Klarna is a Swedish financial technology company founded in 2005. It is known for providing online financial services such as payment solutions for online storefronts, direct payments, post-purchase payments, and more. Klarna's offerings are largely centered around a "buy now, pay later" model, which allows consumers to shop and receive items immediately but defer payment.
The company was founded by Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Niklas Adalberth, and Victor Jacobsson. These founders set out to make online shopping safer, simpler, and more fun. Klarna has grown significantly since its inception, expanding its services across Europe and into the United States, and it has become one of Europe's largest banks offering a wide range of payment solutions to consumers and businesses.
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Founder: Ohad Samet
Klarna Role: Chief Risk Officer
Capital Raised: $409M
Investors: Menlo Ventures
Stage: Series E
Signifyd is a provider of an enterprise-grade fraud technology solution for e-commerce stores.
Founder: Sven Brauer
Klarna Role: VP Product
Capital Raised: $338.6M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Debt Financing
MODIFI offers a one stop platform for business payments and trade management.
Founder: Filip Polhem, Mikael Hussain, Sven Perkmann
Klarna Role: Risk & Credit Analyst, Vice President Credit, Head of Risk Product
Capital Raised: $138.1M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Series C
Anyfin - a smart finance app that empowers people to understand and improve their finances.
Founder: Sean Donovan
Klarna Role: COO, North America
Capital Raised: $126M
Investors: Lightspeed Venture Partners
Stage: Private Equity
Flexspace is a corporate solution to discover, book, and manage on-demand workspaces with no commitment or upfront cost.
Founder: John Keatley
Klarna Role: CFO
Capital Raised: $68.1M
Investors: Norwest Venture Partners
Stage: Series C
Scratch empowers medical practices to seamlessly connect and transact with their clients.
Founder: Uri Nativ
Klarna Role: VP Engineering & Site Manager, Klarna Israel
Capital Raised: $65M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Series B
Torii is the most advanced SaaS management platform on the market. Discover, optimize, and control your organization’s SaaS usage and cost.
Founder: Lena Hackelöer
Klarna Role: Director Marketing DACH BENEFRA, Klarna & SOFORT
Capital Raised: $60M
Investors: Dawn Capital
Stage: Series A
A leading provider of instant payments and payouts, powered by open banking.
Founder: Patric Blixt
Klarna Role: VP Marketing
Capital Raised: $33.9M
Investors: Schibsted
Stage: Series A
Ingrid Delivery Platform connects merchants, carriers, and consumers to create a better shopping experience for everyone.
Founder: Barbaros Ozbugutu
Klarna Role: Vice President of Sales Germany
Capital Raised: $27M
Investors: Amadeus Capital Partners
Stage: Series C
iyzico is a payment receipt system management platform that offers ePayment solutions.
Founder: Lukas Eicher, Niklas Radner, Rasmus Schults
Klarna Role: Product Manager, Growth Lead, Engineering Manager
Capital Raised: $20.4M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Series A
Nelly provides a tool for medical practices that simplifies patient onboarding and payments.
Founder: Oliver Edholm
Klarna Role: AI / ML Engineer
Capital Raised: $19.9M
Investors: Y Combinator
Stage: Series A
Amazon makes one third of their revenue through their product recommendations. We give your store a chance to compete.
Founder: Jordan Olivas
Klarna Role: Enterprise Retail & eCommerce Commercial Manager
Capital Raised: $15M
Investors: Global Founders Capital
Stage: Venture round
QisstPay provides a Buy Now, Pay Later (interest-free installments) platform to merchants in Pakistan.
Founder: Colin Luce, Brian Billingsley
Klarna Role: Head of Sales and Business Development, CEO
Capital Raised: $17M
Investors: BoxGroup
Stage: Series A
The compliance engineering platform.
Founder: Majid Garmaroudi
Klarna Role: Senior Software Developer
Capital Raised: $13.8M
Investors: Atomico
Stage: Series A
A powerful and intuitive legal platform. Powered by AI.
Founder: Michael Arnör, Philip Gunnstam
Klarna Role: Junior Project Managers,
Capital Raised: $14.6M
Investors: H&M Group Ventures (Prev. H&M CO:LAB)
Stage: Corporate Round
Sellpy makes it easier than any other service to sell the things you don’t use.
Founder: Martina Klingvall
Klarna Role: Summer Internship
Capital Raised: $5.6M
Investors: JCE Group
Stage: Seed
Telness is a mobile operator offering mobile telephony with features specially tailored for business owners.
Founder: Eyal Lasker
Klarna Role: Product Manager
Capital Raised: $6M
Investors: M13
Stage: Seed
Flexspace is a corporate solution to discover, book, and manage on-demand workspaces with no commitment or upfront cost.
Founder: Oleg Danylenko
Klarna Role: Data Scientist
Capital Raised: $4.4M
Investors: Luminar Ventures
Stage: Seed
Teemyco is an online-based platform that connects employees online and enables them to conduct meeting online.
Founder: Lior Fisher
Klarna Role: Product Owner
Capital Raised: $4M
Investors: Pitango VC
Stage: Seed
Browsi helps publishers meet any advertiser's expectations by putting AI behind their ad inventory.
Founder: Mats Andersson, Björn Widerström, Sara Johansson
Klarna Role: Solution Engineer, Partner Manager at Klarna, Business Development Manager
Capital Raised: $2.1M
Investors: eEquity
Stage: Private Equity
Briqpay provides solutions to enable and make business-to-business sales online more accessible.
Founder: James Storer
Klarna Role: Senior Product Design Lead
Capital Raised: $2M
Investors: Sequoia Capital
Stage: Pre-Seed
A leading provider of instant payments and payouts, powered by open banking.
Founder: Erik Estberg
Klarna Role: Senior Analytics Manager
Capital Raised: $1.3M
Investors: Wellstreet
Stage: Seed
Gamifiera offers a loyalty platform with gamification elements and Community functionality.
Founder: Johannes Herrmann
Klarna Role: Agent
Capital Raised: $1.1M
Investors: InReach Ventures
Stage: Pre-Seed
Build better products using AI-powered research.
Founder: Sebastien Segue
Klarna Role: Engineering Manager - Head of BillPay IT
Capital Raised: $1M
Investors: Exxeta Ventures
Stage: Seed
Short- and long-term liquidity management solution powered by capital market yield.
Founder: Mikael Wintzell, Sïmon Saneback
Klarna Role: Deputy CCO, Investor
Capital Raised: $60M
Stage: Early Stage Venture, Seed, Venture
Founder: Colin Treseler
Klarna Role: Chief of Staff, Risk Management
Capital Raised: $12M
Investors: Balderton Capital
Stage: Seed
Founder: Ohad Samet
Klarna Role: Chief Risk Officer
Capital Raised: $153M
Investors: Khosla Ventures
Stage: Venture - Series Unknown
Founder: Kristoffer Cassel
Klarna Role: VP Product, Consumer
Capital Raised: N/A
Investors: Wellstreet
Stage: Venture - Series Unknown
Founder: Philip Mikal
Klarna Role: VP, Product Management - Global Financial Services
Capital Raised: $93.3M
Investors: Valar Ventures
Stage: Series B
Founder: Jens Saltin
Klarna Role: UK Country Manager
Capital Raised: $3.1M
Investors: Crowdcube
Stage: Seed