Brightstar Capital Partners (“Brightstar”) is proud to announce that it has been named to Inc.’s annual Founder-Friendly Investors list*, honoring the private equity and venture capital firms with track records of success backing entrepreneurs. This is the second time that Brightstar has received this recognition. The firm was also named to the list in 2022.
The final list recognized 269 firms that entrepreneurs collaborate with and trust as they receive the financial support they need to help drive growth.
“Partnering with families, founders, and entrepreneurs is core to our identity,” said Andrew Weinberg, Founder and CEO of Brightstar. “We appreciate the strong businesses and cultures that they’ve built and love to collaborate with the goal of creating value and elevating these businesses to the next level.”
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 and venture capital 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/2024
About Brightstar Capital Partners
Brightstar Capital Partners is a middle market private equity firm with $4bn+ AUM that is focused on investing in industrial, manufacturing, and services businesses where Brightstar believes it can drive significant value with respect to the management, operations, and strategic direction of the business. Since its founding in 2015, Brightstar has accumulated extensive experience partnering with family, founder, or entrepreneur-led businesses. Brightstar employs an operationally intensive “Us & Us” approach that leverages its considerable hands-on operational expertise and deep relationship network to help companies reach their full potential.
About Inc.
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc., offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
(1) *The list was announced on October 29, 2024. Brightstar Capital Partners applied to be included on this list in May 2024. That application included a fee. Inc. reached out independently to a leader of one of our portfolio companies.
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