Hastings Equity Partners Invests in GridSource
December 22, 2022
Hastings Equity Partners has made a Fund V platform investment in GridSource, a Baton Rouge-based utility contractor, with founder Dusty Johnson retaining significant ownership and remaining active in management. Hastings said the investment will provide resources to grow GridSource’s telecom and gas infrastructure services to capitalize on accelerating broadband/fiber deployment and upcoming federal funding for broadband.
- Buyers
- Hastings Equity Partners
- Targets
- GridSource, Inc.
- Industry
- Construction
- Location
- Louisiana, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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