YJCIGF's mission is to become the country’s premiere private equity growth fund focused on strategic investments in companies located in and/or serving America's urban markets. YJCIGF will leverage the significant, proven and complementary strengths of the Yucaipa Companies and Johnson Capital Management for the benefit of investors and portfolio companies. These strengths include: proprietary transaction origination, corporate partnering expertise, urban corporate strategy execution, prudent deal underwriting, strong investment returns, active and expert portfolio management.