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Lightspeed POS completed the acquisition of Upserve from Vista Equity Partners for $430m.

Financials

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Transaction Value£322m
Consideration TypeCash, Ordinary Shares
Capital Owned-
Capital Bid For100%
EV/Sales11x
EV/EBITDA-
Share Price Premium-
One Off Charge-

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software development

Friendly

Cross Border

Completed

Majority

Software

Private Equity

restaurant management software

Single Bidder

Private

Disposal

United States

Acquisition

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Lightspeed POS, a provider of cloud-based, omnichannel commerce platforms, completed the acquisition of Upserve, a restaurant management cloud-software company based in Rhode Island, from private equity firms Vista Equity Partners, First Round Capital, Pritzker Group, Shasta Ventures and NextView Ventures for $430m. "Combining forces with Upserve is a strategic next-step in Lightspeed's vision of providing the most advanced commerce platform to high-performing businesses around the world. We believe this acquisition will accelerate the product innovation that has enabled Lightspeed customers to tackle the greatest challenge to their industry in decades and will add exceptional leadership to our teams in anticipation of the economic recovery of the global hospitality industry," Dax Dasilva, Lightspeed Founder and CEO.

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