PALO ALTO, CA – October 28, 2025 – Today, Altamont Capital Partners (Altamont) was announced as a 2025 Founder-Friendly Investor by Inc., an American business publication that provides tools, articles, and inspiration for business growth.
Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Award honors top investment partners who are committed to providing founders with exceptional guidance, capital, and resources, empowering them to grow and strengthen their businesses.
“Altamont is honored to be recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor,” said Kristin Johnson, Managing Director, Business Development at Altamont. “We are grateful for the recognition as we continue to partner with founders and leaders who believe in our core values of shared success, collaboration, and openness to guide partnership and growth.”
To select Founder-Friendly honorees, Inc. evaluates references sent by portfolio company founders. Inc. then gathers data on how founder-led companies grew while partnered with investing firms and interviews the founders on how these partners supported their growth. Each portfolio company is given a proprietary score that determines which firms significantly support founders’ efforts to scale their businesses.
The Founder-Friendly Award is unique in the industry as it focuses on investor behavior, rather than just performance. Founder referrals and sentiments weigh heavily on the decision process.
About Altamont Capital Partners
Founded in 2010, Altamont Capital Partners (“Altamont”) is a private equity firm focused on transforming and scaling lower-middle market companies through significant business-building and value-creation resources. Altamont makes long-term, control investments in sectors where we have deep experience and specialized knowledge, and partners with management teams to execute proven and repeatable platform-building playbooks. Since inception, Altamont has invested in over 45 companies operating across the Industrials, Business Services, Financial Services, and Franchising & Multi-Unit sectors. Altamont currently manages over $4 billion of capital and is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in San Francisco and Austin, Texas. For more information, visit www.altamontcapital.com.