Stripe is a financial technology company that is headquartered in San Francisco, California and was founded in 2010 by John Collison and Patrick Collison. Stripe provides a global online payment system for individuals and businesses to send and receive money. The company provides the necessary tools and infrastructure for creating online commerce platforms such as on-demand marketplaces, e-commerce stores, and crowdfunding platforms. Notable companies using Stripe include Kickstarter, Instacart, Lyft, Shopify, OpenTable, and Slack.
Funding
Series E
On September 27, 2018 Stripe closed their series E funding round raising $245 million in funding from Tiger Global Management, Thrive Capital, Sequoia Capital, Kleiner Perkins, and DST Global.
Timeline
September 19, 2019
Stripe raises a $250,000,000 series F round from General Catalyst, Andreessen Horowitz and Sequoia Capital.
July 9, 2012
Stripe raises a $20,000,000 series B round from Peter Thiel, Sequoia Capital, Chris Dixon, Elad Gil, Aaron Levie and Redpoint Ventures.
February 9, 2012
Stripe raises a $18,000,000 series A round from Sequoia Capital.
September 30, 2011
Stripe raises a $2,000,000 seed round from Peter Thiel, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Elon Musk and Andreessen Horowitz.
Funding rounds
Funding round
Description
Funding round amount (USD)
Funding type
Funding round date
Investment
250,000,000
September 19, 2019
General Catalyst
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Sequoia Capital20,000,000
Series B roundJuly 9, 2012
Aaron Levie
Peter Thiel
Redpoint Ventures2,000,000
September 30, 2011
Elon Musk
SV Angel
Series A round
Thrive Capital
Y Combinator
Tiger Global ManagementPeople
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Role
LinkedIn
Adam Ballai
Employee
Aditya Mukerjee
Employee
Alex Kehayias
Employee
Alex Sexton
Employee
Amber Feng
Employee
Amy Seaman
Employee
Andrew Lundsten
Employee
Andy Young
Employee
AnnE Diemer
Employee
Anthony Kline
Employee
Arne Roomann-Kurrik
Employee
Barrington Lloyd-Lovett
Employee
Benjamin Rahn
Employee
Bill Labus
Employee
Brian Krausz
Employee
Brian Sze
Employee
Brian Winter
Employee
Brianna Wolfson
Employee
Brittani Atienza
Employee
Caitlin Carroll
Employee
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Further reading
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Author
Link
Type
Date
Bloomberg - Are you a robot?
Ashlee Vance
Web
Online payments company Stripe introduces partner programme
Charlie Taylor
Web
The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook
Stephen Armstrong
Web
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Title
Date
Link
How Stripe Became a $10B Challenger to PayPal
August 24, 2018
How To Use Stripe Payment Gateway | Woocommerce Stripe Setup 2018 +NEW
March 16, 2018
What is Stripe? Or Stripe.com - A Comprehensive Overview
February 14, 2014
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Alex Wilhelm
April 7, 2020
TechCrunch
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Eric Eldon
March 28, 2020
TechCrunch
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March 27, 2020
TechCrunch
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Alex Wilhelm
March 26, 2020
TechCrunch
Early this morning, Fast, a startup building platform-agnostic login and checkout services, announced that Stripe has led a $20 million investment into its business. Prior investors Index Ventures and Susa Ventures took part in the round. Susa previously participated in the company's late-2019 round that Index led. Coming in late March, the new capital is [...]
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March 11, 2020
TechCrunch
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February 21, 2020
BetaKit
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February 6, 2020
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Jennifer Ortakales
November 30, 2019
Business Insider
Small business loans through payment processors such as PayPal, Square, and Stripe are often easier to get compared to traditional bank loans.
Ingrid Lunden
November 18, 2019
TechCrunch
E-commerce continues to gain momentum -- a trend we'll see played out in the next two months of holiday shopping -- and with that comes more consolidation. Today, Elavon, the payments company that is a subsidiary of US Bancorp, announced that it will acquire Sage Pay, one of the bigger payment processors in the UK [...]
Adrian Potoroaca
November 13, 2019
TechSpot
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Boone Ashworth, Michael Calore
November 8, 2019
Wired
In a conversation at WIRED25, the online payments CEO talks about cryptocurrency, government regulation, the housing crisis, and doing business in China.
Ingrid Lunden
October 16, 2019
TechCrunch
Data privacy for apps is typically part of the purview of compliance teams -- a model that isn't always perfect, judging by the number of breaches and the extensive regulation that's been (and still being) put in place to force companies and organizations to behave better. Now, in an effort to improve how apps manage [...]
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October 15, 2019
Wired
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October 14, 2019
TechSpot
Back in June, Facebook confirmed long-running rumors by revealing its Libra cryptocurrency and Calibra digital wallet. But within 48 hours of the announcement, Senate officials announced it would be holding a hearing looking into the proposal.
Greg Kumparak
October 11, 2019
TechCrunch
Oof -- a week after PayPal announced plans to part ways with Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency project and the related association of the same name, three more names are reportedly breaking away: eBay, Stripe, and Mastercard. In a comment to TechCrunch, a Stripe spokesperson leaves the door open for them to potentially work with Libra in [...]
Russell Brandom
October 9, 2019
The Verge
Sens. Brian Schatz and Sherrod Brown are pressuring members of the Libra Association, Facebook's international blockchain payments project, to reconsider their involvement with the group.
Charlie Wood
October 9, 2019
Business Insider
Two Senate Democrats have reportedly written a letter to the 3 companies to warn them of Libra's risks.
Loren Webb
September 22, 2019
Dynamic Business
Stripe, which builds economic infrastructure for the internet, is raising $250 million in additional funding--at a new pre-money valuation of $35 billion--from investors including General Catalyst, Sequoia, and Andreessen Horowitz, among others.
Nick Statt
September 20, 2019
The Verge
PayPal is reinstating a controversial policy around its handling of fees in the event of a refund. Starting next month, PayPal will begin pocketing the initial 2.9 percent commission fee sellers forfeit during a transaction even when the seller is refunding a customer in full.
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