Gannett Fleming Receives Strategic Investment from OceanSound Partners
January 9, 2023
Gannett Fleming, a U.S.-based infrastructure engineering and consulting firm, received a strategic growth investment from OceanSound Partners. Management will retain a significant ownership stake and OceanSound will support investments in technology, talent, and geographic expansion to accelerate the firm’s growth across transportation, water, federal, power, and energy markets.
- Buyers
- OceanSound Partners
- Targets
- Gannett Fleming
- Industry
- Engineering Services
- Location
- Pennsylvania, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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