Resource Library

Explore our library of resources to learn more about Solen and how we can help you achieve your goals and grow your business.

Browse all resources

Featured Resources

Solen Software Group Opens São Paulo Office in Latin America

Solen CultureOperationsPartnerships

Solen Software Group Opens São Paulo Office, Expanding Its Presence in Latin America

Solen Software Group has opened its first commercial office in São Paulo, giving founders of mission-critical software companies across Brazil a local team and a permanent home.

August 12, 2026

Solen PortfolioPartnerships

distrib-u-tec Joins smrtr, Inc. as Part of Solen Software Group's Portfolio

distrib-u-tec, a fully integrated ERP platform built for food distributors, packers, and processors, has joined smrtr, Inc. within Solen Software Group's portfolio. The transition extends smrtr's platform deeper into food-distribution ERP and gives distrib-u-tec's team and customers long-term backing to keep investing in the product.

September 16, 2026

Pre-AcquisitionPartnershipsPost-AcquisitionDeal Structure

Solen Partnership Brochure: A Long-Term Home for Your Software Business

Explore Solen’s partnership approach to acquiring and growing software businesses, with a focus on long-term ownership, operational excellence, and founder-aligned outcomes.

September 24, 2025

Solen CultureOperationsPartnerships

Solen Software Group Opens São Paulo Office, Expanding Its Presence in Latin America

Solen Software Group has opened its first commercial office in São Paulo, giving founders of mission-critical software companies across Brazil a local team and a permanent home.

August 12, 2026

Solen PortfolioPartnerships

distrib-u-tec Joins smrtr, Inc. as Part of Solen Software Group's Portfolio

September 16, 2026

Pre-AcquisitionPartnershipsPost-AcquisitionDeal Structure

Solen Partnership Brochure: A Long-Term Home for Your Software Business

Explore Solen’s partnership approach to acquiring and growing software businesses, with a focus on long-term ownership, operational excellence, and founder-aligned outcomes.

September 24, 2025

Browse Resources

Filter by topic

Digital Transformation Software Company: Where to Start

Digital transformation helps software companies modernize legacy systems, adopt cloud and AI, automate operations, and build for long-term growth. Learn where to start, what to prioritize, and how to create a practical transformation roadmap.

October 6, 2026

Solen PortfolioPartnershipsPost-Acquisition

Building Global Teams With Local Expertise

Solen Software Group pairs global support with local command. With six offices across the United States, Canada, Portugal and Brazil, Solen takes on finance, HR, legal and administration while each portfolio company keeps its own leadership, brand and daily decisions. This piece covers how the model works day to day, the support founders receive, and why the footprint matters.

September 29, 2026

Post-AcquisitionPartnershipsSolen PortfolioSolen Culture

Built to Grow: Three Ways Software Companies Get Stronger After Joining Solen

Growth after joining a long-term partner shows up in specific changes. New capacity at FMSI, a new Aspen build at Spokane Software Systems, a defense contract at AutoTime and a leader at NexTalk with a whole network behind him. Here is how each company got stronger.

September 29, 2026

Solen PortfolioPartnerships

distrib-u-tec Joins smrtr, Inc. as Part of Solen Software Group's Portfolio

September 16, 2026

Operations

Introducing the Solen AI Innovation Center in São Carlos, Brazil

Every company that joins Solen now has dedicated AI expertise behind it from day one, and we are able to reach faster, well-informed decisions with founders.

September 1, 2026

Solen Software Group Acquires SHEA Global

Solen PortfolioPartnerships

Solen Acquires SHEA Global

SHEA Global, an ERP consulting, implementation, and support firm specializing in Syspro for manufacturing, distribution, and food processing companies, has been acquired by Solen Software Group.

August 25, 2026

Solen PortfolioPost-AcquisitionPartnerships

What Happens to Your Product After You Partner With Solen?

What happens to software product development after acquisition depends entirely on the partner's time horizon. A live example from the Solen portfolio: Spokane Software Solutions is building an installable version of its Aspen platform, shaped around one key customer's workflow.

August 24, 2026

Solen CultureOperationsPartnerships

Solen Software Group abre escritório em São Paulo e amplia sua presença na América Latina

A Solen Software Group inaugurou seu primeiro escritório comercial na América Latina, em São Paulo, com um time local para construir parcerias com fundadores de software no Brasil.

August 20, 2026

Solen CultureOperationsPartnerships

Solen Software Group Opens São Paulo Office, Expanding Its Presence in Latin America

Solen Software Group has opened its first commercial office in São Paulo, giving founders of mission-critical software companies across Brazil a local team and a permanent home.

August 12, 2026

Post-AcquisitionIndustry Insights

Internal Communication Plan Template: Founder Communication Pack and Practical Guide for Founders

An internal communication plan template, in this case, is a founder communication template pack: a working set of messages, scripts, schedules, ownership rules, and review points that keeps a founder’s communication with the team, customers, and board consistent, timely, and honest. Its purpose is simple: the founder’s voice is the most influential channel a company has, and leaving it to improvisation wastes it. The pack is used by the founder first, then by the leadership team and whoever helps draft, review, or send messages on the founder’s behalf, and it earns its keep through regular use: weekly and monthly updates, planned announcements, and the rare urgent message you hope never to send.

August 12, 2026

Solen CulturePost-AcquisitionIndustry Insights

Culture Stays: Your Culture Is the Asset

Company culture does not have to change when a software company joins a new partner. It changes when the incoming owner decides that changing it is the point. That distinction matters more than founders often realize. The instinct to protect culture through a transition is not sentimental. It is strategic. The values on the wall, the habits a team has built over a decade, the way people treat customers, none of that is overhead to be trimmed after closing. It is part of what made the business worth investing in to begin with. Solen's approach starts from a simple premise: your culture is the asset. We do not change assets.

August 12, 2026

Solen Culture

Solen Software Group Returns to the 2026 Inc. 5000 List

Solen Software Group ranks No. 214 on the 2026 Inc. 5000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in America, up from No. 3,118 last year, with 1,564 percent three-year revenue growth.

August 10, 2026

OperationsPre-AcquisitionPartnerships

Is Your Software Company Ready for a Permanent Capital Partner?

Readiness signals founders should check before a software company acquisition conversation: leadership depth, revenue durability, and culture.

August 7, 2026

Post-AcquisitionIndustry Insights

Permanent Home: The Day Your Partnership With Solen Begins

The day after your software company transitions to a new partner like Solen, almost nothing visible changes. Your team logs in, your customers open the product, and the invoices go out the same way they did last month. What changes is quieter than that, and it matters more than the paperwork did.

August 3, 2026

Pre-Acquisition

Our Software Acquisition Criteria: A Clear Answer Within Two Weeks

Founders who talk to Solen usually know within two weeks whether we are a good fit. Here is what we look at in those first conversations, why off-the-shelf financials are all we ask for, and why an early no is not a judgment on your business.

July 22, 2026

PartnershipsOperations

What Makes a SaaS Business a Strong Fit for a Permanent Capital Partner

What permanent capital partners look for in a SaaS business beyond revenue: team depth, customer retention, and workflow criticality. A founder’s guide.

July 15, 2026

Resource Library

Featured Resources

Solen Software Group Opens São Paulo Office, Expanding Its Presence in Latin America

distrib-u-tec Joins smrtr, Inc. as Part of Solen Software Group's Portfolio

Solen Partnership Brochure: A Long-Term Home for Your Software Business

Solen Software Group Opens São Paulo Office, Expanding Its Presence in Latin America

distrib-u-tec Joins smrtr, Inc. as Part of Solen Software Group's Portfolio

Solen Partnership Brochure: A Long-Term Home for Your Software Business