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Klarna

BNPL pioneer, now AI-led customer support poster child.

HQ Stockholm, SEFounded 2005late stageWebsite

On the watchlist — 3.3k employees.

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Headcount

3.3k

0.0%

90d change

-0.6%

Funding events (90d)

4 all-time tracked

Layoff events (90d)

Signals

source: PDL v25

Inferred revenue

$500M-$1B

PDL estimate

Revenue / employee

$226k

midpoint ÷ headcount

12-month turnover

16.3%

within typical band

Average tenure

2.9 yrs

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Time since last raise

4 mo

recent raise

Hiring flow · Klarna

source: PDL v25

Headcount by role

12-month growth · PDL v25

Engineering

1,363

-8%

Analyst

437

-15%

Operations

188

-9%

Partnerships

171

-1%

Marketing

157

-11%

Product

137

-18%

Finance

101

-9%

Support

-16%

Other

271

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In the news

relevance ≥ 6 · last 180 days

TechCrunchHeadline5d ago
Apple teams up with Klarna to launch a lease-to-own program for iPhones, iPads, and Macs
Klarna is a key partner in Apple's new lease-to-own program and named in the headline.

Events

Funding · post ipo debt · $2.0B

4mo ago

Funding · debt financing · $1.6B

11mo ago

Funding · series unknown · $4M

2y ago

Funding · series unknown · $800M

4y ago

Layoff · 3.9% (275 roles)

Departures in 2022-06: 414 vs 6-mo baseline of 139 (2.98× spike). Derived from PDL.