M&A Deal Summary

Grain Management Acquires NWS Wireless

On June 2, 2021, private equity firm Grain Management acquired transportation company NWS Wireless

Acquisition Highlights
  • This is Grain Management’s 1st transaction in the Transportation sector.
  • This is Grain Management’s 7th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Grain Management’s 1st transaction in North Carolina.

M&A Deal Summary
Date 2021-06-02
Target NWS Wireless
Sector Transportation
Buyer(s) Grain Management
Deal Type Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)
Advisor(s) Hirschler Fleischer (Legal)

Target

NWS Wireless

Durham, North Carolina, United States
NWS Wireless is a logistics provider to carriers and telecommunications contractors. NWS Wireless provided a wide array of mission-critical services to the wireless telecommunications industry. The company has established itself as a critical partner to carriers, project managers, and general contractors through its expertise, quality of service, and ability to develop and deliver custom cabling solutions and equipment exactly when needed. NWS Wireless was founded in 2012 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.

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Buyer(S) 1

Buyer

Grain Management

Investor Investor Investor Investor Investor

Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2007
PE ASSETS 2.0B USD
Size Large
Type Sector Focused
DESCRIPTION

Grain Management LLC is a private equity firm focused on the communications sector. The Firm looks to acquire assets and companies valued from $20 to $150 million and will consider opportunities throughout North America. Specific areas of interest include fiber, spectrum, cell towers, and other communications assets. Grain Management LLC was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

DEAL STATS #
Overall 7 of 14
Sector (Transportation) 1 of 1
Type (Buyout (LBO, MBO, MBI)) 5 of 8
State (North Carolina) 1 of 1
Country (United States) 7 of 13
Year (2021) 2 of 4
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-05-05 Tachus

The Woodlands, Texas, United States

Tachus is a fiber broadband ISP company that believes customers deserve fast, reliable Internet that requires no explanation. In doing so, Tachus is revolutionizing the way residential customers receive their Internet, by offering unlimited, enterprise-grade data-only services at a lifetime fixed rate, all paired with local customer service. With a network that has passed over 26,000 homes and serves thousands of customers, Tachus continues to rapidly expand its residential fiber network to other parts of the Houston area. Tachus was formed in 2018 and is based in The Woodlands, Texas.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2021-07-07 Conexao Group

Sao Paulo, Brazil

Conexao Group provides broadband services using primarily fiber-to-the-home technology to over 450,000 homes and 20,000 business customers throughout six states in Brazil in the Northeast (Rio Grande do Norte, Paraiba, Ceara, and Bahia) and Southeast (Sao Paulo and Minas Gerais). The company operates multiple brands including, CABO, Multiplay, Conexao, Outcenter, StarWeb among others. Conexao Group provides superior customer experience and decades worth of cutting edge technology in providing broadband connectivity, subscription TV, telephone services, and IT Corporate Services. Its owned infrastructure spans over 13,500 kilometers (approximately 8,400 fiber route miles) of fiber optic and high-tier HFC networks, reaching over 1.4 million customers.

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