CSA Partners and SpiritShop
Author: Joe Kirgues
Publication: JSOnline.com
Date: November 10, 2014
Recently, local venture capital fund CSA Partners founded by Chris Abele, partnered with other Midwest investors Detroit Venture Partners and LightBank (Chicago) to invest in Midwest startup SpiritShop. SpiritShop.com is the leading online retailer and eCommerce platform for officially licensed, Kindergarten through High School apparel and merchandise. SpiritShop sells through its own 100,000 online school stores offering hundreds of products with stock and customizable designs. SpiritShop also powers white-label eCommerce stores for schools, teams, national and state athletic associations as well as local and national sports media companies.