Anthony Yanni

Anthony Yanni is an Orlando-based private-credit and mezzanine investor with roughly 15 years in lower-middle-market financing. He holds an MBA from the University of Central Florida and lists core competencies in private equity, financial modeling, due diligence, and investments. He is based in the Lake Nona / Tavistock area of Orlando, where his current and prior firms have been headquartered.

Yanni began his mezzanine career around November 2010 as a Vice President at the affiliated Florida Mezzanine Fund and Penta Mezzanine Fund, Orlando-based funds that provided subordinated debt and structured equity to profitable smaller companies (Penta deals included Simplifi Wireless, Access Integrated Healthcare, and Level Four Orthotics & Prosthetics). In May 2017 he co-founded and became a Director of the Assurance Mezzanine Fund (part of Assurance Capital), which provided $3M–$20M of customized growth capital to profitable lower-middle-market companies nationwide. The associated stub email ([hidden]) and Assurance-era title of "Director" trace to this period.

Since 2023 Yanni has been a Managing Partner at Turms Capital, a firm he helped launch to continue the same lower-middle-market strategy: private credit (senior secured and subordinated debt) plus minority equity, funding growth capital, management buyouts, ESOP transactions, acquisitions, and refinancings. Turms operates from 6900 Tavistock Lakes Blvd., Suite 400, Orlando, FL 32827, and frames its brand around "integrity above all else," emphasizing transparency, flexibility, and discipline in structuring deals for business owners.

Note: while some investor databases (Foundersuite, Angels Partners) tag Yanni as an "angel investor" targeting seed rounds, his actual practice is structured debt and minority-equity investing in established, cash-flowing companies rather than early-stage venture. Founders should calibrate expectations accordingly.

• Invests via private credit and minority equity — senior secured debt, subordinated/mezzanine debt, and preferred or common minority equity — rather than control buyouts or early venture.
• Check size $3M–$15M at Turms Capital, with the ability to lead or participate in larger deals through partnerships (historically up to $20M at Assurance Mezzanine).
• Targets profitable, established businesses: ~$5M–$100M in revenue and ~$1M–$15M EBITDA, with committed management, strong free cash flow, and defensible positions in non-cyclical industries.
• Backs a range of transaction types: growth capital, management buyouts, ESOP transactions, acquisitions, and refinancings/recapitalizations.
• Explicitly avoids startups, project financing, and real estate.
• Stated approach emphasizes partnership with owners — providing not just capital but experience and network — under a "integrity above all else" ethos of transparency, flexibility, and discipline.