Overview
TrueUp
Trajectory Score
41
/100
Business
Online financial services
Founded
21 years ago
2005
Employees
3,000
Valuation
$6.9 billion
TrueUp
Rank
#485
Company type
Public$KLAR
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Klarna is an Online financial services company. It is currently valued at $6.9 billion as a public company. 3,000 people work at Klarna. The company was founded in 2005.
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Jobs
No job info
Financials
Revenue
$3.8billion
trailing 12mo
TrueUp
Rank
#149
Klarna's revenue would rank #174 among country GDPs
#173
Andorra$4.0 B
#174
Klarna$3.8 B
#175
Curaçao$3.6 B
Revenue growth (vs. same quarter last year)
44.4%
TrueUp
Rank
#72
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Valuation per employee
$2.3 million
Revenue per employee
$1.3 million
Culture
Employee sentiment
Would recommend company
37%
1,000+ reviews
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
Worse than 92% of tech co's
Approve of CEO
Sebastian Siemiatkowski
35%
Sources: TrueUp, Glassdoor, Blind
People
Employees
3,000
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Rankings and awards
F-Prime Fintech Index
Member
2026
Enterprise Tech 30
Giga Stage
2025
Augment Power 20
Pre-IPO market rankings
2024
Setter 30
2024
Setter 30
2023
TIME100 Most Influential Companies
2022
Layoffs
Employee reported layoffs
Oct 2023 · 3 years ago
500 impacted10%
Sep 2022 · 4 years ago
100 impacted
Other info
IPO date
Sep 10, 2025
9 months ago
Top owners at IPO
6.9% - Sebastian Siemiatkowsk
8.4% - Victor Jacobsson
21.2% - Sequoia Capital
10.0% - Heartland A/S
5.2% - Commonwealth Bank of Australia
4.6% - Silver Lake
1.7% - GIC
1.6% - BlackRock
1.5% - HMI Capital
1.5% - Mubadala Investment Company
1.2% - UBS O’Connor
1.1% - Skandia Liv
Founder ownership at IPO
15.3%
Implied founder equity split
45% - Sebastian Siemiatkowsk
55% - Victor Jacobsson
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