{"id":535049,"date":"2026-06-10T09:06:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newjerseyheadlines.com\/news\/story\/535049\/embarc-advisors-serves-as-exclusive-financial-advisor-to-kaufmanit-on-strategic-investment-from-abry-partners.html"},"modified":"2026-06-10T09:06:21","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T09:06:21","slug":"embarc-advisors-serves-as-exclusive-financial-advisor-to-kaufmanit-on-strategic-investment-from-abry-partners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/story\/535049\/embarc-advisors-serves-as-exclusive-financial-advisor-to-kaufmanit-on-strategic-investment-from-abry-partners.html","title":{"rendered":"Embarc Advisors Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to KaufmanIT on Strategic Investment from Abry Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float:right;width:250px;padding:8px 10px 10px 10px\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/upload\/2026\/06\/1781033257.jpg\" style=\"border:none !important\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29\" title=\"Embarc Advisors Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to KaufmanIT on Strategic Investment from Abry Partners\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/upload\/2026\/06\/1781033257.jpg\" alt=\"Embarc Advisors Serves as Exclusive Financial Advisor to KaufmanIT on Strategic Investment from Abry Partners\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>SAN FRANCISCO, CA &#8211;<\/strong>&nbsp;<a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/embarcadvisors.com\/\">Embarc Advisors<\/a>, a leading M&amp;A advisory firm focused on IT Services in the middle-market, today announced that it served as exclusive financial advisor to KaufmanIT in connection with a strategic investment from Abry Partners.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">KaufmanIT is an award-winning managed service provider headquartered in Irvine, California, delivering enterprise-grade IT, cybersecurity, and cloud solutions to small and mid-sized businesses across Orange County, Los Angeles, and the broader Southern California region. Founded in 2010, the company has built a 15-year track record of technical excellence and client commitment, sustaining a 98%+ client satisfaction rate for three consecutive years. KaufmanIT has been recognized as a CRN Tech Elite 250 company and is a three-time honoree of the CRN MSP 500 and Channel Futures MSP 501 lists.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Abry Partners is one of North America&rsquo;s most experienced sector-focused private equity firms, with a long-standing commitment to the information technology services sector. Founded in 1989, the firm has completed over $90 billion in leveraged transactions and currently manages $16 billion in assets across several fund strategies. The investment will provide KaufmanIT with the strategic and financial resources to scale its platform, expand its cybersecurity and IT capabilities, and pursue growth opportunities across the managed services market. Increasing IT complexity and cybersecurity demands among small and mid-sized businesses continue to drive strong investor interest in high-quality managed service providers.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&ldquo;Working with Embarc Advisors was one of the best decisions we made throughout this process. Jay, Justin, Drew, and the rest of the team took the time to truly understand our business, our values, and what we were looking for in a partner, and they delivered. Their guidance was clear, direct, and on point at every stage. We had a trusted advisor in our corner every step of the way,&rdquo; said Matthew Kaufman, Founder and CEO of KaufmanIT.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">&ldquo;KaufmanIT has built something special in the managed services sector: A 15-year track record of client-first service, deep technical expertise, and the industry recognition to match,&rdquo; said <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/embarc\/\">Jay Jung<\/a>, Founder of Embarc Advisors. &ldquo;Abry Partners brings exactly the right experience to help KaufmanIT scale, given their long-standing focus on the managed services space. The IT MSP market is one we know well at Embarc, and transactions like this one reflect the strong investor appetite we continue to see for high-quality managed service providers. We were honored to serve as KaufmanIT&rsquo;s exclusive financial advisor and look forward to watching the team thrive in this next chapter.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><strong>About Embarc Advisors<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Embarc Advisors is a corporate finance and CFO advisory firm focused on startups and middle-market companies. Founded by a former Goldman Sachs investment banker and McKinsey &amp; Co. consultant, the firm provides end-to-end support across capital raising, strategic CFO services, outsourced corporate development, and M&amp;A. Embarc Advisors differentiates itself through an hourly-rate-based fee model that delivers senior-level, white-glove advisory services without traditional transaction-based incentives. Since 2019, the firm has closed multiple M&amp;A transactions, led capital raises from seed stage to $100M+ growth rounds, and supported long-term, profitable growth for its clients.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Contact<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Embarc Advisors<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">Jana Baker<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\">415-770-0051<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"mailto:Jana.Baker@embarcadvisors.com\">Jana.Baker@embarcadvisors.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"caps\"><span style='font-size:18px !important'>Media Contact<\/span><br \/><strong>Company Name:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/companyname\/embarcadvisors.com_97925.html\">Embarc Advisors<\/a><br \/><strong>Contact Person:<\/strong> Patrick Edwards<br \/><strong>Email:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/email_contact_us.php?pr=embarc-advisors-serves-as-exclusive-financial-advisor-to-kaufmanit-on-strategic-investment-from-abry-partners\">Send Email<\/a><br \/><strong>Country:<\/strong> United States<br \/><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/embarcadvisors.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/embarcadvisors.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.abnewswire.com\/press_stat.php?pr=embarc-advisors-serves-as-exclusive-financial-advisor-to-kaufmanit-on-strategic-investment-from-abry-partners\" alt=\"\" width=\"1px\" height=\"1px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO, CA &#8211;&nbsp;Embarc Advisors, a leading M&amp;A advisory firm focused on IT Services in the middle-market, today announced that it served as exclusive financial advisor to KaufmanIT in connection<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535049"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=535049"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/535049\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=535049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=535049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.northcarolinaheadlines.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=535049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}