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Stripe (company)

Stripe (company)

Stripe is a financial technology company providing software that allows businesses and individuals to make and receive online payments.

Contents
Timeline
Funding rounds
Products
Acquisitions
SBA Awards
People
Further reading
Documentaries, videos and podcasts
Companies
News

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.

Timeline

September 19, 2019
Stripe raises a $250,000,000 series F round from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst and Sequoia Capital.
July 9, 2012
Stripe raises a $20,000,000 series B round from Aaron Levie, Chris Dixon, Elad Gil, Peter Thiel, Redpoint Ventures and Sequoia Capital.
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 Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, SV Angel and Sequoia Capital.

Funding rounds

Funding round
Funding type
Funding round amount (USD)
Funding round date
Investment
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Stripe series F round
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Series F round
250,000,000
September 19, 2019
General Catalyst
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Sequoia Capital
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Stripe Series B round
Series B round
20,000,000
July 9, 2012
Aaron Levie
Chris Dixon
Elad Gil
Peter Thiel
Redpoint Ventures
Sequoia Capital
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Stripe seed round, September 2011
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Seed round
2,000,000
September 30, 2011
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Elon Musk
Peter Thiel
Sequoia Capital
SV Angel
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Stripe Series A round
Series A round
18,000,000
February 9, 2012
Sequoia Capital
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Stripe funding round, April 2017
5,000,000
April 2017
Sequoia Capital
Thrive Capital
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Stripe seed round, August 2010
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Seed round
August 2, 2010
Y Combinator
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Stripe funding round, January 2019
100,000,000
January 2019
Tiger Global Management
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Products

Product
Website
Industry
Launch date
Stripe Connect
stripe.com/en-ca/connect
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Online banking
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Payment system
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Online marketplace
Application programming interface (API)
Stripe Sigma
stripe.com/en-ca/sigma
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Business intelligence (BI)
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Product management
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Analytics
Data visualization
Dashboard (business)
Stripe Biling
stripe.com/en-ca/billing
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Subscription (finance)
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Billing
Automation
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Electronic invoicing
Stripe Payments
stripe.com/en-ca/payments
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Online banking
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Payment system
Application programming interface (API)
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Stripe Atlas
stripe.com/atlas
Startup
Financial technology
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Legal technology
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Stripe Radar
stripe.com/en-ca/radar
Machine learning
Know your customer (KYC)
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Fraud detection
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Stripe Terminal
stripe.com/en-ca/terminal
Point of sale
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Payment system
Financial technology
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People

Name
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

Carrie Barker

Employee

Charles Hooper

Employee

Chauncey Brooks

Employee

Chelsea Otakan

Employee

Chris Dixon

Investor

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Further reading

Title
Author
Link
Type
Date

Bloomberg - Are you a robot?

Ashlee Vance

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-26/payment-startup-stripe-is-now-a-20-billion-company

Web

Online payments company Stripe introduces partner programme

Charlie Taylor

https://www.irishtimes.com/business/technology/online-payments-company-stripe-introduces-partner-programme-1.3583123

Web

The untold story of Stripe, the secretive $20bn startup driving Apple, Amazon and Facebook

Stephen Armstrong

https://www.wired.co.uk/article/stripe-payments-apple-amazon-facebook

Web

Documentaries, videos and podcasts

Title
Date
Link

How Stripe Became a $10B Challenger to PayPal

August 24, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeFyTTubjXU

How To Use Stripe Payment Gateway | Woocommerce Stripe Setup 2018 +NEW

March 16, 2018

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgru-VoINoY

What is Stripe? Or Stripe.com - A Comprehensive Overview

February 14, 2014

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IyuYsK809v4

Companies

Company
CEO
Location
Products/Services

News

Title
Author
Date
Publisher
Description
Micro-VC fund iSeed closes second fund at $15 million
Tarush Bhalla
April 15, 2021
mint
Close to 60 limited partners, including Prasanna Sankar, co-founder of employee management unicorn Rippling; Lachy Groom, former executive of payments major Stripe; Ankur Nagpal, founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of edtech startup Teachable, invested in iSeed II
APIs Aren't Just for Tech Companies
Tiffany Xingyu Wang
April 13, 2021
Harvard Business Review
For smaller companies, they can be essential to unlocking new value during a digital transformation.
The 17 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of Q1 2021 - AlleyWatch
Reza Chowdhury
April 12, 2021
AlleyWatch
The Pulse of New York Tech
A VC lays out the 2 strategies he believes have made $95 billion Stripe so wildly successful
Rosalie Chan
April 10, 2021
Business Insider
OpenView partner Sanjiv Kalevar (who has not invested in Stripe either individually or through his firm) praised its "very powerful business model."
The 12 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of March 2021 - AlleyWatch
Reza Chowdhury
April 5, 2021
AlleyWatch
The Pulse of New York Tech
The 13 Largest Global Startup Funding Rounds of March 2021 - AlleyWatch
Reza Chowdhury
April 7, 2021
AlleyWatch
The Pulse of New York Tech
Corporate-card startup Ramp raises $115 million round co-led by Stripe
Shannen Balogh and Carter Johnson
April 8, 2021
Business Insider
Ramp just raised a $115 million Series B at a $1.6 billion valuation, adding Stripe, one of the hottest names in payments, to its cap table.
Clubhouse Payments is here: What is it, how does it work and why?
April 6, 2021
The Indian Express
Clubhouse, the viral audio chat app is introducing payments, where users will be able to pay creators for the shows they host on the platform
Term Sheet — Tuesday March 30, 2021
March 30, 2021
Insurrection fundraiser: Capitol riot extremists, Trump supporters continue to raise money for lawyer bills online
USA TODAY
March 28, 2021
USA TODAY
Extremists in the Jan. 6 Capitol riot have bounced around sites to fundraise for legal bills, creating a game of cat-and-mouse with tech companies.
Jeff Bezos' investment fund is backing a startup hoping to be the AWS for SMB accounting
Mary Ann Azevedo
March 27, 2021
TechCrunch
One of the biggest pain points for startups and small businesses is keeping up with back office tasks such as bookkeeping and managing taxes. QuickBooks, it seems, just doesn't always cut it. Three-time co-founders Waseem Daher, Jeff Arnold, and Jessica McKellar formed Pilot with the mission of affordably providing back office services to startups and [...]
Sivo, a young "Stripe for debt" led by a veteran operator, seems to have investors clamoring
Connie Loizos
March 21, 2021
TechCrunch
Kate Hiscox is having a moment. Her company, Sivo, founded eight months ago, has already raised $5 million from investors at a post-money valuation of $100 million, and she is in active talks with others who would like her to consider accepting Series A funding from them. Partly, the attention owes to the fact that [...]
How two Irish brothers started a £70bn company you've probably never heard of
John Naughton
March 20, 2021
the Guardian
The tale of online payment firm Stripe, founded by John and Patrick Collison, shows the value of spotting a gap in the market
Extra Crunch roundup: AI eats fintech, fundraising visas, no-code transition tips, more
Walter Thompson
March 19, 2021
TechCrunch
Most American retail banks are designed the same way: Customers must pass several desks set aside for loan and mortgage officers before they can talk to a customer representative. I only step inside a bank a few times each year, but even pre-pandemic, I can't remember the last time I saw someone sitting at one [...]
From Tipperary to Silicon Valley: how Stripe became vital cog in digital economy
Alex Hern
March 17, 2021
the Guardian
Patrick and John Collison, the co-founders of Stripe, whose net worth is estimated at $11.5bn each. Photograph: Getty Images
Term Sheet — Wednesday March 17, 2021
March 17, 2021
From Tipperary to Silicon Valley: how Stripe became vital cog in digital economy
Alex Hern
March 17, 2021
the Guardian
Brothers Patrick and John Collison's online payments empire is now valued at $95bn
Could a Stripe today succeed without Silicon Valley? | Sifted
Nicolas Colin
March 17, 2021
Sifted
Stripe, founded by Irish brothers the Collisons, is an American success story with European roots. Is its path replicable?
Stripe's value hits $95b after payment giant's latest fundraising
Reuters
March 16, 2021
DealStreetAsia
At $95 billion, Stripe is now more valuable than any bank in the Eurozone.
Daily Crunch: Stripe valued at $95B
Anthony Ha
March 15, 2021
TechCrunch
Stripe gets a mind-boggling valuation, Facebook promotes COVID vaccines and Elon Musk has an interesting new title. This is your Daily Crunch for March 15, 2021. The big story: Stripe valued at $95B That's right: The popular payments company has raised $600 million in new funding at a $95 billion valuation. It says it will [...]
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Company

Company attributes

Industry
Software
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E-commerce
‌
Finance
Financial services
‌
Payment system
‌
Payment
‌
Platform as a service (PaaS)
Credit card
...
Location
San Francisco
Company status
Active
B2X
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B2C
CEO
Patrick Collison
Founder
Patrick Collison
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John Collison
Crunchbase
crunchbase.com/organiz...n/stripe
Accelerator
Y Combinator
Accelerator Batch
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Y Combinator S09 Batch
Legal classification
Company
Number of employees
2,500
Investors
Y Combinator
Andreessen Horowitz (a16z)
Elon Musk
Peter Thiel
Sequoia Capital
Redpoint Ventures
Chris Dixon
General Catalyst
...
Founded date
2010
Email address
info@stripe.com
Total funding amount (USD)
395,000,000
Latest funding round date
September 19, 2019
Competitors
PayPal
Authorize.Net
Adyen
Klarna
Dwolla
Venmo
Square (company)
2Checkout
...
Business model
Subscription

Other attributes

Blog
stripe.com/blog
Country
United States
Invested in
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Lambda School
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PayMongo
Stellar

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