Montage Partners Earns Inc. Founder-Friendly Investor Honor Six Years Running
The Scottsdale-based private equity firm secured a spot on Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Investors list for the sixth straight year in 2026.
Montage Partners, a private equity firm operating out of Scottsdale, Arizona, and Salt Lake City, Utah, has been recognized on Inc. magazine's Founder-Friendly Investors list for the sixth consecutive year, the company announced October 28, 2026.
The annual Inc. list highlights private equity firms that founders and entrepreneurs have identified as supportive partners rather than purely transactional investors. This year's edition recognized 294 private equity firms across the industry, placing Montage Partners among a select group of repeat honorees.
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The firm describes its investment philosophy as people-first, a positioning that appears to resonate with the founder community that Inc. surveys when compiling its rankings. Earning a place on the list six years in a row signals consistent feedback from founders who have worked with Montage Partners across multiple deal cycles.
Repeat inclusion on such rankings carries increasing weight in the competitive private equity landscape, where founder-led companies often have options among multiple suitors and place significant value on cultural alignment with their capital partners. A multi-year track record on a founder-focused list can serve as a differentiating signal when firms compete for proprietary deal flow.
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