Harrison Rose co-founded Paddle with Christian Owens. The company was incorporated in August 2012 and is based in London. Rose later became CEO.
He started his first business at 18. Paddle began as a marketplace for software and became a merchant of record that handles tax, fraud and payments for software companies.
In May 2022 Paddle raised a $200m Series D at a $1.4bn valuation, led by KKR with FTV Capital, Silicon Valley Bank, Kindred, Notion and 83North. The same year it bought ProfitWell for over $200m.
Rose later stepped back from Paddle and co-founded Good Fit. By March 2024 Paddle had about 300 staff and 3,000 customers.