Partner
Head of Financial Sponsors
Sash Rentala is a Partner and Head of Financial Sponsors which he founded in 2020.
With more than 25 years of investment banking experience, Sash specializes in advising institutional investors including private equity and hedge funds along with family offices on a complete suite of services including M&A, restructuring and debt and equity capital transactions.
Sash most recently served as a Managing Director in Financial Sponsors Coverage at Moelis & Company where he was instrumental in building and expanding the bank’s private equity business growth. Prior to that role, Sash spent over six years as an Executive Director of Restructuring & Leveraged Finance at UBS where he advised on numerous middle market and large-cap deals across a range of sectors working with both corporate and financial sponsors clients.
Sash began his career in investment banking at Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette. Prior to that, he served as a Lieutenant in the United States Navy based in Japan.
Sash holds an MBA from Columbia Business School and a BS in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.
Served as financial advisor to Divert on its growth investment in the form of a Series C round from Mitsubishi Corporation, advancing Divert to a valuation of over $1 billion
Served as financial advisor to United Flow Technologies, a portfolio company of H.I.G. Advantage, on its sale to Berkshire Partners
Served as financial advisor to Everpeak Capital Group on its acquisition of Comlux America, LLC
Served as financial advisor to GetixHealth, a portfolio company of H.I.G. Capital, on its acquisition of Americollect
Served as financial advisor to Thermogenics, a portfolio company of Audax Private Equity, on its sale to Morgan Stanley Capital Partners
Served as financial advisor to West Star Aviation, a portfolio company of The Sterling Group, on its sale to Greenbriar Equity Group
Served as financial advisor to GridHawk on its minority recapitalization with preferred equity and debt financing from MidOcean Partners and BMO, respectively
Served as financial advisor to Zavation on its acquisition of CoreLink
Served as financial advisor to Wahoo Fitness on its recapitalization and growth financing
Served as exclusive financial advisor to Adams Outdoor Advertising on its strategic investment by Searchlight and BCI
NEW YORK, April 15, 2026 –Divert, Inc., a circular economy company on a mission to prevent food from being wasted, today announced a strategic partnership with Mitsubishi Corporation (MC) serving as the lead investor in Divert’s Series C financing. This partnership is a first-of-its-kind model for the organics resource recovery industry, reflecting the demonstrated success…
Subscribe Episode Description In this episode of Solomon Connects , Solomon Partners’ Head of Financial Sponsors Sash Rentala joins M&A Director Chris Moynihan to discuss the evolving M&A landscape amid elevated rates, macro uncertainty, and supply‑demand imbalance for assets. They explore why A‑quality assets continue to trade, what’s holding back broader exit activity, and how…
Sponsors in 2026 are navigating persistent uncertainty and a shifting macroeconomic environment. Although dealmaking began to recover in 2025, sponsors contend with sticky inflation, uneven labor markets, and elevated geopolitical risk. Solomon Partners’ Financial Sponsors Trend Report explores the macroeconomic, capital markets, and sector-specific forces shaping private equity activity today, while offering a forward-looking perspective…
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Generative AI: The Chicken Or The Egg All Over Again Artificial Intelligence (AI) has been permeating daily life for the past two decades. Rapid advances in machine learning techniques in the 2000s, followed by deep learning capabilities, have enabled self-driving cars to detect objects, pharmaceutical companies to predict drug pricing, and social media platforms to…
Earlier this month I sat down with Sash Rentala , Managing Director and Head of Financial Sponsors at Solomon Partners. Sash and his team work closely with Private Equity firms, which had their most active year in history in 2021. We talked about developing our Financial Sponsors group, expanding relationships with the PE community, his…
