Lightspeed Commerce

Lightspeed Commerce Inc.
Company typePublic
Industry
Founded2005; 19 years ago (2005)
FounderDax Dasilva
Headquarters
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Products
  • Lightspeed Retail
  • Lightspeed eCommerce
  • Lightspeed OnSite
  • Lightspeed Restaurant
RevenueIncrease US$909.3 million (2024) [1]
Increase US$−164.0 million (2024) [2]
Increase US$1.3 million (2024) [3]
Total assetsIncrease US$2.575 billion (2024)
Total equityIncrease US$2.412 billion (2024)
Number of employees
c. 3,000 (2023)
Websitewww.lightspeedhq.com
Footnotes / references
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Lightspeed Commerce is a point-of-sale and e-commerce software provider based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was founded in 2005 by Dax da Silva, who served as the CEO of the company until February 2, 2022.[6] It has offices in Montreal, New York, Ottawa, Toronto, London, Belfast, Amsterdam, Berlin, Geneva, Ghent, Melbourne, Yerevan and Tbilisi. It offers its services to retail, restaurant, and hospitality businesses.[7][8][9][10]

  1. ^ "Lightspeed Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Outlook for Fiscal 2025". Lightspeed. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  2. ^ "Lightspeed Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Outlook for Fiscal 2025". Lightspeed. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  3. ^ "Lightspeed Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Results and Provides Outlook for Fiscal 2025". Lightspeed. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
  4. ^ "Lightspeed Commerce Inc. Consolidated Financial Statements". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Lightspeed Commerce Inc. Annual Information Form". U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. 19 May 2022. Archived from the original on 5 July 2022. Retrieved 5 July 2022.
  6. ^ "Lightspeed Founder Dasilva Steps Down; Chauvet Rises to CEO". Bloomberg News. 2 February 2022. Archived from the original on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2022-02-04.
  7. ^ "Retail Software Startup LightSpeed Now Caters For Restaurants After Buying Belgian Startup POSIOS". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  8. ^ "LightSpeed Retail Expands Into Restaurant Industry With Acquisition of Belgium's POSIOS". Cantech Letter. 2014-10-22. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  9. ^ Meyers, Tracey (2017-10-18). "Lightspeed Closes $166 Million Series D Round Investment". WWD. Archived from the original on 2020-07-11. Retrieved 2020-07-09.
  10. ^ Nisen, Max. "LightSpeed Is Helping Stores Kill Off 'Showrooming' For Good". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 2020-07-09. Retrieved 2020-07-09.