Lightspeed - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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Lightspeed M&A Summary

Lightspeed has acquired 12 companies, including 10 in the last 5 years. A total of 3 acquisitions came from private equity firms.

Lightspeed’s largest acquisition to date was in 2020, when it acquired ShopKeep for $440M. Lightspeed has acquired in 3 different US states, and 7 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include internet software and services (64%) and software (28%).

Lightspeed Business Overview

Where is Lightspeed headquartered?

Lightspeed is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

What is Lightspeed’s revenue?

Lightspeed disclosed revenue of 909M USD for 2024 and 731M USD for 2023.

How many employees does Lightspeed have?

Lightspeed has 1,800 employees.

What sector is Lightspeed in?

Lightspeed is a software company.

When was Lightspeed founded?

Lightspeed was founded in 2005.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity11
    • M&A Buy Activity11
  • Total Sectors Invested 3
  • Total Countries Invested 7
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 3
  • M&A Advisors 1

Lightspeed

Lightspeed Commerce, Inc.

Gare Viger 700 Saint-Antoine Street East Suite 300,
Montreal, Quebec H2Y 1A6
Canada,
www.lightspeedhq.com

Lightspeed is a provider of POS platform for stores and restaurants. the company provides customers with a simple way to build, manage, and grow their retail, restaurant, or eCommerce business, and create a best-in-class customer experience. Its end-to-end solutions unify inventory, customer management, sales, and analytics across all channels, in-store, and online. Lightspeed was founded in 2005 and is based in Montreal, Quebec.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 T
Buy (1.2/yr) # 5 3 3 - - - 11
vol $43M $942M $350M $1.3B
Sell (0.0/yr) # - - - - - - 0
  11

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Ecwid 2021-06-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Encinitas, California · www.ecwid.com
NuORDER, Inc. 2021-06-07 - Add-on Acquisition
Los Angeles, California · www.nuorder.com
Vend Ltd. 2021-03-11 350M USD Add-on Acquisition
Auckland , New Zealand · www.vendhq.com
Upserve, Inc. 2020-12-01 430M USD Add-on Acquisition
Providence, Rhode Island · www.upserve.com
ShopKeep, Inc. 2020-11-05 440M USD Add-on Acquisition
New York, New York · www.shopkeep.com
GASTROFIX GmbH 2020-01-07 72M USD Add-on Acquisition
Berlin, Germany · www.gastrofix.com
Kounta Holdings Pty Ltd. 2019-10-20 43M USD Add-on Acquisition
Chippendale, Australia · www.kounta.com
iKentoo SA 2019-07-17 - Add-on Acquisition
Geneva, Switzerland · www.ikentoo.com
Chronogolf, Inc. 2019-05-30 - Add-on Acquisition
Montreal, Quebec · www.chronogolf.com
ReUp 2018-12-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Toronto, Ontario · www.getreup.com
View All >>

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Internet Software and Services 7 (64%) 1.3B (97%) - -
Software 3 (27%) - - -
Information Technology 1 (9%) 43M (3%) - -
Total 11 $1.3B - -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 4 870M - -
  California 2 - - -
  Rhode Island 1 430M - -
  New York 1 440M - -
Canada 2 - - -
  Quebec 1 - - -
  Ontario 1 - - -
Australia 1 43M - -
Germany 1 72M - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
New Zealand 1 350M - -
Switzerland 1 - - -
Domestic 2 (18%) - - -
Cross-border 9 (82%) 1.3B (100%) - -
Total 11 $1.3B - -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
RBC Capital Markets
 3

Deal Values

buy # Total
$100M to $1B 3 $1.2B
< $100M 2 $114M
TOTAL $1.3B
Largest ShopKeep, Inc.
$440M (2020-11-05)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
18%
2 (18%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Software

Revenue

909   25% 2024
731   34% 2023
548   147% 2022
222   2021
(millions of USD) Show More Show Less

Employees

1,800

Established

2005

Public

NYSE: LSPD

Former Name

Lightspeed POS, Inc., LightSpeed Retail Inc.

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