our award-winning Puma AIM IHT Service which is a discretionary portfolio service that seeks to mitigate Inheritance tax by investing in a carefully selected portfolio of AIM listed shares alongside Puma AIM VCT, our latest VCT launched in 2024. https://www.pumacapitalgroup.co.uk/our-businesses/puma-public-markets

A business in growth mode

In the 11 years since we were set up, Puma Capital Group has grown significantly. We are now over 130 people across the Group with our staff working nationally (our head office is in London with offices in Manchester and Edinburgh). In addition, we are also part of the Shore Capital Group which has offices in London, Liverpool, Guernsey and Berlin.

As such, it is an exceptionally exciting time for our business: combining our already very strong track record with ambitious growth strategies, we have already developed our market share substantially and are looking to build further on our success.

Who we are

The team at Puma are bright, ambitious, and passionate about what we do. Our non-hierarchical and meritocratic approach results in a close-knit team with a unified goal. We believe that success is produced by and belongs to all.

While our team has grown significantly, our values remain the same:

· Collaboration: Working together towards the same goal, sharing knowledge and expertise

· Aspiration: Striving for excellence in everything we do

· Respect: Fostering an environment where everyone behaves with respect and integrity

· Value Creation: Delivering outstanding results for our internal and external partners.

These values underpin our business, and they inform every aspect of our behaviour — from how we manage money to the types of companies we support.

We continue to strive towards being a more diverse, equitable and inclusive workplace for everyone with a focus on inclusivity and belonging at all levels for all staff. We focus on a number of initiatives including training, our policies and procedures and having a culture that focuses on authenticity for all our team members.  We’re excited to continue to improve our commitment as allies and create a workplace where everyone is able to bring their whole self to work.

In addition, while it is a given that rewards are highly competitive and based on performance, we also believe in benefits that reward you in a more rounded way; as an example, our team get their birthdays off and personal development grants (for sushi making classes, photography, golf lessons, exercise classes or any interests you have that make you, you).

As well as the standard benefits including an enhanced pension, life assurance, private healthcare etc., other examples of supporting our staff include an enhanced maternity (3-6 months full pay dependant on tenure) and paternity policy as well as fully paid time off for miscarriages and baby loss. We are keen to support our people through various times in their lives from moving house (with paid time off) all the way to key events such as growing their families and menopause. Our team follow a hybrid working model where they are (with their manager) responsible for the days they are in the office or on ‘site’ (usually three days) and when they work from home.

We also take our responsibilities seriously, actively fundraising for our chosen charity of the year through a variety of activities as well as other socially responsible initiatives including partnering with a number of mentoring schemes where staff are able to support students through their educational journeys.

Our holistic approach to looking after our staff has meant that our staff turnover remains consistently low. And while we don’t adopt this approach for the accolades, we are delighted to have been ranked in the top 100 Great Places to work, Financial Services and Insurance (Small and Medium) and to be certified for the same. Additionally, we have been ranked 52nd in the UK’s Best Workplaces 2025 (Medium category), 40th among the UK’s Best Workplaces for Development 2025 and 56th Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2025.

We were finalists for the Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Programme of the year and the Mental Health & Wellbeing Programme of the Year in the Inspiring Women Awards run by Property Week.

We are also proud to be a certified B Corp.

The Role

Key Responsibilities

Experience, Skills and attributes required

Importantly:

Research shows that men typically apply for roles when around 60% of the criteria is met, however, women and other underrepresented people often only apply when they tick every box. So, if you think you have what it takes, but don't necessarily meet every single point on the role description, please do still get in touch – we would love to hear from you!

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