Startup · $453.5m raised
Payments and buy-now-pay-later company
Stockholm, OS
Every investor coverage indicates participated in a round Klarna raised.
The transaction that ended Klarna's run as a startup, per published coverage. It closes the funding history too, where it is the ladder's last rung.
| Bought by | Kind | Announced | Price | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | IPO | 2025 | $1.4b | SmartCompany, Startup Daily, readtrends.com |
Companies Klarna acquired or merged with, per published coverage. Buying a company is not investing in one: nothing here counts in the deals column.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Koen Köppen | CTO | Startup Daily |
| Niklas Adalberth | Founder | readtrends.com, esade.edu |
Stories naming Klarna. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Australian insurtech Cover Genius raised $143 million led by Vista Credit Partners, pushing its valuation above $2 billion, with funds earmarked for platform development, AI claims capabilities and international expansion.
Vista Credit Partners is backing Cover Genius's USD 100 million raise, which puts the insurance platform's value at USD 1.9 billion; Morgan Stanley acted as placement agent.
Ten13's post explains why it led Flyweel's pre-seed round with QIC, Antler and angel investors, backing a platform bringing real-time financial visibility and funding to advertising spend.
Flyweel, a Queensland fintech for financing and managing ad spend, has banked $2.41 million in a pre-seed round Ten13 led, with Antler, QIC and several founder-angels aboard; a US launch comes first.
Linktree has bought Melbourne rival Fingertip and will shut it down in 2026, with its cofounders joining; the piece also recaps Linktree's earlier acquisitions and the Leibovich brothers' failed ventures.
Also Dealroom·Forbes Australia
ANZ is winding up its venture arm 1835i and has shut Cashrewards after selling its Airwallex stake; the piece also recalls Airwallex's later raises and CBA's Klarna investment, stake sale and New York listing.
ANZ is winding up 1835i, its externally managed venture arm, weeks after selling its Airwallex stake; the piece recalls Cashrewards' takeover and closure, Airwallex raises, and CBA's Klarna windfall.
Klarna went public on the New York Stock Exchange; most of the $1.4 billion offering came from holders selling stock, with Sequoia the biggest seller and only a small slice newly issued.
Swedish BNPL firm Klarna is preparing a renewed New York float, seeking as much as USD1.27 billion at a valuation a source puts at USD12.5-14 billion, after earlier delays.
Crunchbase curates twelve fintech startups it considers likeliest to go public after Klarna's planned offering, covering their funding histories, Stripe's employee share sale, and MoonPay's recent purchase of Iron.
Blackbird's note explains why it led Lorikeet's nine-million-US-dollar round alongside co-investors, describing the startup's workflow-first approach to harder support tickets and its results with Eucalyptus.
Also Startup Daily·Startup Daily·SmartCompany·SmartCompany·Startup Daily
Larry Diamond, who started Zip, is stepping aside from its US top job as Joe Heck takes over and Kevin Moss joins the board; the piece also recounts the fintech's past raises and divestments.
Esade honours the Klarna co-founder at its alumni day; he describes Norrsken's mission to support companies with positive impact and reflects on entrepreneurship, networking and mentoring.
Splitit announced $60 million in committed investment from Motive Partners, Thorney and Parea Capital, tied to conditions including leaving the ASX; the piece recalls the payments firm's 2019 listing.
T. Rowe Price marked down its Canva stake by 67.6%, implying a value near $13 billion versus the $40 billion set in 2021; Canva disputes the figure, citing profitable growth.
Klarna's Climate Transformation Fund invested over $500,000 in Western Australian carbon-capture startup InterEarth, which stores tree biomass underground; insurer Zurich has also invested, founder Howard Carr told SmartCompany.
TechCrunch roundup: FTX fallout hits Nestcoin and SoftBank's stake, while Quix, Joepegs, Vow, Faraday Future and Butter raise, plus items on Twitter, VLC, DoorDash, Hulu, Google and Apple.
Also AgFunderNews
Ignition Lane's weekly wrap reports falling Australian venture funding, lists several startup raises and fund raises, covers Chargefox's acquisition, Volt's closure, the Zip-Sezzle merger termination, and global tech news.
Also Startup Daily·Techboard
UK payments firm GoCardless raised A$437 million in Series G funding led by Permira, with BlackRock Private Equity Partners joining, valuing it at A$2.9 billion as it readies its Australian platform for PayTo's launch.