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FirstLight

Albany, New York, United States

FirstLight delivers a combination of solutions from fiber to cloud, communications, and security. Headquartered in Albany, NY, it connects nearly 15,000 customer locations across six states with a large fiber network, and operates CJIS/PCI/HIPAA/SOC 2 Type II data centers plus cloud services.

Focus Areas
Fiber-optic broadband, Internet and data services, Data center colocation
Website
firstlight.net

Tracked deals

4

4 tracked deals across 2019-2020.

Recent pace

0

0 tracked deals announced in the last 12 months.

Deal mix

Addon

2 addon · 2 buyout

FirstLight Acquisition Volume by Year

Last 2 years

Acquisition volume by year Annual acquisition counts for the last 2 years for FirstLight. 1 2019 3 2020

Supporting Data

Recent Transactions

  • Buyer
    FirstLight
    Target
    TruePath Technologies
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Addon

    FirstLight has completed its acquisition of TruePath Technologies, adding TruePath's network and enterprise monitoring capabilities to FirstLight's managed services portfolio. The deal, an add-on to FirstLight (which is PE-backed by Antin Infrastructure Partners), is intended to expand FirstLight's managed monitoring and enterprise monitoring offerings for its carrier and enterprise customers across the Northeast and mid‑Atlantic.

  • Buyer
    FirstLight, Antin Infrastructure Partners
    Target
    BestWeb
    Seller
    Mark Dickey, Andrew Dickey
    Type
    Addon

    FirstLight, a fiber-optic network operator backed by Antin Infrastructure Partners, agreed to acquire BestWeb to deepen its fiber footprint across Westchester, Rockland and Putnam counties, adding approximately 170 route miles of fiber. The deal, announced June 3, 2020, was expected to close in Q4 2020 (and subsequently completed later that year) and expands FirstLight’s capability to serve K-12, enterprise and carrier customers in the lower Hudson Valley.

  • February 11, 2020
    Buyer
    FirstLight
    Target
    PrimeLink
    Seller
    The Champlain Telephone Company
    Type
    Buyout

    FirstLight has signed a definitive agreement to acquire PrimeLink, a regional provider of voice and data services and a subsidiary of The Champlain Telephone Company. The deal expands FirstLight's fiber footprint across Upstate New York (including Plattsburgh, Glens Falls, Queensbury, Albany and the Lake Champlain corridor) and adds fiber capacity on a route into Montreal, Canada; financial terms were not disclosed and the transaction was expected to close in Q3 2020.

  • December 10, 2019
    Buyer
    FirstLight
    Target
    ColoSpace
    Industry
    IT Services
    Type
    Buyout

    FirstLight, a Northeast fiber-optic and telecom provider headquartered in Albany, New York, acquired Massachusetts-based ColoSpace, a regional colocation and managed IT services provider. The acquisition adds four data centers (nearly 20,000 square feet) and expands FirstLight's data center, cloud and managed services capabilities across Massachusetts and southern New Hampshire; financial terms were not disclosed.

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