Dec 11 (Reuters) - Canadian e-commerce giant Shopify
SHOP.TO disclosed a 44.36% stake in marketing and automation
firm Klaviyo KVYO.N , according to a regulatory filing on
Monday.
Shopify, which sells tools to create and manage online
store-fronts, had invested in wholesale platform Faire in
September. It also has a partnership with Dutch payments firm
Adyen ADYEN.AS .
Klaviyo had in August, as part of its paperwork for an
initial public offering, disclosed that Shopify had a 11.2%
stake in the company.
Earlier in the year, Shopify had announced its plans to lay
off 20% of its staff.
(Reporting by Jaiveer Singh Shekhawat in Bengaluru; Editing by
Krishna Chandra Eluri)
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