Golub Growth Named to Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors List

SAN FRANCISCO, October 27, 2026 – Golub Growth has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list for the fourth consecutive year. The annual list recognizes private equity firms, venture capital firms and lenders with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies, with 294 firms recognized this year.

Golub Growth is an affiliate of Golub Capital, a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and experienced private credit manager. Golub Growth provides custom debt and equity capital solutions designed to help venture-backed SaaS businesses accelerate sales growth, drive new product development, pursue strategic acquisitions and provide shareholder liquidity.

“Being recognized for the fourth consecutive year reflects our continued focus on building trusted, long-term partnerships and providing the flexible capital and strategic support companies need to achieve their goals,” said Peter Fair, Managing Director at Golub Growth. “We’re proud to work alongside ambitious management teams as they build enduring businesses.”

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.

“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.

About Golub Growth 

Golub Growth provides flexible debt and equity capital to venture-backed, growth-stage B2B SaaS companies. Our custom solutions are designed to help SaaS businesses accelerate sales growth, drive new product development, pursue strategic acquisitions and provide shareholder liquidity. Since 2013, we have partnered with CEOs, founders and CFOs at more than 125 software companies and committed over $15 billion to enable long-term growth.

Golub Growth is an affiliate of Golub Capital, a market-leading, award-winning direct lender and experienced private credit manager. As of October 1, 2026, Golub Capital had over $95 billion of capital under management, a gross measure of invested capital including leverage. The firm has offices in North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. For more information, please visit golubgrowth.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.