Swedish fintech Klarna valued at $5.5bn in funding round
Funding round makes the Swedish payments company Europe's most valuable fintech startup
06 August 2019 - 17:27
Frankfurt— Online payments firm Klarna, which has attracted a growing following with its "buy now, pay later" service for shoppers, said on Tuesday it had raised $460m in a funding round making it Europe's most valuable fintech startup.
Investors led by San Francisco-based Dragoneer Investment Group put new money into the Swedish company, giving it a valuation of $5.5bn...
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