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Lightspeed is a point-of-sale software provider based in Montreal, Canada. Dax Dasilva founded the company in 2005 and is the CEO.〔〔 ==History== Dax Dasilva founded Lightspeed in 2005 to help businesses re-create an online shopping experience that offered convenience, personalization and product information.〔〔〔 DaSilva is a programmer and previously interned with an Apple developer.〔 From 2006 to 2011, the company had a 1900 percent growth and was named one of the fastest growing companies in Canada.〔 In 2011, ''Profit'' ranked Lightspeed number 61 on its list of "Canada's 200 fastest growing companies." Accel Partners led a $30 million investment round in 2012.〔〔 In July 2013, the company launched Lightspeed Retail, an HTML5 web-based product that can be used from any computer. The product was created by MerchantOS, a Lightspeed acquired point-of-sale software developer.〔〔 Lightspeed's customers processed $7.5 billion in 2013.〔 In September 2014, Lightspeed closed a $35 million investment round led by iNovia Capital〔〔〔 That month, Lightspeed partnered with Vantiv, a payment processing and technology solutions provider, to develop a payment platform that lets users make transactions within Lightspeed's software.〔 The following month, Lightspeed acquired POSIOS, a Belgium-based mobile hospitality point-of-sale company, to expand into the restaurant industry.〔 By April 2015, Lightspeed installed 1,000 new stores every month. That month, the company’s software was used by 23,000 businesses in more than 30 countries. In 2015, Lightspeed’s transaction volume increased 120 percent from the previous year. In September 2015, Lightspeed closed a $61 million Series C round of funding led by Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Investissement Québec, with participation from earlier investors Accel Partners and iNovia. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lightspeed (company)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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