Table Ronde 2YR Special with JD Saint-Martin (Lightspeed x Boreal VC)

To celebrate Table Ronde’s 2-year anniversary, we’re partnering with Le 9e Productions to host one of Canada's most accomplished tech executives: JD Saint-Martin. JD spent nearly a decade helping build Lightspeed Commerce into one of Canada’s most successful tech companies. As President, he helped scale the business globally, leading teams across multiple continents as the company grew to power hundreds of thousands of businesses worldwide and reached a multi-billion-dollar public valuation. Today, JD is a partner at Boreal Ventures, where he now works with the next generation of founders building the future of technology. For this special anniversary event, JD will share what it really takes to scale a global tech company, lead through hyper-growth, and transition from operator to investor — lessons from the front lines of one of Canada’s most iconic startup success stories. ​​​​​What is Table Ronde? ​​​​​​​Table Ronde is a curated space for people who are building. ​In a world full of noise, advice is everywhere — but real experience is becoming harder to find and access. ​Table Ronde exists to bridge aspiration and real experience. ​We bring builders together with founders, investors, and executives who share what really happened — the context, constraints, and tradeoffs behind real outcomes. ​No fluff. No polish.Just honest conversations and real human connection. ​Signal over noise.