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Klarna named #13 in Giga Stage

A fintech leader in buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) solutions, Klarna revolutionizes online shopping with seamless and flexible payment options.

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Since 2005 Klarna has been on a mission to accelerate commerce with consumer needs at the heart of it. With over 85 million global active users and 2.5 million transactions per day, Klarna’s fair, sustainable and AI-powered payment and shopping solutions are revolutionizing the way people shop and pay online, empowering consumers to shop smarter with greater confidence and convenience. More than 575,000+ global retailers integrate Klarna’s innovative technology and marketing solutions to drive growth and loyalty, including H&M, Saks, Sephora, Macy’s, Ikea, Expedia Group, and Nike.

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Stockholm, SE
https://www.klarna.com/
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Total Raised: $4.77B
Valuation: $6.7B
Founded: 2005
Employees: 3,800

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Fintech
Giga Stage

Financing

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3Spoke Capital, Blick Global Group, Frontline One Capital, Access Ventures, Amakor, Borderless Capital, ComposeVC, Destiny, Gauntlet Ventures, Goose Valley Ventures, Innovation Global Capital, Kapita Investment Group, KHK & Partners, Paragon Equity Partners, Atlant Ventures, Bhansali Equities, Bridge Capital Holding, Capital Advantage Ventures, Caravelle Investment, Carriage House Rock, CNI (Stockholm), Copycat Holdings, CPP Investments, Knockout Capital, Late Stage Management, Lume Capital, Manhattan West Asset Management, MSA Novo, Mubadala Investment Company, Revalence Ventures, SeedFord Partners, Stableton, Align Ventures, Alpha Wave Global, ALSTIN Capital, Arctic Ventures, Backstage Invest, Blue Opal Capital, Chaos Ventures, Chimera Capital, DFi Ventures, Ericsenz Capital, FinSight Ventures, Flat Capital, Globaleye Ventures, Harvest Growth Capital, Heliad, Hestia Holdings, Inertia Ventures, Mundi Ventures, Newman Capital, Novos Capital, NP Capital, Redo Ventures, Reimann Investors, SiO Capital, Spring St. Group, Super Capital, Sutton Capital, The ECI Group, Titan Partners, University Growth Fund, Vista Equity Partners, West Coast Equity Partners, BAM Elevate, Echo Street Capital Management, Honeycomb Asset Management, Level One Fund, Midway Venture Partners, QW Ventures, Raptor Group, Republic Capital, SoftBank Investment Advisers, WestCap, 2B Global Capital, Alturki Ventures, Base Partners, Bonnier Capital, GIC Private, HOF Capital, Macy's, NALA Investments, Silver Lake, Spacetime, TCV, ADIT Ventures, Ant Group, BlackRock, Chrysalis Investments, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Dragoneer Investment Group, Första AP-fonden, GP Bullhound, HMI Capital, Inbox Capital, IPGL, Decisive Capital Management, Aligned Ventures, Hennes & Mauritz, Permira, Bestseller, Brightfolk, Bryant Stibel, Creandum, HarbourVest Partners, Visa Ventures, PJC, Vintage Investment Partners, Northzone Ventures, Wellcome Trust, Hartford Financial Services Group, InterAlpen Partners, IVP, Lakestar, Stockholm School of Economics, SXM Global, Tengelmann Ventures, Partners Group, Harvest Growth, Atomico, IRA Capital, Sequoia Capital, Walerud Ventures, Emil Capital Partners

CEO, Co-Founders, Board Members

Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Co-Founder and CEO — Niklas Adalberth, Co-Founder — Victor Jacobsson, Co-Founder — Michael Moritz, Partner, Sequoia Capital — Roger W. Ferguson Jr., former President and CEO, TIAA — Lise Kaae, former CFO, Bestseller A/S — Omid Kordestani, former SVP, Worldwide Sales and Business Development, Google — Andrew Reed, Partner, Sequoia Capital — Sarah Smith, former Partner, CAO, CCO, Goldman Sachs

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