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This founder sold his startup to Klarna for €110m. Now he's raised €12m to build again

Munich-based Skalar is developing AI to modernise tax and accounting from scratch

Munich-based AI tax and accounting startup Skalar has raised €12m in combined pre-seed and seed funding.

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Damisola Sulaiman

Damisola Sulaiman is Sifted's fintech reporter, based in London. She writes Sifted's weekly Fintech newsletter . You can find her on LinkedIn

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