Alma Valuation, Funding & Investors

Alma is valued at $800M as of February 2022.

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Last Alma valuation

$800M

Series C · Feb 2022

Last Alma funding round

$129M

Series C · Feb 2022

Cumulative funding Alma raised

$202M

across 3 funding rounds

Key investors in Alma

  • Picus Capital
  • Bpifrance
  • Idinvest Partners
  • Cathay Innovation
  • Seaya
  • Financiere Saint James

Alma Overview

About Alma

Alma is a Paris-headquartered buy-now-pay-later provider enabling installment payments at over 100,000 online and in-store merchants in France. Customers split purchases into three or four payments without interest or fees through its app and payment gateway.


Founded

2018

HQ

FranceParis

Website

getalma.eu

Status

Privately held

Customer focus

B2B & B2C

Revenue model

Commission

Valuation

$800M (Feb 2022)

Alma Valuation

Alma is currently valued at $800M, based on its Series C in February 2022. Read the announcement ↗

The $129M round included GR Capital, Tencent, Bpifrance, Seaya, Picus Capital and 4 other investors.

Alma valuation by funding round

Alma valuation by funding round
DateStageValuation
Feb 2022Series C$800M

Alma Funding History

Alma has raised a total of $202M across 3 funding rounds.

Alma's first fundraising round was a $14M Series A in March 2020. The most recent completed round was a $129M Series C in February 2022.

Alma funding rounds

Alma funding rounds
DateStageInvestorsRaisedValuationDeal Summary
Feb 2022Series CGR Capital; Tencent; Bpifrance; Seaya; Picus Capital; Eurazeo; Roosh Ventures; Cathay Innovation; Motier Ventures$129M$800MAlma raised a Series C in February 2022 consisting of EUR 115 million of equity and EUR 95 million of debt, EUR 210 million in total. The equity was provided by new investors Tencent, GR Capital and Roosh Ventures, joined by existing backers Cathay Innovation, Eurazeo, Bpifrance through its Large Venture fund, Seaya Ventures and Picus Capital. No lead investor was named. After the round the company had raised EUR 185 million in equity in total. Co-founder and chief executive Louis Chatriot said Alma wants to be part of consumers' daily lives and help them buy better, not only more, presenting the product as a healthier alternative to traditional consumer credit. Alma is a French buy-now-pay-later company launched about three years before the round. Its main product lets consumers split purchases into two, three or four instalments, with 10- or 12-month plans and pay-later options also offered. It earns by charging merchants payment processing fees and does not charge consumers late fees. About 30% of its payment volume came from in-store payments, and it worked with around 6,000 merchants, including Alain Afflelou, Etam, Galeries Lafayette, Printemps and Ankorstore. The proceeds were to support its expansion across Europe.
Jan 2021Series BFinanciere Saint James; AA Sons; Idinvest Partners; Wind; Bpifrance; Seaya; Picus Capital; Cathay Innovation$60M-Alma raised a EUR 49 million Series B in January 2021, led by Cathay Innovation, Idinvest and Bpifrance through its Large Venture fund, with Seaya Ventures and Picus Capital also investing. The previous round was a EUR 12.5 million Series A in January 2020. The proceeds were intended to expand Alma in physical and online retail and across Europe, and to launch its Pay Later deferred payment product. Alma is a French fintech founded by Louis Chatriot and Guillaume Desloges that offers split and deferred payment solutions to merchants and consumers. Merchants integrate its checkout so shoppers can pay in instalments, while the company earns fees on the transactions it processes. The company is headquartered in Paris.
Mar 2020Series AHedosophia (lead); Didier Valet; Financiere Saint James; Isai; Idinvest Partners; Picus Capital$14M-Alma, a French payments company, raised a EUR 12.5 million Series A equity round in March 2020 from a group that included Idinvest Partners, Hedosophia, Isai, Picus Capital, Financiere Saint James and the angel investor Didier Valet. The round came nearly a year before the company's EUR 49 million Series B, led by Cathay Innovation in January 2021. Alma offers instalment and pay-later payment solutions for online and in-store merchants: the merchant receives the full price at purchase while the customer pays over several instalments. The company was founded in 2017 by Louis Chatriot and Guillaume Desloges and is based in Paris. At the time of its Series B it said it served hundreds of merchants and managed hundreds of millions of euros in transactions per year, with plans to triple its workforce and process more than EUR 1 billion of annual payment volume within two years. It financed merchant payments with about EUR 21 million of outstanding debt.

Who has invested in Alma?

16 investors have backed Alma across its funding rounds, including Picus Capital, Bpifrance, Idinvest Partners, Cathay Innovation, Seaya and Financiere Saint James.

Lead investors include Hedosophia.


Alma Investors

Investors in Alma by funding rounds participated
InvestorHQRoundsRoleFirst check
Picus CapitalGermanyMunich3ParticipantMar 2020
Financiere Saint JamesFranceParis2ParticipantMar 2020
Idinvest PartnersFranceParis2ParticipantMar 2020
BpifranceFranceParis2ParticipantJan 2021
SeayaSpainMadrid2ParticipantJan 2021
Cathay InnovationUnited StatesSan Francisco, CA2ParticipantJan 2021
GR CapitalGermanyBerlin1ParticipantFeb 2022
Didier ValetFranceParis1ParticipantMar 2020
TencentChinaShenzhen1ParticipantFeb 2022
IsaiFranceParis1ParticipantMar 2020
AA SonsUnited KingdomUnited Kingdom1ParticipantJan 2021
WindFranceParis1ParticipantJan 2021
HedosophiaUnited KingdomLondon1LeadMar 2020

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Alma Competitors

Alma competitors include listed companies like Kaspi.kz, Block and PayPal, and private ones like Sipay, Tamara and AtoB.

Public and private companies comparable to Alma
CompanyHQStatusRevenueEBITDAValuationRevenue Multiple
SipayTurkeyIstanbulPrivate$600M-$875M1.5x
TamaraSaudi ArabiaRiyadhPrivate$360M$52M$1B2.8x
Kaspi.kzKazakhstanKazakhstanPublicly listed$8.9B$3.1B$17B1.9x
BlockUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$24B$2.2B$46B1.6x
PayPalUnited StatesUnited StatesPublicly listed$33B$7.2B$47B1.5x
AtoBUnited StatesSan Francisco, CAPrivate$100M-$800M-

Alma Public Comps

Alma is still privately-owned, but its public comps include PaySign, Digital Garage, PicPay, MNT-Halan, Priority Technology Holdings, SLR Digital Finance, Worldline, Fawry, Deluxe and PayPoint.

Last FYEV/RevenueEV/EBITDA
RevenueEBITDALast FYLTM2027ELast FYLTM2027E
PaySign$82M$16M9.3x7.0x48.8x21.8x
Digital Garage$260M$50M2.0x2.0x10.2x10.3x
PicPay$1.2B$205M0.8x0.3x4.5x2.7x
MNT-Halan------
Priority Technology Holdings$953M$200M1.7x1.5x7.9x6.8x
SLR Digital Finance$224M$219M6.1x6.8x6.2x-
Worldline$4.5B($5.1B)0.6x0.6x(0.5x)3.6x
Fawry$154M$68M5.7x4.2x13.1x7.9x

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Common questions about Alma

When was Alma founded?Alma was founded in 2018.
Where is Alma headquartered?Alma is headquartered in Paris, France.
Is Alma publicly listed?No, Alma is a private, VC-backed company.
What is Alma's valuation?Alma was last valued at $800M in its Series C in February 2022.
How much funding has Alma raised?Alma has raised $202M across 3 funding rounds.
What was Alma's last funding round?Alma's last funding round was a $129M Series C in February 2022.
Who are Alma's investors?Alma's investors include Picus Capital, Financiere Saint James, Idinvest Partners, Bpifrance, Seaya, Cathay Innovation, GR Capital, Didier Valet, Tencent, Isai and 6 others.
Which companies are comparable to Alma?Companies comparable to Alma include Sipay, Tamara, Kaspi.kz, Block, PayPal and AtoB.

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