PHILADELPHIA, PA — SolomonEdwards has announced the acquisition of Pencek Advisors, a boutique consulting firm specializing in private equity portfolio company transformation. The acquisition formalizes a successful partnership between the firms and marks the launch of SolomonEdwards’ Private Equity Services platform, aimed at helping lower to middle-market private equity firms and their portfolio companies improve performance, scale infrastructure, and drive value creation.
Matt Pencek, founder of Pencek Advisors, will lead the new national service as a partner at SolomonEdwards. The move combines Pencek’s expertise in finance transformation and operational execution with SolomonEdwards’ national scale and strategic advisory capabilities.
“Pencek Advisors has been instrumental in helping private equity firms address the critical execution gaps that often stall value creation,” said John Gulnac, CEO of SolomonEdwards. “Together, we’re positioned to offer a purpose-built platform that delivers both strategic insight and hands-on implementation, empowering our clients to move with speed and precision across the investment lifecycle.”
The new Private Equity Services platform offers a comprehensive suite of solutions tailored to the needs of private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. These include finance transformation, M&A execution, and technology enablement. Specifically, the platform will accelerate processes such as board reporting and purchase accounting, support due diligence and integration efforts, and implement scalable technology systems to optimize growth.
“Before formalizing our partnership through this acquisition, our teams had long operated in parallel, tackling the same challenges across PortCos: manual processes, weak reporting, fragmented systems, disjointed data and rising investor pressure,” said Matt Pencek. “This move allows us to deepen our impact, scale our delivery and bring even more precision to the work that fuels value creation.”
The acquisition is expected to strengthen SolomonEdwards’ position within the private equity ecosystem, enabling it to meet growing client demand with expanded resources and increased capabilities. Investors and stakeholders stand to gain from a more integrated delivery model and enhanced execution capabilities.
“Matt and his team have distilled what private equity firms value most in an advisory firm: a platform of integrated offerings that can support private equity firms from pre-close due diligence and transaction execution to post-close finance and technology transformation initiatives,” said Lee Minkoff, managing director at Renovus Capital Partners, the majority investor in SolomonEdwards. “This represents a major leap forward for SolomonEdwards and a big win for the lower middle-market PE community that can benefit from these services.”
The acquisition follows SolomonEdwards’ recent integrations of Dominion Advisory Group and Steele Consulting, further solidifying its capabilities in financial advisory and tax consulting. With the launch of its Private Equity Services platform, the firm is set to deliver enhanced value across every stage of the private equity investment lifecycle.
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