Centana Growth Partners Named to Inc.’s 2024 List of Founder-Friendly Investors
Annual roundup highlights the private equity, venture capital, and lenders with track records of backing founder-led companies
NEW YORK & PALO ALTO — October 29, 2024 — For the third consecutive year, Centana Growth Partners is honored to be named to the Inc. Founder Friendly Investors list, recognizing the private equity, venture capital firms, and lenders with a track record of backing founder-led companies.
Centana Growth Partners is a growth equity firm dedicated to working with and supporting founder-led businesses in financial services, fintech, and related enterprise software. With a deep understanding that true value is driven by collaboration, Centana offers not only capital, but also the extensive resources and expertise of its team and network to foster sustainable growth. Each investment is customized to meet the needs of the business – creating a partnership where founders feel empowered and work hand-in-hand with Centana to grow their team, develop their product, and increase revenue.
“At Centana, the focus has always been on working with exceptional founders who are not just imagining the future of financial services, but actively building it. This goes beyond funding; it’s about forming partnerships where knowledge, experience, and a shared vision drive innovation. The work these entrepreneurs are doing is transformative, and Centana is committed to working alongside them as they tackle complex challenges and create meaningful change in the industry,” says Ben Cukier, Partner at Centana Growth Partners.
The last year has been an active one for the firm, including adding four new investments to the portfolio so far:
–Adroit Trading Technologies raised $15 Million in Series A funding, led by Centana Growth Partners (February 2024)
–WarrCloud raised $20 Million in Series B funding led by Centana Growth Partners (October 2024)
The prestigious list celebrates the investors that believe in backing founder-led businesses and helping them thrive. All companies on the list have successful track records of collaboration and remaining actively involved with the businesses they invest in. The list was compiled by gathering insights directly from entrepreneurs who have sold to private equity and venture capital firms. Founders filled out a questionnaire about their experiences partnering with private equity, venture capital, and debt firms and shared data on how their portfolio companies have grown during these partnerships.
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors/2024
About Centana Growth Partners
Centana Growth Partners is a specialized growth equity firm that invests in the future of finance. Centana collaborates with companies across the entire financial services ecosystem, from institutions to fintech disruptors, to add strategic and long-term value to their portfolio companies. Centana empowers entrepreneurs with a combination of capital, network, and expertise to accelerate their growth. The Centana team taps into decades of financial services expertise and insight to invest in companies that bring real value and innovation to the industry. Visit centanagrowth.com for more information.
About Inc.
Inc. is the leading media brand and playbook for the entrepreneurs and business leaders shaping our future. Through its journalism, Inc. aims to inform, educate, and elevate the profile of our community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating our future. Inc.’s award-winning work achieves a monthly brand footprint of more than 40 million across a variety of channels, including events, digital, print, video, podcasts, newsletters, and social media. Its proprietary Inc. 5000 list, produced every year since its launch as the Inc. 100 in 1982, analyzes company data to rank the fastest-growing privately held businesses in the United States. The recognition that comes with inclusion on this and other prestigious Inc. lists, such as Female Founders and Power Partners, gives the founders of top businesses the opportunity to engage with an exclusive community of their peers, and credibility that helps them drive sales and recruit talent. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
