Firm Overview
Compass Group Earns Founder-Friendly Recognition for Second Consecutive Year
We’re honored to be recognized for the second consecutive year on Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list! This recognition highlights our dedication to building strong, trust-based partnerships with founders and management teams.
Since 2014, helping founders achieve their vision of success has been at the heart of Compass Group’s mission. Our people-first approach and commitment to investing in relationships fuel this mission, ensuring we stay aligned with our partners’ goals.
“Since we are often the first institutional capital and like to have management continue to invest alongside us, we become true business partners with our founders,” said Compass Group Managing Partner, John Huhn. “As such, it’s critical that we are aligned on the strategy and plan to build the business. Together we bring our respective expertise and tackle the challenges of growth to climb to the next level of success.”
To provide the most impactful support, we actively seek feedback from our partners on growth and operational needs. When several portfolio companies highlighted the need for specialized assistance in areas like human resources, marketing, legal, and digital transformation, we launched the Compass Guides program. This initiative brings senior-level expertise to key business functions, empowering our partners to overcome challenges, strengthen operations, and drive sustainable growth.
“When partnering with a private equity firm, it’s essential to bring in the right people to help your organization grow beyond what you could achieve alone,” said Kevin Bly, CEO of New Age Medical. “After meeting Compass Group, we knew it would be a true collaborative partnership.”
“It has been a complicated few years for growth companies and the companies that fund them,” said Mike Hofman, editor-in-chief of Inc. “So we are happy to share with our readers the best, latest guidance on which venture capital firms, private equity firms, and growth-capital lenders have the track record and reputation of being especially good partners to founders and CEOs.”
Inc.’s list reflects the voices of entrepreneurs who’ve partnered with private equity and venture capital firms. Founders shared firsthand insights on their experiences, including the growth achieved alongside their equity partners.
About Inc.
The world’s most trusted business-media brand, Inc. offers entrepreneurs the knowledge, tools, connections, and community they need to build great companies. Its award-winning multiplatform content reaches more than 50 million people each month across a variety of channels including websites, newsletters, social media, podcasts, and print. Its prestigious Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since 1982, analyzes company data to recognize the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The global recognition that comes with inclusion in the 5000 gives the founders of the best businesses an opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and the credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. The associated Inc. 5000 Conference is part of a highly acclaimed portfolio of bespoke events produced by Inc. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
Disclaimer
The "Founder-Friendly Investors List” is a program designed by Inc. Magazine to help founder-led companies accelerate growth and create revenue. Private equity firms, venture capital firms and lenders that have exited U.S.-based, founder-led portfolio companies are eligible to apply. For investments to qualify, portfolio company founders must have remained actively involved in their business for at least one-year post-investment. Winning firms are selected based upon their track record, reputation, leadership and founder references. Compass Group Equity Partners is not aware of the number of advisers also surveyed for the award. Like all entrants, Compass Group Equity Partners paid a fee to be considered for this award and to use the award logo in collateral materials. This award is not to be construed as indicative of Compass Group Equity Partners’ future performance. Reference to an award is only one piece of information relevant to an evaluation of an investment adviser such as Compass Group Equity Partners. Finally, this award represents information as of a specific date and time and may not reflect important information related to an evaluation of the investment adviser which has occurred prior to, or subsequent to, the award. Compass Group Equity Partners is not affiliated with Inc. Magazine. More information about the Founder-Friendly Investors List is available here: https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/.
