news FFL Partners Named to Inc.’s 2025 List of Founder-Friendly Investors
The annual list highlights the private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with track records of backing founder-led companies.
FFL Partners (“FFL”), a private equity firm focused on growth investments in healthcare and tech-enabled business services companies, today announced that it has been named to Inc.’s 2025 List of Founder-Friendly Investors. This distinguished list recognizes leading private equity, venture capital, and private credit firms with successful track records of partnering with founder-led businesses.
“We are excited that FFL has been recognized on Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors List, reflecting our long history of collaborating with founders of high-quality middle market businesses,” said Cas Schneller, Managing Partner at FFL. “Our ability to work closely with founders to accelerate growth and generate lasting value has always been a cornerstone of FFL’s investment strategy,” added Chris Harris, Managing Partner at FFL.
The Inc. article accompanying the list also highlights FFL’s ability to drive growth by sourcing executive talent to augment senior management teams of founder-led portfolio companies. Within its two highly complementary sectors of healthcare and tech-enabled services, FFL brings deep industry expertise, a well-established reputation for supercharging growth, and decades of experience working alongside founders. FFL has deployed more than $5 billion in over 50 portfolio company partnerships since its inception 28 years ago.
“Raising capital is no small feat for today’s entrepreneurs. That’s why discovering investors who offer more than just financial backing—those who bring mentorship, resources, and a true spirit of partnership to your growth journey—is both rare and invaluable,” says Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc.
To view selection methodology and the full list of honorees, visit www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2025. To be eligible for consideration, firms must pay a nominal application fee.
About FFL Partners
FFL Partners is a leading middle-market private equity firm that has been investing in high-quality companies since 1997. Based in San Francisco, FFL is a hyperspecialized, thematic investor focused on targeted areas where the firm has deep expertise and broad networks. FFL employs a proprietary sourcing and value creation strategy called the Sector Exploration and Expertise Development (“SEED”) process. The firm aims to partner with exceptional management teams and employs a high-engagement approach to accelerate growth at its businesses. FFL currently has over $6 billion of cumulative capital commitments. For additional information, please visit fflpartners.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 inc.com.