Annual recognition reflects RLH’s longstanding commitment to partnering with founders to build enduring businesses. 

LOS ANGELES, Oct. 27, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — RLH Equity Partners, a private equity firm with more than four decades of partnering with entrepreneurs to build high-growth, knowledge-led B2B enterprises, announced today that it has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list for the sixth consecutive year.

The annual list highlights investment firms with track records of supporting entrepreneurs. To compile the list, Inc. gathers feedback from founders about their experiences partnering with investors and collects data on how their companies have grown and developed during those partnerships.

“Long before the term ‘Founder-Friendly’ emerged, RLH embraced an investment philosophy rooted in respect for what entrepreneurs have built and a conviction that achieving exceptional growth requires an outsized commitment to the people responsible for executing strategy,” said Mark Gartner, Managing Director at RLH. “Being recognized for the sixth consecutive year is an honor, and we are grateful for the trust our founder partners continue to place in us.”

RLH’s dedicated team of seasoned investors and operators works shoulder-to-shoulder with entrepreneurs to provide strategic guidance, operational support, and resources to help drive high-quality growth. The firm also offers dedicated, in-house expertise to help portfolio companies identify and execute on M&A opportunities.

The firm’s collaborative approach has fostered long-term relationships with dozens of founders, many of whom have gone on to become Strategic Advisors to RLH. These enduring relationships reflect the trust and shared commitment that underpin RLH’s partnership philosophy.

Learn more about why founders choose to partner with RLH and what they can expect on the journey at www.rlhequity.com.

About RLH Equity Partners

RLH Equity Partners invests behind passionate entrepreneurs in uniquely positioned, high-growth, knowledge-led B2B enterprises driven by macro changes in technology, healthcare, and regulatory environments. The RLH investment team strives to deliver strategic and operational guidance to its portfolio companies in navigating the opportunities and challenges of scale and rapid growth. RLH’s insights and processes to support entrepreneurs in building market-leading enterprises have been honed over RLH’s more than 40-year history of successful investing. RLH currently manages over $1 billion of assets and is actively seeking new portfolio company investments.

For more information, please contact:

Jessica Bramwell
Director of Communications
RLH Equity Partners
949-428-2205
jbramwell@rlhequity.com

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