Lightspeed Commerce Inc.

Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is a commerce technology company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Montreal, Canada. It builds a unified platform combining point-of-sale software, integrated payments, and inventory management, designed to help independent small and medium-sized businesses run their day-to-day operations. The company is publicly listed on both the NYSE and the TSX, and its merchants operate in over 100 countries.

The company's cloud-based point-of-sale system is built for retailers, restaurants, and golf courses. Payment processing is integrated directly with the commerce platform, and inventory management tools form part of the same unified system. Lightspeed describes its design philosophy as focused on simplifying operations and scaling efficiently.

Lightspeed states that it was founded to fill a gap in the market for technology serving small and medium-sized businesses. Its stated mission is to help independent businesses compete, with a team focused on supporting local economies and community businesses across the retail, food service, and golf verticals.