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Lighthouse eDiscovery started 20 years ago, copying and scanning paper-based legal documents so they could be searched electronically.
The Seattle company is still around, though the business has certainly evolved. It now provides electronic discovery products to some of the biggest law firms in the country as well as huge corporate legal departments at companies such as Google, GE, Microsoft, Cisco and Starbucks.
That client base, not to mention the rapid growth in recent years, attracted suitors. Today, New York-based private equity investor Spire Capital is announcing a $30 million investment in Lighthouse eDiscovery, money that will be used to cash out some of the early investors as well as provide growth capital for an East Coast data center and European expansion. As a result of the financing, Sean White of Spire Capital has joined the board.