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JLL Partners Named to Inc.’s 2023 List of Founder-Friendly Investors
Annual roundup highlights the private equity, venture capital, and debt firms with the best track records of success backing entrepreneurs
New York, NY October 31, 2023 – Inc.today announced its fifth annual Founder-Friendly Investors list, honoring the private equity, venture capital, and debt firms with the best track records of success backing entrepreneurs.
The final list recognizes 218 firms that remain actively involved with the businesses they invest in, and that have earned the trust of the entrepreneurs they support to help drive growth.
“We are extremely proud to receive this recognition for the second year in a row,” said Brooks Powlen, Managing Director. “We continue to keep partnership with founders at the core of our approach. Aligning with our partners at the outset enables us to build businesses that achieve long-term goals and realize strategic successes across every investment.”
To compile the list, Inc. went straight to the source: entrepreneurs who have sold to private equity and venture capital firms. Founders filled out a questionnaire about their experiences partnering with private equity, venture capital, and debt firms and shared data on how their portfolio companies have grown during these partnerships.
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2023
About JLL Partners
JLL Partners is a middle market private equity firm with over three decades of experience transforming businesses in the healthcare, specialty industrials, and business services sectors. The firm is dedicated to partnering with companies that it can help build into market leaders through a combination of strategic mergers and acquisitions, organic growth initiatives, and operational enhancements. The JLL Partners team is comprised of seasoned investment professionals and operating partners who are focused on driving long-term value creation across its portfolio. Since its founding in 1988, JLL Partners has invested over $5.9 billion of equity capital across eight private equity funds, with over 55 platform investments and more than 230 add-on acquisitions.