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Fintech giant Klarna raises $639M at a $45.6B valuation amid ‘massive momentum’ in the US

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Just over three months after its last funding round, European fintech giant Klarna is announcing today that it has raised another $639 million at a staggering post-money valuation of $45.6 Overall, Klarna is live in 20 markets, has more than 90 million global active users and more than 2 million transactions a day conducted on its platform.

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Want to Start a Technology Company in LA?

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Funding is different – In Silicon Valley you have mega venture capital funds and many of them. They not only have gotten bigger but they have an amazing track record of funding the biggest names in the sector: Cisco, Apple, Google, Facebook. As a result many funds are OK with big bets.

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Can You Really Build a Great Tech Firm Outside Silicon Valley?

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Last year I was on Sand Hill Road in Silicon Valley meeting with one of the most prominent venture capital firms in the country. The VC partner, somebody I greatly respect said, “Yeah, we like Gil and what they’re doing. Funding is different outside of Silicon Valley. Let me use LA as an example.