Investment Summary

Spire Capital Partners Invests In Lighthouse

On February 12, 2015, private equity firm Spire Capital Partners invested in information technology company Lighthouse

Investment Highlights
  • This is Spire Capital Partners’ 4th transaction in the Information Technology sector.
  • This is Spire Capital Partners’ 25th transaction in the United States.
  • This is Spire Capital Partners’ 1st transaction in Washington.
Investment Fate
  • Lighthouse was sold to a consortium of financial buyers in 2019.

Investment Summary

Date 2015-02-12
Target Lighthouse
Sector Information Technology
Investor(s) Spire Capital Partners
Deal Type Growth Capital

Target

Lighthouse

Seattle, Washington, United States
Lighthouse provides software and services to manage the increasingly complex landscape of enterprise data for compliance and legal teams, whether they’re reacting to incidents like litigation, government, or internal investigations, or designing programs to proactively uncover the potential for future incidents. Lighthouse was formed in 1995 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

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Investor(S) 1

Investor

Spire Capital Partners

New York, New York, United States

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Category Private Equity Firm
Founded 2000
PE ASSETS 900M USD
Size Middle-Market
Type Sector Agnostic
DESCRIPTION

Spire Capital Partners is a private equity firm that targets buyout investments in mid-sized information services, media, communications, and business service companies. The Firm looks for cash-flow positive, US-based businesses with high barriers to entry. Spire seeks to commit $15 to $125 million of equity per transaction and has an investment horizon of three to seven years. Spire Capital Partners was formed in 2000 and is based in New York City.


DEAL STATS #
Overall 26 of 37
Sector (Information Technology) 4 of 7
Type (Growth Capital) 2 of 11
State (Washington) 1 of 2
Country (United States) 25 of 36
Year (2015) 1 of 2
PREVIOUS DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2014-10-01 Tarpon Towers

Bradenton, Florida, United States

Tarpon Towers LLC is a wireless communications tower company focused on the acquisition and development of telephony based towers.

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FOLLOWING DEAL
DATE TARGET DEAL TYPE VALUE
2015-02-26 Trax Group

Irving, Texas, United States

Trax Group provides software-enabled transportation spend management solutions to large, global enterprises. The Company’s solutions help clients optimize transportation spend and achieve significant cost savings through freight bill audit and payment, improved supply chain visibility, and better collaboration with shippers. Trax Group was founded in 1993 and is based in Irving, Texas.

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