Stripe

Stripe is a global fintech company headquartered at 354 Oyster Point Blvd, South San Francisco, CA, with about 8,150 employees and operating in fintech, software and services, and internet and web services industries.

Key competitors such as PayPal (Braintree), Adyen, Block (Square), PayU, Razorpay, Flutterwave, Worldpay, Rapyd, Xendit, Checkout.com, and Dwolla are identified from industry competitor facts.

The company was founded in 2010 by brothers Patrick Collison (CEO) and John Collison, who continue to lead the firm.

Board members listed (Mark Carney, Christa Davies, Michael Moritz, Jonathan Chadwick, Luciana Lixandru, Kevin Kelly, John Collison, Patrick Collison, Diane Greene, Matt Huang) are derived from the incoming IS_BOARD_MEMBER_OF relationships.

CEO and leadership details (Patrick Collison as CEO, John Collison as co‑founder & executive, plus executives Patricia Walsh, Robert Mcintosh, Steffan Tomlinson, Carmel Galvin, Dhivya Suryadevara) come from the IS_EXECUTIVE_OF relationships.

Major shareholders and investors include Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Goldman Sachs, Thrive Capital, Coatue, Silver Lake, and SeedFord Partners, as indicated by multiple facts about shareholders and funding rounds.

Valuation history shows $159 billion in February 2026 tender offer, $115 billion in 2025 secondary market, $106.7 billion in early 2024, $91.5 billion earlier 2024, $65 billion in 2023 employee tender, $50 billion after a $6.5 billion round, and $36 billion in April 2020, supported by valuation and funding facts.

Recent acquisitions include Bridge (stablecoin platform, Oct 2024, $1.1 billion), Lemon Squeezy (July 2024), Privy (June 2025), Orum (July 2025), Metronome (Dec 2025/Jan 2026), Valora (Dec 2025), Okay (May 2023), BBPOS (Jan 2022), TaxJar (Apr 2021), Paystack (Oct 2020), and earlier deals like Kickoff, Runkit, RethinkDB, Indie Hackers, Payable, Index Systems, Touchtech Payments. These are drawn from acquisition listings.

Funding rounds include a $694 million Series I in April 2024, a $6.5 billion round in 2023 at a $50 billion valuation, and the April 2020 round at a $36 billion valuation, as indicated by funding facts.

Latest news items such as processing $1.9 trillion in payment volume, launching an AI billing tool, the x402 integration for stablecoin payments, partnership with AWS, Lloyds Bank partnership, Agentic Commerce Protocol work with OpenAI, FTC warning in March 2026, and potential PayPal acquisition are drawn from recent news facts.