Trive Capital Acquires EarthLink
January 3, 2019
Trive Capital, a Dallas-based private equity firm, has acquired EarthLink, LLC from Windstream Holdings and also purchased the assets of nQue Technologies LLC. Trive says it will partner with the existing EarthLink and nQue management teams to invest in products and grow EarthLink's consumer and small-business connectivity, hosting, and privacy/security offerings.
- Buyers
- Trive Capital
- Targets
- EarthLink, LLC, nQue Technologies LLC (assets)
- Sellers
- Windstream Holdings, Inc.
- Industry
- Telecommunications
- Location
- Georgia, United States
- Transaction Type
- Buyout
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