JAM Equity Partners is an affiliate of Jacobs Asset Management, an established, highly successful money manager with approximately $330 million under management in JAM Partners, LP.  JAM Equity Partners was founded by Sy Jacobs, Bill Roy and Mike Sekits to make and manage long term, high return investments into financial services businesses. 

JAM Equity Partners is the general partner of JAM Special Opportunities Fund, LP, JAM Special Opportunities Fund II, LP and JAM Recovery Fund, LP, private equity funds focused on financial services.   JAM Special Opportunities closed with $45.5 million of committed capital in May 2006.  JAM Special Opportunities II closed with $63.0 million of committed capital in February 2009. JAM Recovery closed with $70.0 million of committed capital in January 2010.