LLR Named to Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors List for Sixth Consecutive Year

October 29, 2024

Inc.’s sixth annual list highlights the firms that have earned the trust of the entrepreneurs they invest in and support to help drive growth.

LLR is proud to be named to Inc. Magazine’s list of Founder-Friendly Investors for the sixth consecutive year. This recognition celebrates our commitment to supporting founder-led companies and highlights our core belief that companies choose growth partners not only for the value of their capital, but for the value they can create together.

For 25 years, founders have been central to LLR’s mission, with 50% of our current platform investments being founder-led at the time of investment as of 2024. One way to showcase this focus is through the growth advice shared by founders we’ve partnered with through LLR GrowthBits.

Advice by founders, for founders:

• Preserving Culture During a Capital Raise or Acquisition: A Founder’s Perspective
• Advice from Six Founders: What to Know About Being Part of an Add-On Acquisition
• Founder’s Dilemma: Is Your Founder-Led Culture Getting in the Way of Growth?
• TeamUp’s Story: Advantages of Being Part of a Strategic Acquisition in a Challenging Market

Inc. compiled the list by going straight to the source: the founders who have partnered with these private equity and venture capital firms. Through a questionnaire, they detailed their experiences and provided data on the growth of their companies under these partnerships.

“It has been a complicated few years for growth companies and the companies that fund them. So we are happy to share with our readers the latest guidance on which venture capital firms, private equity firms, and growth-capital lenders have the track record and reputation of being especially good partners to founders and CEOs.” – Mike Hofman, Editor-in-Chief of Inc.

To see the complete list, visit: https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2024

Consideration for the Inc. 2024 Founder-Friendly Investors list required the submission of an online application which includes references from founders of one or more portfolio companies, and total application fees of less than $4,000 which LLR paid to submit its application for this award. Private equity and venture capital firms that have exited U.S.-based, founder-led, portfolio companies are eligible to apply. Portfolio companies can be either public or private. Honorees were chosen by Inc. based on an internal application review process which is further highlighted on their website here: FAQs.