Berkshire Partners Named to Inc.’s 2026 List of Founder-Friendly Investors

BOSTON, October 30, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Berkshire Partners ("Berkshire"), a Boston-based private equity firm focused on the middle market, today announced that it has been named to Inc. Magazine's 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list, marking the firm's fourth consecutive year receiving the honor. To compile the Founder-Friendly Investors list, founders who have sold their companies to private equity and venture capital firms 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.