Montreal

"The Lachine Canal is this large canal that goes through all the new, up-and-coming areas that are being built out of factories. There’s all sorts of unexpected little places to eat and drink along there. Definitely see the sunset there, too."

Lachine Canal

"The cocktail bars here are just outstanding. When Lightspeed was getting its first round of funding, we took our venture capitalists to this place with absolutely no signage called Big In Japan. I can credit some of the Montréal speakeasies for getting us funded."

Big in Japan

"There’s a really great place for drinks called Palco."

"Elena, in Saint-Henri, is an amazing gourmet pizza and Italian place."

Elena

Dax Dasilva is a Canada-based tech entrepreneur and conservationist. In 2005 he founded Lightspeed, a cloud-based software company specializing in point of sale and e-commerce transactions. In 2022, after 17 years at the helm, he left his role as Chief Executive at Lightspeed to start a new challenge: Age of Union — a conservation-focused nonprofit that funds and spotlights environmental initiatives around the world.

Dax Dasilva is a Canada-based tech entrepreneur and conservationist who founded Lightspeed and Age of Union.

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