Heartland Business Systems

Heartland Business Systems (HBS) is a privately held company backed by GenNx360 Capital Partners, a New York private equity firm that acquired it in 2025. HBS was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Little Chute, Wisconsin. It serves enterprise, small and mid-sized business, government, education and healthcare clients across the Midwestern United States.

The company provides managed IT, cybersecurity, cloud, collaboration and custom software services. It also offers colocation in its own data centers in Little Chute and Phoenix, Arizona. HBS reports more than 675 full-time employees, including more than 400 certified engineers, and more than 3,200 customers. Jimmy Buddenberg serves as chief executive officer.

Heartland Business Systems History:

• In October 2025, GenNx360 Capital Partners acquired HBS from A&M Capital Opportunities, and Jimmy Buddenberg became chief executive officer.
• In September 2022, A&M Capital Opportunities, the growth investment team of A&M Capital Partners, invested in HBS.
• In November 2021, HBS agreed to acquire certain assets of Neal & Associates Business Consultants, a Phoenix-based Microsoft business solutions firm.
• In 2016, HBS agreed to merge the assets of Avastone Technologies into the company.
• Founded in 1992 in Wisconsin.