BPOC Recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor by Inc. Magazine for 2024

BPOC Recognized as a Founder-Friendly Investor by Inc. Magazine for 2024

Firm’s dedication to supporting visionary founder-led companies in the healthcare sector earns prestigious recognition

BPOC is proud to announce its recognition as one of Inc. Magazine’s 2024 Founder-Friendly Investors in the Healthcare PE category. This award celebrates private equity firms, venture capital firms and lenders that have demonstrated a commitment to partnering with founder-led companies to help them achieve scalable growth and success.

As one of the longest-tenured pure-play healthcare private equity firms, BPOC has built a reputation for partnering with visionary founder-led businesses to create durable enterprises that improve healthcare quality for patients while reducing costs. For over 27 years, the firm’s investment thesis has been centered on providing value-additive resources that align with founders’ visions, in a collaborative approach to growth and success.

This recognition reflects BPOC’s focus on transparency, alignment and empathy in empowering founder-led businesses to scale successfully and drive positive outcomes for both companies and their communities.

This honor, announced on October 29, 2024, is based on evaluations by Inc.'s editors, covering the period from January 2019 to October 2024.

About Inc.'s Founder-Friendly Investors Program The “Founder-Friendly Investors” award is a program designed by Inc. Magazine to help founder-led companies accelerate growth and create revenue. Private equity, 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.

BPOC is not aware of the number of advisers also surveyed for the award. Like all entrants, BPOC paid a fee to be considered for this award and pays a fee to Inc. Magazine to use the collateral associated with the use of the award and logo. This award is not to be construed as indicative of BPOC’s future performance. Reference to an award is only one piece of information relevant to an evaluation of an investment adviser such as BPOC. 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. BPOC is not affiliated with Inc. Magazine. BPOC received this award in 2024. More information about the Founder-Friendly Investors award is available at https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2024.