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PayPal Ventures backs Klearly in €12m raise to enable hospitality payments

The startup focuses on in-person payments for brick and mortar businesses


Tom Matsuda

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Netherlands-based fintech Klearly has raised €12m to build payment systems for the hospitality industry. 

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Tom Matsuda

Tom Matsuda is a fintech reporter at Sifted and writes our weekly fintech newsletter. Find him on X and LinkedIn

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