(Providence, RI)--A Providence company has been purchased for nearly a half-billion dollars.Upserve, a restaurant software management company, has been acquired by Montreal-based point-of-sale and e-commerce software provider Lightspeed.Upserve, which was founded in 2009 as Swipely, said Lightspeed has no current plans to move the office from Providence, according to a report from The Providence Journal.
Photo: Getty Images