DonRiver has been sold to CIENA Corporation

Client: DonRiver, Inc.

Client Location: United States

Target: DonRiver, Inc.

Target Location: United States

Acquirer: CIENA Corporation (NYSE: CIEN)

Acquirer Location: United States

Target Description: DonRiver is a global software and services company specializing in federated network and service inventory management solutions within the service provider operational support systems environment.


Our Perspective

“We were delighted to partner with the DonRiver management team on this exciting transaction,” said Mark Yurko, Managing Director at Lincoln. “Our work with DonRiver also reflects the firm’s commitment to supporting best-in-class founder-owned companies in enterprise software and communications technology sectors. The evolution and modernization of cloud service provider infrastructure is critical to addressing both challenges and opportunities from new technologies including software-defined networking (SDN) / network function virtualization (NFV) and we are excited to help the DonRiver team execute the next step of that vision.”

DonRiver Ciena 2018 Connect with a Senior Team Member
The Lincoln team was an outstanding partner to DonRiver throughout the process. The firm’s model of support, understanding of our unique differentiation within the communications service provider market, and ability to position DonRiver’s strategic value across a broad set of relationships in the industry was critical to maximizing value.
John McVey
Co-founder of DonRiver

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