Fintech Giant Klarna Slashes Fundraising Ambition - WSJ - The Wall Street Journal


6/16/2022 12:00:00 AM2 years 10 months ago
by Julie Steinberg and Ben Dummett in London and Corrie Driebusch in New York

The SoftBank-backed, buy-now-pay-later startup is discussing raising cash at a valuation of around $15 billion, down from 2021’s valuation near $46 billion.

Klarna Bank AB is considering raising fresh funds at a significantly lower valuation than it achieved a year ago, according to people familiar with the situation, a sign of the punishing environment … [+435 chars]

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