Category: Firm News

Grain Management Closes Flagship and Spectrum Funds with $3.75 Billion in Total Commitments

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Both Fundraises Exceed Targets with Strong Existing and New Limited Partner Support WASHINGTON–(BUSINESS WIRE) Grain Management, LLC  (“Grain” or the “Firm”), a leading private investment firm focused on broadband technology and the global communications sector, announced today the closing of its flagship fund, Grain Communications Opportunity Fund III, L.P. (“GCOF III”), with $2.25 billion in … Continued

Grain Management Announces New Addition to its Investment Committee and other Promotions

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Washington, D.C. (January 14, 2021) Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), a leading investment firm that focuses on innovative companies, technologies, and assets in the communications sector, announced today that deal team member Jenny Zhang has been promoted to Principal and appointed as the seventh member of the Firm’s Investment Committee.  Ms. Zhang has 10 years of … Continued

Grain Management Adds Private Equity Pioneer Cleveland A. Christophe as Senior Advisor

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Washington, D.C. (September 25, 2020) Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), a leading investment firm that focuses on innovative companies, technologies, and assets in the communications sector, announced today that trailblazing investor, Cleveland Christophe, has joined its board as a Senior Advisor. Christophe spent two decades as an executive with Citibank, including its venture capital unit, equity … Continued

Grain Management Appoints New Investment Team Member and Adds to its Advisory Board

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Washington, D.C. (May 18, 2020) Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), a leading Washington, D.C.-based investment firm focused on the global communications sector, announced today that industry financier and operator Ricardo J. Rodriguez has been named a Principal on the firm’s Investment Team, broadening the platforms origination, execution, and value creation engine.  Grain also announced that it … Continued

Grain Management Completes Acquisition of Oregon-Based Hunter Communications

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Washington, D.C. and Medford, OR (April 16, 2020) Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), a leading Washington, D.C.-based investment firm focused on the global communications sector, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Hunter Communications, Inc. (“Hunter” or “the Company”), a leading regional bandwidth infrastructure provider in southern Oregon and northern … Continued

A Message to our Partners during the COVID-19 Crisis

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Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), a leading, Washington, D.C.-based investment firm focused on the global communications sector, sent the following message today to its partners to share Grain’s view of the world and its business during the current COVID-19 crisis. A Message to our Partners during the COVID-19 Crisis The “contagion effect” is an economic term … Continued

Grain Management Completes Acquisition of Summit Broadband

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Orlando, Fl (January 22, 2020) Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”), a leading Washington, D.C.-based investor focused on the global communications sector, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of a majority interest in Summit Vista, Inc., dba Summit Broadband (“Summit”),  from Cable Bahamas Ltd. (“CBL Group”). Terms of the deal, originally announced on August 19, … Continued

Grain Management Finalizes Partnership with Ritter Communications

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Marked Tree, AR (November 1, 2019) Grain Management (“Grain”), a leading, Washington, D.C.-based investor in the global communications industry, together with E. Ritter and Company, announced today that it had completed its acquisition of a majority stake in Ritter Communications. A leader among local independent communications providers in Tennessee and Arkansas, Ritter Communications offers internet, … Continued

Grain Completes Sale of U.S. Tower Portfolio to American Tower

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September 3, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) Grain Management, LLC (“Grain”) has completed the sale of its nationwide portfolio of wireless communications assets to American Tower.  Through this transaction, American Tower will acquire approximately 400 towers and other related property interests, comprising one of the largest privately-held wireless portfolios in the U.S. Grain, a leading Washington, D.C.-based … Continued

Grain Management to Acquire Fiber Connectivity Provider, Hunter Communications

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Washington, D.C.-based Grain Management, LLC will acquire Hunter Communications, Inc., a regional fiber connectivity provider and one of the largest private telecommunications operators in Oregon News of the transaction follows the announcement of Grain’s acquisition of Arkansas-based Ritter Communications and Orlando-based Summit Broadband August 20, 2019 (Medford, OR) Grain Management, LLC, (“Grain”) a leading Washington, … Continued