Solace is backed by a set of committed, long-term investors that share a track record of selecting and supporting innovative companies that deliver significant customer value and become leaders in their field.

Wesley Clover
Wesley Clover is the private venture capital firm of Sir Terence Matthews focusing on new and deep technologies that are likely to have considerable impact and first mover advantage in the telecommunications, computing, and networking markets. Solace Systems has undertaken business development and sales efforts through Wesley Clover personnel located in Europe, Asia/Pacific and the United States.

Genuity Capital Partners
Genuity Capital Partners is a venture capital and private equity firm specializing in late venture, buyouts, mature, middle market, growth capital, and mezzanine investments. The firm invests organically and through acquisition and platform investments for its portfolio. It prefers to invest in the specialty retail, technology, and business processing sectors. Genuity Capital Partners was founded in 2005 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Tandem Expansion Fund
Tandem Expansion is a private growth capital fund investing in Canadian companies in a variety of technology-based sectors. Tandem acts as a catalyst for growth and expansion by making targeted investments in companies with high growth potential and strong management teams. Tandem’s executive team draws on its extensive expertise in growing successful businesses to add value to its portfolio companies and assure their success.

Edgestone Capital Partners
EdgeStone Capital Partners is one of Canada’s leading private equity firms and manages in excess of $1.5 billion of private capital on behalf of institutional and high net worth clients. EdgeStone provides capital, strategic direction and business and financial advice to help promising mid-market and early-stage companies achieve their full potential.

Teachers’ Private Capital
Formed in 1991, Teachers’ Private Capital is the private investment department of the $96.4-billion Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (Teachers’). Teachers’ has developed an innovative investment program and successful track record for investment performance. One of Teachers’ early diversification strategies was to develop a world-class private equity portfolio, which was valued at $10.0 billion at December 31, 2009. Teachers’ Private Capital is one of North America’s largest private investors, having invested in over 300 companies and funds around the world to create value by providing long-term flexible capital.

