https://techcrunch.com/2022/02/08/shopware-an-e-commerce-platform-that-powers-100k-brands-raises-its-first-outside-funding-100m-from-paypal-and-carlyle/

The e-commerce boom that started with the Covid-19 pandemic shows little sign of slowing down, and today a company called Shopware, which provides a set of open source tools to power online shopping experiences for some 100,000 mid-sized and larger brands, is announcing $100 million in funding to capture the opportunity.

The money is notable not just for its nine-figure size, but also because of its context. This is the first outside funding that Shopware has ever raised — it has been bootstrapped and profitable since being founded back in 2000, when e-commerce was really only getting its start — and it’s coming in part from a big strategic backer: the payments behemoth PayPal and Carlyle (by way of its Carlyle Europe Technology Partners fund) are its two first outside investors.