Klarna raises €90 million for acquisition of SOFORT
Klarna today announced it has raised €90 million from its investors, in order to finance the acquisition of SOFORT. The fundraising was led by Klarna’s founders, with participation from existing investors like Sequoia Capital, General Atlantic and Atomico.
“This additional funding is a vote of confidence in Klarna’s long term vision to become the world’s favorite way to buy. Together with SOFORT we are the leading European alternative payment provider and we will now further accelerate our growth. We are very proud that our existing investors continue to support Klarna in this way”, said Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO and co-founder of Klarna.
The acquisition of SOFORT was completed in early March, when the two companies formed Klarna Group, Europe’s leading alternative online payments provider. Klarna Group’s services are used by over 25 million consumers and 45 000 online retailers across 14 European countries. Klarna Group has processed more than 140 million transactions.
For more information about the Klarna story, DI just published an article on the topic (in Swedish).
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