Solace Capital Partners

Investment decisions are led by Managing Partners Christopher S. Brothers, CFA, and Brett G. Wyard. The firm's website also lists Managing Directors Chris Aye and Andrew J. Morris, CFA, as senior investment professionals. The managing partners average over 30 years of experience each, providing continuity across a network built over three decades.

Solace relies on a far-reaching network cultivated over 30 years of direct middle-market investing. The firm states this network allows it to construct portfolios with limited overlap relative to other managers. Sourcing often involves complex situations — corporate divestitures, restructurings, and family-held recapitalizations — where pre-existing relationships and operational expertise are as important as the financial terms.

Solace participates in buyouts, growth equity, recapitalizations, reorganizations, turnarounds, spin-offs, and co-investments. The firm does not operate as a fund-of-funds; it pursues direct control and structured minority positions in individual middle-market companies.

Solace targets middle-market companies with $50 million to $1 billion in revenue. The firm writes equity checks between $20 million and $100 million. Investments are concentrated in businesses that are cash-flow-positive and exhibit a degree of differentiation in their sector or transaction structure.