The annual list recognizes private equity, venture capital, and lending firms with strong track records of supporting founder-led businesses

InTandem Capital Partners, LP (“InTandem”) has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list, which recognizes private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies. This year’s list recognizes InTandem among 14 designated healthcare specialist firms across the private equity investment landscape.

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.”

“Founders don’t need an investor who takes over. They need a partner who brings the resources, relationships and operating experience to help them grow faster than they could on their own,” said Elliot Cooperstone, CEO and Managing Partner at InTandem. “My colleagues and I work alongside our management teams on building leadership, adding capabilities and scaling the business. This recognition belongs to the founders and teams we are lucky to work with every day.”

“We are honored to be recognized by the founders who know us best. Our name describes how we work: we invest in tandem with the entrepreneurs who built these businesses,” said Brad Coppens, President and Managing Partner at InTandem. “When a founder chooses us as their investor, they are trusting us with their life’s work and with the patients, clients, and employees who depend on it. We believe that being named to this list validates we are living up to that trust.”

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 InTandem Capital Partners

InTandem Capital Partners, LP is a private equity firm that invests in and helps accelerate the growth of select healthcare services companies. Its goal is to build excellent businesses of significant value working collaboratively with its management team partners. InTandem is focused on investing in businesses that align closely with the Healthcare Quintuple Aim – the simultaneous pursuit of enhanced patient experience, elevated provider experience, improved clinical outcomes, greater healthcare equity, and lower cost of care delivery. The firm is comprised of former healthcare business executives and experienced investors, and provides strategic, acquisition and operating expertise to help companies increase their value and their contribution to an improved healthcare system. InTandem provides active support to the management of its portfolio companies directly and leverages its network of industry executives to augment its capabilities. For further information, please visit intandemcapital.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.

InTandem paid a nominal fee to be considered for this list, which was issued on October 27, 2026, and was based upon information from previous years. This list is based on an analysis of information gathered by Inc. Magazine using its own methodologies and criteria, which analysis relies in part on certain subjective determinations and is subject to inherent limitations. There can be no assurance that other providers or surveys would reach the same conclusion. To view the full list and learn more about the selection criteria, please visit Inc.’s website.

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