NEW YORK, Oct. 28, 2026 — Regal Healthcare Capital Partners (“Regal”) has been named to Inc.’s 2026 Founder-Friendly Investors list, which recognizes private equity firms, venture capital firms, and lenders with demonstrated track records of supporting founder-led companies. This year’s list recognizes Regal among 294 firms across the investment landscape. This is the fifth consecutive year Regal has been named to the list.*
The Founder-Friendly Investors list celebrates the investors and firms that work closely with entrepreneurs and remain engaged with the businesses they back. Honorees are recognized for their approach to partnering with founders and supporting their companies through growth and beyond.
“With the current funding environment and rapid changes facing growing companies, founders are looking for more than just capital from their investors. They want true partners who believe in their business, but who are also able to provide the critical advisement and strategic support they need to reach their potential,” said Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “The 2026 Founder-Friendly Investor awards celebrate those firms – the ones committed to partnership, excellence, and helping founder-led companies grow.”
Since its founding in 2018, Regal has partnered with the founders of 15 healthcare services businesses. Regal is a partner of choice for founders due to the breadth of experience of its team, which includes founders who have navigated the process of choosing an operating and financial partner, operators who have executed high-growth strategies delivering clinical excellence, and financiers who have helped these companies optimally capitalize for expansion. The Regal team includes physicians, healthcare services experts, entrepreneurs, and operators.
Prior to co-founding Regal, Dr. David Kim, an emergency room physician and serial healthcare entrepreneur, navigated the process of choosing and successfully working with private equity partners multiple times. This track record and experience give Regal an unmatched ability to work seamlessly with founders.
“I’ve built healthcare businesses, so I know what founders are up against,” said Dr. Kim. “That’s how we built Regal, and we’re proud to be recognized by Inc. for a fifth straight year.” “Our core focus is to bring operating and financial experience to our partner founders and help them get past whatever is in the way of growth,” added Regal co-founder Jon Santemma.
To compile the Founder-Friendly Investors list, Inc. went straight to the source: entrepreneurs who have sold to private equity and venture capital firms. Founders completed questionnaires about their experiences partnering with private equity, venture capital, and debt firms and shared data on how their companies have performed during these partnerships. The resulting list highlights investors that founders identified as strong partners throughout the investment process.
For more information or to view the complete list of honorees, visit https://www.inc.com/founder-friendly-investors.
About Regal
Regal is a New York-based control growth equity and buyout firm that partners with leading healthcare entrepreneurs and supports them with strategic, financial, operational, and managerial expertise, as well as equity capital, to enable their businesses to reach their full potential. Regal typically seeks to partner with companies with $20-100 million of annual revenue and $2-15 million of annual EBITDA. For more information, visit www.regalhcp.com.
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 its community: the risk-takers, the innovators, and the ultra-driven go-getters who are creating the future of business. Inc. is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with fellow leading business publication Fast Company. For more information, visit www.inc.com.
Disclaimer
*Inc. Magazine announced the “2026 Founder-Friendly Investors” list in October 2026. Regal was also named to the list in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025. Private equity and venture capital firms that have exited U.S.-based, founder-led portfolio companies are eligible to apply. For firms to qualify, portfolio company founders must have remained actively involved in their business for at least one year post-investment. Inc. Magazine selected the honorees by assessing each applicant’s responses to the nomination form and the questionnaires completed by founder references, in relation to the year 2026. Regal is not aware of the number of advisers also surveyed for the award. Like all entrants, Regal paid a fee to be considered for this award. Reference to an award is only one piece of information relevant to an evaluation of an investment adviser such as Regal. This award represents information as of a specific date and time and may not reflect important information related to an evaluation of Regal which has occurred prior to, or subsequent to, the announcement of the award. As such, this award is not indicative of Regal’s future performance and does not reflect the experience of, or any rating by, Regal’s investors and generally does not relate to investment advisory services to clients.
This communication is for informational purposes only and is not an offer or solicitation with respect to the purchase or sale of any security or of any fund or account that Regal manages or offers.
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