Grain Management Acquires LightRiver Technologies & Software

The Riverside Company Acquires LightHouse Business Information Solutions as Add-on to ProVelocity/IronEdge MSP Platform

June 12, 2023

IT Services

The Riverside Company, via its Micro-Cap Fund, has acquired LightHouse Business Information Solutions as an add-on to its Managed IT Services platform ProVelocity and IronEdge Group. LightHouse, headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico (with a satellite office in Olathe, Kansas), provides outsourced IT services to SMBs and local governments across professional services, industrials, healthcare and non-profit verticals; the deal expands Riverside’s MSP footprint in New Mexico and the Midwest.

Great Plains Communications Acquires Wood River Network from Fiber Nebraska

January 7, 2022

Telecommunications

Great Plains Communications (GPC), a Midwestern fiber operator backed by Grain Management, completed the acquisition of the 10.6-mile Wood River Network from Fiber Nebraska, LLC. The purchase extends GPC's fiber footprint into Wood River, Nebraska, enabling fiber-to-the-home and business services for roughly 500 homes and 60 businesses; financial terms were not disclosed.

Bushel Acquires GrainBridge

October 12, 2021

Software

Bushel, an independent ag‑software company based in Fargo, North Dakota, has acquired GrainBridge, a joint venture technology team owned by ADM and Cargill. The deal brings GrainBridge employees into Bushel's Omaha office, expanding Bushel's data science capabilities and broadening its network across grain origination and marketing in the U.S. and Canada.

Grain Management Acquires Network Wireless Solutions (NWS)

June 2, 2021

Telecommunications

Grain Management, a private investment firm focused on broadband and communications, has acquired Network Wireless Solutions (NWS), a Durham, North Carolina-based provider of custom hybrid and fiber-optic cables and cell-site services. The partnership will leverage Grain’s sector expertise and relationships to scale NWS’s product and services offerings to support continued expansion of telecommunications networks.

Grain Management Acquires Majority Stake in Hunter Communications

August 20, 2019

Telecommunications

Washington, D.C.-based private equity firm Grain Management has acquired a majority interest in Hunter Communications, a regional fiber-optic network operator serving southern Oregon and parts of northern California. The deal (terms undisclosed) will support Hunter's network densification and footprint expansion as the company prepares for growth under Grain's ownership.

3 Rivers Capital Acquires Interlight

August 6, 2019

E-Commerce

Pittsburgh-based private equity firm 3 Rivers Capital has acquired Interlight, a family-owned online distributor of specialty and replacement light bulbs and batteries headquartered near Chicago. 3 Rivers Capital plans to partner with Interlight's existing management (the founder's three sons), install ecommerce veteran Jeffry Graham as CEO, and support growth through strategic and operational collaboration.