BV Investment Partners Named to Inc.'s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors List

BOSTON, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- BV Investment Partners (BV), a middle-market private equity firm focused on the tech-enabled business services and solutions sectors, announced today its recognition on the Inc. Founder-Friendly Investors list for the fifth year in a row. The list honors the private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with a track record of backing founder-led companies. This year's list recognizes BV among 294 firms.

The prestigious Founder-Friendly Investors list celebrates the investors and firms that work closely with entrepreneurs and remain engaged with the businesses they back. Honorees are recognized for their approach to partnering with founders and supporting their companies through growth and beyond.

Vik Raina, CEO of BV, said, "In today's environment, founders need more than capital - they need a partner who understands their business and can help them navigate each stage of growth. Being recognized by Inc. for the fifth year in a row reflects our team's commitment to that kind of partnership. We thank Inc. and the founders who have placed their trust in BV."

"With the current funding environment and rapid changes facing growing companies, founders are looking for more than just capital from their investors. They want true partners who believe in their business, but who are also able to provide the critical advisement and strategic support they need to reach their potential," says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. "The 2026 Founder-Friendly Investor awards celebrate those firms - the ones committed to partnership, excellence, and helping founder-led companies grow."

To compile the Founder-Friendly Investors list, Inc. went straight to the source: entrepreneurs who have sold to private equity and venture capital firms. Founders completed questionnaires about their experiences partnering with private equity, venture capital, and debt firms and shared data on how their companies have performed during these partnerships. The resulting list highlights investors that founders identified as strong partners throughout the investment process.

For more information or to view the complete list of honorees, visit https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors.

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About BV Investment Partners

BV Investment Partners is an established sector-focused private equity firm in North America with over $8.3 billion of assets under management. Founded in 1983 and relaunched under new management and strategy in 2012, the firm targets the tech-enabled business services and solutions sectors and leverages more than four decades of experience partnering with entrepreneurs and management teams. To date, it has completed 54 investments and realized or substantially exited 23 companies under new management. For five consecutive years, BV has been named to Inc. magazine's list of Founder-Friendly Investors and recognized by HEC Paris-Dow Jones rankings as one of the top 10 best-performing buyout firms in the mid-market segment in its first year and in the lower mid-market segment in its second year, following the introduction of this new category. For more information, visit www.bvlp.com.

About Inc.

Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.

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