Saleor, a startup based in Poland and the US that develops an open-source headless e-commerce platform for building online shops, has raised $8 million in a seed-extension round. The investment was led by e-commerce giant Zalando and Target Global, investors behind Revolut and Auto1.
- Founded in Poland in 2020 by Mirek Mencel and Patryk Zawadzki, Saleor platform designed to simplify the complexity of multimarket commerce. Its customers include such brands as Lush, Heineken, UNICEF, and Breitling.
- Saleor has secured a total of $10.5 million in funding. In 2021, the company closed a $2.5 million seed round to build its SaaS cloud offering.
- The recent funding, provided by Target Global, a pan-European technology investment firm with more than €3 billion in assets under management, and Zalando, a prominent European e-commerce platform specializing in fashion and lifestyle, was also joined by SNR VC Kevin Mahaffey, Cherry Ventures, and TQ Ventures.
Jan Bartels, SVP B2B at Zalando, commented, “We see a great fit with Saleor’s vision, offering, and expertise, which can also help us to further expand our capabilities, for example, in exposing our convenient delivery options to the Saleor checkout.”
- Saleor intends to use the newly acquired funds to drive its expansion, enhance its agency program, and strengthen its core product. The startup also plans to establish a closer collaboration with Zalando, exploring areas of joint work based on a shared vision for scalable multimarket commerce.
