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April 21, 2022

Planhat ends bootstrapped journey with $50m Series A

Previously bootstrapped Planhat raises one of the Nordics’ largest Series A rounds of 2022


Mimi Billing

3 min read

Customer success software startup Planhat built a 100+ employee business over the last seven years without VC cash. But the bootstrapping journey is over, as it’s now raised a $50m Series A round to scale its customer relationship management (CRM) system — the second largest Series A round in the Nordics this year.

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Mimi Billing

Mimi Billing is Sifted's Europe editor, based in Stockholm. She covers the Nordics and can be found on X and LinkedIn

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