Stripe (company)

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Stripe, Inc.
TypePrivate
Industry
Founded2009; 13 years ago (2009)
FoundersPatrick and John Collison
Headquarters
San Francisco, California, US and Dublin, Ireland
Services
  • Payments
  • Billing
  • Connect
  • Sigma
  • Atlas
  • Radar (fraud prevention)
  • Issuing
  • Terminal
RevenueIncrease $7.4 billion (2020)[1]
Number of employees
4,000+ (May 2021)
Websitestripe.com
Footnotes / references
[2]

Stripe, Inc. is an Irish-American financial services and software as a service (SaaS) company dual-headquartered in San Francisco, United States and Dublin, Ireland.[2][3] The company primarily offers payment processing software and application programming interfaces (APIs) for e-commerce websites and mobile applications.[4]

History[]

Irish entrepreneur brothers John and Patrick Collison founded Stripe in Palo Alto, CA, in 2009. In 2011, the company received investment of $2 million including from PayPal co-founders Elon Musk and Peter Thiel, Irish entrepreneur Liam Casey,[5] and venture capital firms Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and SV Angel.[6]

In March 2013, Stripe made its first acquisition, Kickoff, a chat and task-management application.[7]

In 2012, the company moved from Palo Alto to San Francisco.[8] In October 2019, the company announced that it would be moving from the South of Market area to Oyster Point in the neighbouring city of South San Francisco in 2021.[8]

In February 2021, former Governor of the Bank of England, Mark Carney, was appointed to the Stripe board.[6]

On October 20, 2021, Stripe acquired accountancy platform Recko; Recko’s solution will be added to Stripe’s existing suite of financial tools.[9]

Services[]

Payment processing[]

Stripe provides APIs that web developers can use to integrate payment processing into their websites and mobile applications.[10]

In April 2018, the company released anti-fraud tools, branded "Radar", that block fraudulent transactions.[11]

In 2018, the company expanded its services to include a billing product for online businesses, allowing businesses to manage subscription recurring revenue and invoicing.[12]

On June 11, 2019, Stripe's point of sale service, called Terminal, was made available to U.S. users. Terminal had previously been invite-only.[13] The service offers physical credit card readers designed to work with Stripe.[14][15]

As of July 2020, Terminal supports two card readers: Verifone P400 and BBPOS Chipper 2X BT.[16]

On September 5, 2019, Stripe launched a merchant cash advance scheme called Stripe Capital. The scheme allows Stripe merchants to request an advance on expected future payments they will process through their Stripe merchant account.[17]

Corporate finance[]

On February 24, 2016, the company launched the Atlas platform to help startups register as U.S. corporations. The platform originally launched as invite-only.[18] In March 2016, Cuba was added to the list of countries covered under the program.[19] Companies registered using Atlas can be Delaware-based C corporations, or, as of April 30, 2018, limited liability companies.[20]

In July 2018, Stripe began a platform for companies to issue Mastercard and Visa credit cards, and in April 2020, expanded the product's availability to include all U.S. users.[21][22]

Other[]

In 2018, Stripe started a publishing company named Stripe Press to promote ideas that support innovative businesses.[non-primary source needed]

In 2019, Stripe began offering loans and credit cards to businesses in the United States. The company stated that loans are approved automatically using machine learning models, with no human intervention.[23]

In October 2020, Stripe announced Stripe Climate, a service for businesses to fund atmospheric carbon research and capture.[24]

Growth[]

In May 2011, Stripe received a $2 million investment from venture capitalists Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital, SV Angel and Andreessen Horowitz.[25] Stripe launched publicly in September 2011 after an extensive private beta.[26]

In May 2020, Stripe expanded its services in 5 new markets in Europe: the Czech Republic, Romania, Bulgaria, Cyprus, and Malta.[27] And started working with the German-based company Piabo.[28]

On October 15, 2020, Stripe acquired Paystack, a Nigerian payment processor, in a deal reportedly worth over $200 million with the aim of expanding its services into Africa.[29]

In December 2020, Stripe announced plans to expand in Southeast Asia (SEA), China, India, and Japan. It increased its staff in the region by 200 employees.[30]

In March 2021, Stripe raised another $600 million, reaching a valuation of $95 billion, aimed towards expanding their European HQ.[31]

In April 2021 Stripe acquired TaxJar, a provider of cloud-based tax services based in Massachusetts. Whilst details of the acquisition were not made public, the deal is thought to have been in the region of $200M.[32]

Funding History
Date Funding Type Number of Investors Money Raised Lead Investor Valuation
Aug 2, 2010 Seed Round 1 — Y Combinator —[33]
Mar 28, 2011 Seed Round 5 $2M Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, SV Angel —
Feb 9, 2012 Series A 1 $18M Sequoia Capital $100M[34]
Jul 9, 2012 Series B 9 $20M General Catalyst —[35]
Jan 22, 2014 Series C 4 $80M Founders Fund $1.75bn
Dec 2, 2014 Series C 7 $70M Thrive Capital $3.5bn
Jul 31, 2015 Series C 7 $100M — —
Nov 25, 2016 Series D 3 $150M CapitalG, General Catalyst $9bn[36]
Sep 27, 2018 Series E 5 $245M Tiger Global Management $20bn[37]
Jan 29, 2019 Series F 1 $100M Tiger Global Management $22.5bn[38]
Sep 19, 2019 Series G 3+ $250M Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst and Andreessen Horowitz $35B
Apr 16, 2020 Series G Extension 3+ $600M Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, GV and Andreessen Horowitz $36B[39]
Mar 14, 2021 Series H 3+ $600M Ireland's National Treasury Management Agency, Insurers Allianz SE and AXA SA, and investment managers Baillie Gifford & Co. and Fidelity Investments. $95B[31]

Investments[]

Stripe is reported to have participated in two funding rounds for Monzo, a "challenger bank" based in the U.K. Stripe's first investment in Monzo was reported on November 6, 2017,[40] with a second investment in Monzo's Series E fundraising round reported on October 10, 2018.[41] Monzo's valuation grew from approximately $350 million[40] to $1.27 billion[41] through these two rounds of fundraising. Stripe participated in a third round of funding for Monzo on June 24, 2019, which raised approximately $144 million in funding for Monzo at a valuation of approximately $2.5 billion.[42][43]

Stripe has invested in companies offering similar services as themselves, but in different geographical regions. In August 2018, Stripe invested in Paystack, a Nigerian payment processor,[44] and, in September 2019, invested in PayMongo, a Philippine payment processor.[45] In February 2021, Stripe invested in Safepay, a Pakistani payment processor.[46]

On June 6, 2019, Stripe led a $22.5 million fundraising round for Step, a financial services startup offering fee-free bank accounts to teenagers.[47]

On March 26, 2020, Stripe led a $20 million Series A fundraising round for Fast, a company creating a universal, one-click checkout service.[48] Subsequently, Stripe led a $102 million Series B fundraising round for Fast on January 26, 2021.[49]

See also[]

References[]

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  2. ^ a b "Stripe: About page". stripe.com.
  3. ^ "Stripe to add 1,000 jobs in Ireland over next five years". Silicon Republic. Retrieved 2021-05-13.
  4. ^ "Inside Stripe, The PayPal Competitor Backed By PayPal Founders Peter Thiel, Elon Musk". Fast Company. February 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  6. ^ a b Cogley, Michael; Field, Matthew (23 February 2021). "How two brothers from rural Ireland built a $115bn payments giant". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
  7. ^ Rao, Leena. "Payments Company Stripe Makes First Acquisition, Buys Team Task Management And Collaboration App Kickoff". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 January 2014.
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  9. ^ Scott Carey; Charlotte Trueman (January 7, 2022). "Noteworthy technology acquisitions 2021". Computer World. Retrieved January 23, 2022.
  10. ^ Carr, Austin (February 1, 2012). "Inside Stripe, The Paypal Competitor Backed By Paypal Founders Peter Thiel, Elon Musk". FastCompany. Retrieved April 2, 2014.
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  12. ^ "Stripe launches a new billing tool to tap demand from online businesses". Techcrunch. Retrieved 2018-04-26.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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  14. ^ "Stripe Makes Terminal Available Across The US". PYMNTS.com. 2019-06-11. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
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  16. ^ "Stripe Terminal Readers". Retrieved 2019-10-18.
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  19. ^ "Stripe's startup toolkit Atlas opens for business in Cuba". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
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  23. ^ "Stripe launches Stripe Capital to make instant loan offers to customers on its platform". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-06-25.
  24. ^ "Stripe Climate is a new tool to let Stripe customers make carbon removal purchases". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-28.
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  28. ^ "portfolio". PIABO. Retrieved 2021-03-03.
  29. ^ "Stripe acquires Nigeria's Paystack for $200M+ to expand into the African continent". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-10-15.
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  39. ^ Lunden, Ingrid. "Stripe raises $600M at $36B valuation in Series G extension, says it has $2B on its balance sheet". TechCrunch. Retrieved 16 April 2020.
  40. ^ a b "Challenger bank Monzo raises another £71M from Goodwater Capital, Stripe and Michael Moritz". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  41. ^ a b "Monzo, the UK challenger bank, raises £85M Series E at a £1B pre-money valuation". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  42. ^ Cook, James (2019-06-25). "Monzo's valuation hits £2bn as the digital bank raises £113m in fresh funding". The Telegraph. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2019-07-16.
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  44. ^ "Paystack, with ambitions to become the Stripe of Africa, raises $8M from Visa, Tencent… and Stripe itself". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  45. ^ "Manila-based payments processing startup PayMongo raises $2.7 million in seed funding". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2019-09-26.
  46. ^ "Pakistani fintech Safepay raises seed funding from Stripe, others". MENAbytes. 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-07-14.
  47. ^ "Step raises $22.5 million to help teens manage their money". VentureBeat. 2019-06-06. Retrieved 2019-06-14.
  48. ^ "Stripe leads $20M Series A into Fast, which is building a universal checkout service for e-commerce". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2020-04-16.
  49. ^ "Fast raises $102M as the online checkout wars continue to attract huge investment". TechCrunch. Retrieved 2021-01-26.

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