Seaport Capital Makes Strategic Growth Investment in Rutherford & Associates (eoStar)
October 22, 2019
Seaport Capital, a New York-based private equity firm, has made a strategic growth investment in Rutherford & Associates to support expansion of its eoStar route-accounting and warehouse management software. As part of the investment, Jim Clishem was named CEO and founder Mike Rutherford will transition to full-time CTO to focus on product development and scaling the business.
- Buyers
- Seaport Capital
- Targets
- Rutherford & Associates, Inc. (eoStar)
- Industry
- Software
- Location
- Michigan, United States
- Transaction Type
- Growth capital
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