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Lightspeed: Restructuring
Montreal-based payments firm Lightspeed sold US hospitality business Upserve at a significant discount (~$350M loss) as part of ongoing transformation plan
Source: BetaKit (Canada)
The leadership read
Restructuring typically reshapes consulting leadership bench strength toward transformation and turnaround capability.
“the AI company plans to hire a San Francisco office, scale the infrastructure, and pursue global go-to-market ambitions”
Market context: This lands while the Talent Market Index reads 98.6 (Neutral) — down 1.4 versus the prior month — and Americas signal share is easing (-2.6pts).
Lightspeed: 1 signal in the last 90 days — in line with the Consulting median of 1 across 40 tracked companies; 0.1% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow.
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