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How Is Shopify Financed?

Last updated on October 2, 2022 @ 2:28 am

Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario. It is also the name of its proprietary e-commerce platform for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. Shopify offers online retailers a suite of services “including payments, marketing, shipping and customer engagement tools to simplify the process of running an online store for small merchants.

Shopify was founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake after attempting to open Snowdevil, an online store for snowboarding equipment. Shopify was initially written in Ruby on Rails by Lütke. The first public version was released on June 21, 2006.

In 2012, Shopify revealed that it had been profitable since 2009. In 2015 it raised $131 million in Series C funding led by Bessemer Venture Partners and OMERS Ventures.

In February 2016, Shopify acquired Boltmade. In March 2016, Shopify launchedShopify Payments (formerly known as “GoPayment”), which allowed merchants to accept credit cards without requiring a third-party payment gateway.

PRO TIP: Shopify is a publicly traded company on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol SHOP. As of October 2020, Shopify has a market capitalization of $47.8 billion.

Shopify was founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake. In 2006, Shopify launched its platform as a SaaS (software as a service) solution. Shopify has been profitable since 2015.

Shopify is financed through a combination of equity and debt. As of June 30, 2020, Shopify had $1.67 billion in cash and cash equivalents on its balance sheet. This includes $1 billion in debt financing.

How Is Shopify Financed?

Shopify is a Canadian e-commerce company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario.

Shopify was founded in 2004 by Tobias Lütke, Daniel Weinand, and Scott Lake after attempting to open Snowdevil, an online store for snowboarding equipment.

Shopify is a well-established company that has been profitable since 2009. It has raised millions in venture capital funding and continues to grow through acquisitions. Its latest product launch enables merchants to accept credit cards without a third party payment gateway.

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