As Square gears up for a public listing that may come as soon as next month, another startup that makes point-of-sale systems for restaurants and other retailers has raised a big round of funding.

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Lightspeed POS, a provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, will acquire cloud-based retail management software company Vend for approximately $350 million. Lightspeed will leverage ...

Retail software specialist Lightspeed POS announced has acquired SEOshop, an e-commerce software startup based in Amsterdam. Lightspeed makes point-of-sale systems mostly for brick-and-mortar retail ...

Latest product updates deliver powerful innovations in data insights, inventory management, and membership services across key industries. MONTREAL, July 15, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - Lightspeed Commerce ...

Lightspeed POS is announcing that it has acquired SEOshop, an Amsterdam-based maker of e-commerce software. As the name implies, Lightspeed’s offerings for brick-and-mortar retailers and restaurants ...

No matter what type of small business you run, you need a way to charge customers and process payments that saves you time and money. A smart way to do just that is by using one of the best POS ...

Toast Inc. TOST and Lightspeed Commerce Inc. LSPD are leading providers of point-of-sale (POS) solutions. Toast is primarily restaurant-focused, while Lightspeed caters to restaurants and retail, ...

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