Graham Partners Named to Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors List for Fifth Consecutive Year
October 28th, 2025
PHILADELPHIA
Remains committed to building lasting partnerships with entrepreneurial, tech-forward businesses
Graham Partners (“Graham”) is grateful to announce that it has been named to Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list for the fifth consecutive year. The list highlights private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders that entrepreneurs identify as true partners — firms that bring more than just capital to the table.
Inc.’s list is curated using entrepreneurial feedback, collecting founders’ assessments of investor collaboration, support, and impact on growth. According to Inc., the firms honored have demonstrated a commitment to partnership, transparency with key stakeholders, and deep operational support.[1]
Graham believes this recognition underscores a legacy of partnership and innovation that is deeply rooted in its family industrial heritage. The firm’s origins date back to 1960, when entrepreneur Donald C. Graham, father of Graham Partners’ CEO Steve Graham, founded a design engineering firm in a central Pennsylvania farmhouse basement. That entrepreneurial spark ultimately gave rise to three successful advanced manufacturing businesses and laid the foundation for what is now The Graham Group.
Steve Graham, CEO and Senior Managing Partner of Graham Partners, said, “Our legacy is rooted in entrepreneurial spirit, and we’ve never lost that mindset. That spirit of ingenuity still guides how we partner with founders today — we aim to build collaborative, transparent partnerships with entrepreneurs who share our commitment to innovation and continuous improvement.”
To see the full list of Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors, click here.
Graham Partners is a private investment firm principally focused on investing in technology-driven companies in advanced manufacturing and technology-enabled services that are spurring innovation, resulting in product substitutions, raw materials conversions, and disruptions to traditional end markets. Graham Partners can offer control or minority capital solutions and typically targets companies with EBITDA up to $50 million. Since the firm’s founding in 1988 by Steven Graham, Graham Partners has closed over 160 acquisitions, joint ventures, financings, and divestitures. The committed capital raised since inception through the Graham Partners funds together with Graham-led co-investments totals approximately $7.5 billion as of September 30, 2025, which differs from Graham’s Regulatory Assets Under Management of approximately $4.9 billion as of September 30, 2025. Investors include high-net-worth individuals, college and university endowments, foundations, pension plans, insurance companies, funds-of-funds, and other institutional investors. Based in suburban Philadelphia, the firm has access to extensive operating resources and industrial expertise and is a member of The Graham Group, an alliance of independent operating businesses, investment firms, and philanthropic entities, which all share in the common legacy of entrepreneur Donald Graham.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Courtland Scaccetti (cscaccetticscaccetti@grahampartners.net)
Christina Morin (cmorin@grahampartners.net)
Tel: (610) 408-0500
www.grahampartners.net
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[1] Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors list includes private equity firms identified by Inc.’s editors or those that submitted an application to Inc. for inclusion. Graham Partners submitted an application for inclusion on this list and paid $1,995 to Inc. in connection with its application. Graham was notified by Inc. in July 2025 of its inclusion on this list. The application was based on companies Graham Partners has exited since January 1, 2020. Legal Disclaimer: This press release is for informational purposes and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, securities in the United States or elsewhere. Graham Partners is not utilizing this release to provide investment or other advice, and no information disclosed therein is to be relied upon for the purpose of making investment decisions. Past performance does not guarantee future results and any transactions described are included as representative transactions and are not necessarily reflective of overall performance.