We spoke with Lightspeed founder and CEO Dax Dasilva about why diversity is central to his company’s growth, when to take on external financing, and how he plans to accelerate his company’s global rise
Topic: SaaS
Lightspeed CEO Dax Dasilva sees “tons of runway” for further growth following latest acquisition
The acquisition of GastroFix by Lightspeed POS will 8,000 new merchants to the SaaS scaleup’s rapidly expanding global network.
Alberta corporation to invest in VC to seed startups
Alberta Enterprise Corporation, the provincial government’s independent fund of funds manager, has invested $5 million in Panache Ventures’ new Canadian seed fund. This investment comes after Panache Ventures recently closed up to $25 million in deals, and the company is keen to support more seed-stage startups across Canada. Panache Ventures is led by former startup…