Swedish payment startup Billogram raises €15m to accelerate growth in Europe and the DACH region

Swedish invoicing and payment startup Billogram has raised €15 million in funding round led by Swisscom Ventures, with participation from Partech, CNI Nordic and Inbox Capital. The investment will further boost the Swedish invoicing and payment platform’s growth initiatives in Europe, and the DACH region specifically. Billogram will work in close partnership with Swisscom Ventures to accelerate further growth.

Billogram provides a SaaS solution for invoice distribution, payments, and reconciliation. Their platform enhances enterprise clients’ end-customer experience across – among others – the telecom, energy, parking, finance, and security industries. Over the past two years the company has experienced record growth in the Swedish market and expanded into several European markets.

Pär Lange, Investment Partner, Swisscom Ventures: ''Billogram is a unique player in the recurring payments industry in Europe. Based on our expertise in, and experience from the telecom business, we're impressed by their platform and how it manages to substantially increase end-customer lifetime value, at a time when this is more important than ever. Therefore, we’re very excited to support the continued international expansion with our expertise and network.''

The Swiss market is particularly interesting for Billogram; it has a high volume of invoice transactions and people send, process and settle more invoices than almost any other country. This makes invoice digitization all the more impactful.

Jonas Suijkerbuijk, CEO, Billogram: ''The fact that one of Europe's largest telecom companies sees the potential in our business, and the value our platform creates, is important evidence of our fit for international markets. Recently, our core offering – creating long-term, loyal and profitable relationships with end-customers – has become more important than ever. That large European players now see how it provides direct cost savings, increased revenue and higher profit per end-customer is fantastic.''

Billogram sees this strategic investment and relationship with one of Europe’s leading telecom companies as an important step forward in their ongoing expansion into the European market, proving that companies with recurring payments are facing the same problems across the continent.

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