Klarna

About

Klarna is an e-commerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers.

Stockholm,Stockholms Lan,Sweden
5001 - 10000
http://www.klarna.com

Highlights

Total Funding Amount

$4.37B kr361M £6.64M €90.06M

Details

Last Funding Type: Series Unknown
Last Funding Money Raised: $800M
Industries: E-Commerce,FinTech,Payments,Shopping
Founded date: Feb 1, 2005
Number Of Employee: 5001 - 10000
Operating Status: Active
Legal Name: Klarna Bank AB
Also Known As: Klarna Bank,Klarna AB

Klarna is an eCommerce payment solutions platform for merchants and shoppers.

The platform gives customers the freedom to choose how and when to pay. They also offer direct payments, pay after delivery options, and installment plans. Klarna is a regulated bank known for its “buy now, pay later” model that offers shoppers interest-free financing on retail purchases over a period of installments.

Klarna was founded in 2005 in Stockholm, Sweden by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth, and Victor Jacobsson.

Funding Rounds

Number of Funding Rounds

Total Funding Amount

31

$4.37B kr361M £6.64M €90.06M

Klarna has raised a total of $4.37B kr361M £6.64M €90.06M in funding over 2 rounds. Their latest funding was raised on Jul 11, 2022 from a Series Unknown round.

Announced Date	Round	Money Raised	Number of Investors	Lead Investors	Post Valuation
Jul 11, 2022	Series Unknown	$800M	10	—	—	Detail
Dec 23, 2021	Series Unknown	kr15M	1	—	—	Detail
Dec 10, 2021	Secondary Market	£6.64M	2	Crowdcube	—	Detail
Jul 20, 2021	Secondary Market	$6M	1	Arctic Ventures	—	Detail
Jun 10, 2021	Series Unknown	$639M	7	SoftBank Vision Fund	—	Detail

Investments

Number of Investments

Number of Lead Investments

5

2

Klarna has made 5 investments. Their most recent investment was on Oct 25, 2021, when Billie raised €86.20M.

Date Company Name	Round	Money Raised	Industry	Lead Investor
Oct 25, 2021 Billie	Series C	€86.20M	E-Commerce	—
Oct 12, 2021 Violet	Series A	$10M	Developer APIs	Yes
Jul 11, 2019 Borgo	Series Unknown	$1.30M	Financial Services	—
Nov 2, 2015 Wrapp	Series Unknown	—	Apps	Yes
Aug 6, 2015 Wrapp	Funding Round	kr25M	Apps	—

Investors

Number of Lead Investors

Number of Investors

18

71

Klarna is funded by 71 investors. Crowdcube and Arctic Ventures are the most recent investors.

Investor Name	Lead Investor	Funding Round
Crowdcube	Yes	Secondary Market
Arctic Ventures	Yes	Secondary Market
SoftBank Vision Fund	Yes	Series Unknown
Mindrock Capital	Yes	Secondary Market
Macy's	Yes	Corporate Round
Ant Group	Yes	Corporate Round
Calvin Broadus	Yes	Series Unknown
Anders Holch Povlsen	Yes	Secondary Market
Creandum	Yes	Series Unknown
Walerud Ventures	Yes	Pre-seed

Employee Profiles

Number of Employee Profiles

68

Klarna has 68 current employee profiles, including Employee Marko Ciric

Employee

Employee

Employee

Employee

Employee

Exits

Klarna has had 1 exits. Klarna most notable exits include Wrapp

Date	Company Name	Exit Type	Industry
Jan 10, 2019	Wrapp	M&A	Apps	Detail

Acquisition

Klarna has acquired 13 organizations. Their most recent acquisition was Sofort AG on Mar 7, 2013. They acquired Sofort AG for 0.

Date Company Name	Industry	Acquisition Type	Price
Mar 7, 2013 Sofort AG	Banking	acquisition	—	Detail
Nov 22, 2016 Cookies App	Finance	acquihire	—	Detail
Feb 6, 2017 BillPay	E-Commerce	acquihire	£ 60M	Detail
May 18, 2018 ShopCo Technologies	Artificial Intelligence	acquisition	—	Detail
Sep 14, 2018 Close Brothers Retail Finance	E-Commerce	acquisition	—	Detail