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Polar

Polar is an open-source merchant-of-record billing platform that lets developers monetize SaaS and digital products globally with minimal code.

polar.sh · Stockholm

CALL NO.CS·POLAR·26
StageSeedJune 2025 · led by Accel[1][3][4]
Raised$10Mdisclosed rounds[1][3][4]
Valuationnot publicly disclosedno source in ledger
Founded2022[1][3][7]
Money

Raised $10M across disclosed rounds.[1][3][4]

Seed closed June 2025, led by Accel.[1][3][4]

post-money valuation is not publicly disclosed.

Named investors include Accel, Guillermo Rauch (Vercel), Jared Palmer (Vercel), Paul Copplestone (Supabase), Tobi Lütke (Shopify), Harley Finkelstein (Shopify), Michael Grinich (WorkOS), Thomas Paul Mann (Raycast), Anton Osika (Lovable), Jorn van Dijk (Framer), Koen Bok (Framer), Zeno Rocha (Resend), Steven Tey (Dub), Sébastien Chopin (Nuxt), Alexandre Chopin (Nuxt), Abstract Ventures, Mischief.[1][3][8]

People

Birk Jernström, CEO & Founder[6][1][3][7]

Emil Widlund, Founding Design Engineer[7][6]

Victoria Bolin, Founder Associate[7][6]

Headcount: sources disagree
32as of Apr 2026

Polar – polar.sh · Jun 2026[7]

Polar – org enrichment · Jun 2026[8]

Signals
Jun 5 2026newsIntroducing Polar Plans | Polar company claim, not independently confirmed[11]
Mar 28 2026newsPolar Has a Free API: The Open-Source Billing Platform That Lets You Monetize Your Developer Pr.[12]
Jun 18 2025newsStockholm's Polar secures €9M[1]
Jun 17 2025fundingPolar Raises $10M Seed Round, led by Accel - Fintech Finance[10][9]
Comps

Lemon Squeezy · lemonsqueezy.com · Named directly alongside Polar in a head-to-head merchant-of-record comparison article; same buyer (developer/indie SaaS founder), same workflow (MoR checkout + subscription management + global tax), same product category.[14]

Paddle · paddle.com · Named directly alongside Polar in the same merchant-of-record comparison article; overlaps on MoR tax abstraction and subscription billing for software sellers, though Paddle targets larger SaaS teams vs. Polar's solo-developer wedge.[14]

Dodo Payments · dodopayments.com · similar, not yet paired · Published a direct Polar.sh review and an alternatives article explicitly positioning Dodo as a substitute; same buyer (SaaS developers), same workflow (MoR billing + subscriptions), competes on transaction fee pricing.[13]

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Polar

CALL NO.CS·POLAR·26

Polar is an open-source merchant-of-record billing platform that lets developers monetize SaaS and digital products globally with minimal code.

polar.sh · Stockholm

StageSeed
Raised$10M
Headcount32
Valuationnot publicly disclosed
Founded2022
CompsLemon Squeezy +2

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