Klarna's Value Rose to $ 31 Billion
Swedish fintech Klarna received a new investment of $ 1 billion over a $ 31 million valuation.
Klarna's value rose to $ 31 billion. Swedish "buy now, pay later" payment company Klarna almost tripled its valuation to $ 31 billion in less than six months, after announcing its new $ 1 billion fundraising round on Monday. In the new tour, which made Klarna the most valuable initiative of Europe, 4 cards were requested, and new investors and existing
investors joined the investment. The company closed its $ 650 million financing tour over a $ 11 billion valuation in September 2020.
Has 90 Million Customers
On the other hand, the company announced that it will invest 1 percent of the amount from the investment in a newly created venture that focuses on key sustainability challenges around the world and is scheduled to start on April 22, Earth Day. According to the information on the website of Klarna, which was established in 2015, the company has 90 million active consumers and 250 thousand member businesses in the payments service. Payment services such as Klarna, which allow customers to push their payments to advanced terms in their online purchases, also raise concerns among the authorities that young people are in debt.