Solano Partners

Solano Partners

Founded in 2022 and based in London, Solano Partners operates as a sector-specialist investment bank focused on European technology consolidation. The firm was established to advise founder-led software, fintech, and digital health companies — businesses typically too large for boutique advisory and too small for major investment banks — on sell-side M&A, capital raising, and strategic acquisitions. Its founding came as private equity interest in European vertical market software intensified, creating a need for advisors who understand recurring-revenue models and regulatory environments across fragmented markets. The firm concentrates on three principal areas: financial technology, enterprise software, and digital health. Solano advises on majority and minority transactions — including growth equity rounds, recapitalizations, and full exits — typically for companies generating between £5 million and £50 million in annual recurring revenue. Geographically, its mandate spans the United Kingdom, the DACH region, and the Nordics, with a network of operating partners who have held C-suite roles at European scaled exits. Solano does not run a fund or commit proprietary capital; the firm earns advisory fees on closed transactions, aligning its economics with deal completion. Solano Partners has kept its team size, transaction volume, and client names tightly held since launch. The firm maintains no public LinkedIn presence and relies on direct introductions from venture capital and growth equity sponsors. This low-profile posture is consistent with a strategy of serving closely held businesses whose founders place a premium on confidentiality. No adjacent vehicles or philanthropic structures are publicly associated with the firm. The structural distinction lies in Solano's insistence on remaining a pure advisory house with no balance-sheet book — no lending, no proprietary trading, no research-for-hire — in a market where many specialist tech banks have added fund management or principal investment arms. That architecture positions the firm as an unconflicted negotiator on founder liquidity events, a posture that matters acutely in European tech where cross-shareholder alignment is often more complex than in US transactions.