GroundForce Capital Announces Strategic Investment in Rock River Laboratory

Investment brings a value-added partner to North America’s leading independent agricultural testing platform to support organic growth and future M&A

GroundForce Capital today announced a strategic investment in Rock River Laboratory, Inc. (“Rock River” or the “Company”), the largest independent agricultural testing platform in North America. GroundForce joins Aqua Capital, a leading private equity firm specializing in agribusiness and food investments across the Americas, which created the Rock River platform through the acquisition and integration of the Deveron and A&L assets. The combined Rock River platform operates 9 laboratories across the United States and Canada.

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Rock River serves a diversified base of farmers, agronomists, nutritionists, food producers, and municipalities with highly specialized soil, feed, and environmental testing services. With nearly 50 years of operating history, the Company has built one of the most trusted brands in North American agricultural diagnostics — delivering consistent growth with deeply loyal customer relationships and a broadly diversified client base spanning the breadth of North American agriculture. These results reflect the Rock River platform's unmatched combination of geographic reach, customer service, technical expertise, and proprietary analytics capabilities.