Monroe Capital Named to Inc.’s 2025 List of Founder-Friendly Investors

CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) has been selected by Inc. Magazine’s 2025 List of Founder-Friendly Investors. The annual list honors the private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with a track record of backing founder-led companies and helping them achieve success. Monroe has earned this recognition for the third consecutive year, since the introduction of the Inc. Founder-Friendly Investors’ Lender category.

As a founder-led business itself, Monroe understands that the key to success lies in supporting visionary leaders and their organization. The firm’s investment strategy includes providing a partnership for founders, enabling them to achieve their maximum potential. Since inception, Monroe has invested over $6.3 billion in founder-led businesses, demonstrating our dedication to being a trusted partner.

Tom Aronson, Vice Chairman & Head of Originations of Monroe, stated, “We’re honored to be named to Inc.’s Founder-Friendly Investors list for the third consecutive year. At Monroe, we take pride in being a trusted capital partner to founder-led and family-owned businesses. Our tailored lending solutions are designed to support their growth strategies, from acquisitions to expansion, while preserving the entrepreneurial spirit that drives their success.”

Zia Uddin, President of Monroe, stated, “For over two decades, Monroe has built deep relationships with exceptional founders and family-owned businesses across North America. Through our Independent Sponsor group or family-owned business initiatives, we provide flexible financing that empowers entrepreneurs to scale, innovate, and navigate their growth journey. Our collaborative approach goes beyond capital - we bring strategic insight and long-term partnership to every investment.”

“Raising capital is no small feat for today’s entrepreneurs. That’s why discovering investors who offer more than just financial backing—those who bring mentorship, resources, and a true spirit of partnership to your growth journey—is both rare and invaluable,” stated Bonny Ghosh, Editorial Director at Inc. “The 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors are collaborators and dedicated to helping their portfolio companies succeed.”

Learn more about the 2025 Inc. Magazine Founder-Friendly Investor list here.

About Monroe Capital

Monroe Capital LLC (“Monroe”) is a premier asset management firm specializing in private credit markets across various strategies, including direct lending, technology finance, venture debt, alternative credit solutions, structured credit, real estate and equity. Since 2004, the firm has been successfully providing capital solutions to clients in the U.S. and Canada. Monroe prides itself on being a value-added and user-friendly partner to business owners, management, and both private equity and independent sponsors. Monroe’s platform offers a wide variety of investment products for both institutional and high net worth investors with a focus on generating high quality “alpha” returns irrespective of business or economic cycles. The firm is headquartered in Chicago and has 12 locations throughout the United States, Middle East, Asia and Australia.

Monroe has been recognized by both its peers and investors with various awards including Inc.’s 2025 Founder-Friendly Investors List; DealCatalyst as the 2025 Most Innovative Private Credit CLO Manager of the Year; Private Debt Investor as the 2024 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Year, Americas and 2023 Lower Mid-Market Lender of the Decade; Global M&A Network as the 2024 Lower Mid-Markets Lender of the Year, Americas; Korean Economic Daily as the 2022 Best Performance in Private Debt – Mid Cap; Creditflux as the 2021 Best U.S. Direct Lending Fund; and Pension Bridge as the 2020 Private Credit Strategy of the Year. For more information and important disclaimers, please visit www.monroecap.com.

Disclaimer

This is neither an offer to sell nor a solicitation of any offer to buy any securities in any fund managed by Monroe Capital. Any offering is made to only pursuant to the relevant offering documents and the relevant subscription application, all of which should be read in their entirety. The information provided above is solely for informational purposes and may not be representative of a particular investor’s experience, nor should the information be construed, or relied upon, as any indication of future performance of Monroe or any of its funds.