WaveDivision Capital, Stephens Capital Partners, and The Pritzker Organization Partner to Acquire EarthLink

ATLANTA, Oct. 15, 2026 /CourierPR/ -- WaveDivision Capital, Stephens Capital Partners, and The Pritzker Organization have partnered with EarthLink's management team to acquire the company, one of the largest internet providers in the United States. This transaction brings together industry leaders to further the growth of EarthLink, leveraging the company's trusted nationwide consumer and small-business internet platform.

Headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, EarthLink currently serves over 500,000 internet and managed services customers nationwide. Through strategic partnerships with some of the nation's largest fiber and 5G providers, EarthLink has built an asset-light, nationwide network capable of offering fiber internet service to more than 68 million homes nationwide.

Trive Capital partnered with EarthLink's management in 2019 to carve out the business from its former public parent and has worked closely with the team to expand the business, strengthen its technology platform, and broaden its wholesale relationships.

Bank Street Group served as the exclusive financial advisor to WaveDivision Capital in this transaction. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.

WaveDivision Capital, led by broadband executive Steve Weed, along with The Pritzker Organization and Stephens Capital Partners, has partnered with EarthLink's management team to acquire the company. The transaction brings together industry leadership and EarthLink's trusted nationwide consumer and small-business internet platform. EarthLink currently serves over 500,000 internet and managed services customers nationwide. Through strategic partnerships with some of the nation's largest fiber and 5G providers, EarthLink has built an asset-light, nationwide network capable of offering fiber internet service to more than 68 million homes nationwide.