Klarna Overview

  • Founded

  • 2005

Founded
  • Status

  • Private

  • Employees

  • 5,000

Employees
  • Latest Deal Type

  • Later Stage VC

  • Latest Deal Amount

  • $800M

  • Investors

  • 119

Klarna General Information

Description

Developer of an online payment platform designed to facilitate cashless payments through installments. The company's platform offers in-store, mobile, and online payments as well as deliveries and returns services and works on a buy now, pay later model, enabling shoppers to finance their retail purchases and make paying simple, safe and smooth.

Contact Information

Website
www.klarna.com
Ownership Status
Privately Held (backing)
Financing Status
Venture Capital-Backed
Primary Industry
Financial Software
Other Industries
Other Financial Services
Primary Office
  • Sveavagen 46
  • 111 34 Stockholm
  • Sweden

Klarna Timeline

2019202020212022
Financing RoundCaptured Employee CountEstimated Employee Growth

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Klarna Valuation & Funding

Deal Type Date Amount Raised to Date Post-Val Status Stage
37. Later Stage VC 11-Jul-2022 $800M 00.00 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
36. Secondary Transaction - Private 08-Feb-2022 00000 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
35. Secondary Transaction - Private 00.00 Completed Generating Revenue
34. Later Stage VC (Series H) 10-Jun-2021 00000 00.00 000.00 Completed Generating Revenue
33. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Jun-2021 00.000 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
32. Later Stage VC 12-Apr-2021 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
31. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Mar-2021 000.00 00.000 Completed Generating Revenue
30. Later Stage VC 01-Mar-2021 00.000 00.000 0000 Completed Generating Revenue
29. Secondary Transaction - Private 01-Nov-2020 $1.97B Completed Generating Revenue
28. Later Stage VC 06-Oct-2020 $1.97B Completed Generating Revenue
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Klarna Comparisons

Description
Primary
Industry
HQ Location
Employees
Total Raised
Post Valuation
Last Financing Details
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Stockholm, Sweden
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Klarna Competitors (88)

Company Name Financing Status Location Employees Total Raised Last Financing Date/Type Last Financing Amount
Adyen Formerly VC-backed Amsterdam, Netherlands 0000 00.000 00000000000
000000000 Corporation Porto Alegre, Brazil
0000 Formerly VC-backed Amsterdam, Netherlands 0000 000 000000&0
000000 Venture Capital-Backed Calgary, Canada 000 000.00 00000000000 000.00
000000 ( 000000000 Venture Capital-Backed Oslo, Norway 00 000.00 0000000000 0 000.00
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Klarna Patents

  • 38

    Total Documents Applications and Grants

  • 000

    Total Patents Families

  • 8

    Granted

  • 8

    Pending

  • 000

    Expiring in next 12 mo

Klarna Recent Patent Activity

Publication ID Patent Title Status First Filing Date Technology (CPC) Citations
US-20210314149-A1 Service-to-service strong authentication Pending 01-Apr-2020 0000000000
US-10846106-B1 Real-time interface classification in an application Active 09-Mar-2020 00000000 00
US-20210279081-A1 Real-time interface classification in an application Pending 09-Mar-2020 00000000
US-20210216334-A1 Method of training a learning system to classify interfaces Granted 15-Jan-2020 000000000
US-11386356-B2 Method of training a learning system to classify interfaces Active 15-Jan-2020 G06F8/36
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Klarna Executive Team (53)

Name Title Board Seat Contact Info
Sebastian Siemiatkowski Co-Founder, Chief Executive Officer and Board Member
Knut Frangsmyr Deputy Chief Executive Officer
Alexander Olsson Co-Chief Financial Officer & Director - US Finance & Analytics
Niclas Neglen Co-Chief Finance Officer
Yaron Shaer Chief Technology Officer
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Klarna Board Members (19)

Name Representing Role Since
Lise Kaae Self Board Member 000 0000
Michael Moritz Sequoia Capital Chairman 000 0000
Mikael Walther Klarna Board Member 000 0000
Omid Kordestani Self Board Member 000 0000
Roger Ferguson Jr. Self Board Member 000 0000
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Klarna Signals

Growth Rate

0.80% Weekly
Growth
Weekly Growth 0.80%, 93rd %
-35.5%. 530%

Size Multiple

219x Median
Size Multiple 219x, 100th %ile
0.00x 0.95x. 413Kx

Key Data Points

Twitter Followers

5.5k

Similarweb Unique Visitors

15.0K

Majestic Referring Domains

314

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Klarna Investors (119)

Investor Name Investor Type Holding Investor Since Participating Rounds Contact Info
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board Limited Partner Minority 000 0000 000000 0
MSA Novo Corporate Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Mubadala Investment Company Sovereign Wealth Fund Minority 000 0000 000000 0
DiversiFi Capital PE/Buyout Minority 000 0000 000000 0
Align Ventures Venture Capital Minority 000 0000 000000 0
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Klarna Investments & Acquisitions (26)

Company Name Deal Date Deal Type Deal Size Industry Lead Partner
00000 25-Apr-2022 00000 0000 0000 Financial Software
0000000000 19-Apr-2022 0000000000 Media and Information Services (B2B)
00000000000 04-Apr-2022 0000000000 00000 Information Services (B2C) 00000 000
000000 000000 12-Jan-2022 0000000000 Financial Software
Piggy (Information Services) 09-Dec-2021 Merger/Acquisition Information Services (B2C)
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Klarna Subsidiaries (8)

Company Name Industry Location Founded
Toplooks Internet Retail Los Gatos, CA 2019
00000 (00000000000 Information Services (B2C) Lake Mary, FL 0000
000000000 Application Software East Palo Alto, CA 0000
0000000 Financial Software Mannheim, Germany 0000
00000 Business/Productivity Software Stockholm, Sweden 0000
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