Solace Capital Partners

Solace Capital Partners is a private equity firm that specializes in providing flexible capital solutions to middle-market companies across the United States and Canada. The firm focuses on constructive investing, aiming to form collaborative partnerships with management teams. Their strategy involves leveraging extensive resources and expertise to drive operational improvements and enhance performance within their portfolio companies, ultimately generating attractive risk-adjusted returns for their investors. Solace targets companies with revenues generally ranging from $50 million to $1 billion, seeking equity checks between $20 million and $100 million per investment.

Established in 2014, Solace Capital Partners was founded by experienced professionals from prominent investment firms such as Oaktree Capital Management, Saybrook Capital, and Carlyle Strategic Partners. The firm was created to focus on control-oriented special situations and distressed-for-control investments in complex, distressed, or capital-constrained lower-middle market companies. Christopher Brothers and Brett Wyard are noted as Managing Partners and key figures in the firm's ownership and management.

Solace Capital Partners has built a diverse portfolio across various industries. Notable investments include companies such as Sun Mountain Sports, a leading producer of golf equipment and apparel; CST Industries, a global manufacturer of storage tanks and domes; and Fabcon Precast, a provider of precast and prestressed concrete wall panels. Other portfolio companies have included Abbyson Living, Acceleration Community of Companies, Axis Energy Services, David's Bridal, Jet Edge International, Patriot Environmental Services, Permian Lide, Select Interior Concepts, Siprocal, and Transtar Industries. The firm's investment activity spans sectors such as industrial, consumer, transportation and logistics, business services, and technology, media & telecommunications.

The team at Solace Capital Partners comprises seasoned investment and operating professionals with significant industry experience. Managing Partners Christopher S. Brothers and Brett G. Wyard lead the firm, bringing decades of expertise in private equity and distressed debt investing, as well as financial advisory roles. The team also includes Managing Directors Chris Aye and Andrew J. Morris, Operating Advisor David Eastman, and several Vice Presidents, Associates, and an Executive Assistant. Their collective experience, averaging over 30 years for managing partners, is crucial to their active approach to value creation and their ability to drive operational improvements in portfolio companies.