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Stripe

55 major milestones

Irish–American fintech & SaaS company that provides payments infrastructure, APIs, and financial products for online and in-person commerce. Dual‑headquartered in South San Francisco (USA) and Dublin (Ireland).

Latest Valuation
$91,500,000,000
15 Funding Rounds

Company Timeline

Years 0-4

Collison brothers begin work on Stripe prototype

Patrick and John Collison start building a simple payments API (seven lines of code) and run early prototype transactions (first customer 280 North).

Year 0 • 2010

Accepted to Y Combinator / early seed support

Stripe participates in Y Combinator and receives initial accelerator support/seed backing (early 2010).

Year 0 • 2010

Seed funding: $2M from prominent investors

Raised an early seed (~$2M) from Peter Thiel, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Elon Musk and others to grow product and operations.

Year 1 • 2011Valuation: $20,000,000

Public launch of Stripe

Stripe exits private beta and launches publicly in the United States, opening signups to all merchants.

Year 1 • 2011

Series A: $18M at ~$100M valuation

Raised $18M led by (reports vary) Sequoia/General Catalyst and other investors; valuation reported around $100M.

Year 2 • 2012Valuation: $100,000,000

Series B: ~$20M

Raised an additional round (reported ~$20M Series B) to accelerate product/expansion.

Year 2 • 2012Valuation: $500,000,000

International expansion: Canada launch

Stripe expands beyond the U.S. with launch of service in Canada (first international market).

Year 2 • 2012

Product launch: Stripe Connect

Launched Stripe Connect to enable marketplaces and platforms to onboard sellers, split payments, and manage payouts.

Year 2 • 2012

Acquisition: Kickoff (acqui‑hire)

Made first acquisition acquiring Kickoff (team/task‑management app) — largely an acqui‑hire to add design/engineering talent.

Year 3 • 2013

International expansion: UK launch

Stripe becomes available in the United Kingdom — beginning major European roll‑out.

Year 3 • 2013

Series C: $80M at ~$1.75B valuation

Raised $80M led by Founders Fund and others; Stripe entered the unicorn/billion‑dollar club with reported $1.75B valuation.

Year 4 • 2014Valuation: $1,750,000,000

Product announcement: Bitcoin support

Announced support for Bitcoin payments (later discontinued in 2018; crypto reintroductions followed in 2024–2025).

Year 4 • 2014

International expansion: Australia launch

Stripe launched in Australia as part of continued global roll‑out.

Year 4 • 2014

Raised $70M at $3.5B valuation

Raised an additional $70M (2014 extension) with Thrive Capital joining prior investors; valuation reported ~$3.5B.

Year 4 • 2014Valuation: $3,500,000,000

Years 5-9

Product upgrade: Machine‑learning fraud detection

Introduced ML‑driven fraud detection tools (early incarnation of what became Radar).

Year 5 • 2015

Acquisition: TOTEMS (marketing/Instagram firm)

Acquired TOTEMS to strengthen social/mobile commerce capabilities (amount undisclosed).

Year 5 • 2015

Product: Stripe iPhone app

Launched an iPhone app to monitor payment activity and account metrics on the go.

Year 5 • 2015

Strategic partnership & investment from Visa

Announced strategic partnership and investment with Visa to leverage tokenization and global reach.

Year 5 • 2015

Product launch: Stripe Atlas

Launched Atlas to help founders worldwide incorporate U.S. (Delaware) companies, open bank accounts, and get set up with Stripe.

Year 6 • 2016

Acquisition: Tonic (RunKit acqui‑hire)

Acquired Tonic (rebranded RunKit) to bolster developer tooling and prototyping offerings.

Year 6 • 2016

Product launch: Instant Payouts for marketplaces

Launched Instant Payouts to allow faster payouts to contractors/users (minutes to debit cards).

Year 6 • 2016

Product launch: Radar (fraud prevention)

Launched Radar, a machine learning powered fraud prevention suite built on Stripe's transaction data.

Year 6 • 2016

Acquisition: Teapot (identity verification)

Acquired Teapot, an identity verification API company, to strengthen identity and trust features.

Year 6 • 2016

Raised ~$150M at ~$9B valuation

Late‑2016 funding round (~$150M) led by CapitalG and General Catalyst valuing Stripe around $9B.

Year 6 • 2016Valuation: $9,000,000,000

Acquisition: Indie Hackers

Acquired Indie Hackers, a founder community and content site, to deepen ties to developer/entrepreneur ecosystem.

Year 7 • 2017

Product launch: Sigma (analytics)

Launched Sigma — a native SQL analytics product for merchants to query Stripe payment data directly.

Year 7 • 2017

Partnerships: Alipay & WeChat Pay integration

Partnered with Alipay and WeChat Pay to enable merchants to accept Chinese consumer payment methods globally.

Year 7 • 2017

Acquisition: Payable

Acquired Payable to add contractor payout and 1099 tax reporting capabilities for marketplaces and gig platforms.

Year 7 • 2017

Product launch: Elements (checkout UI toolkit)

Introduced Elements — a set of prebuilt UI components to simplify building secure checkout forms.

Year 7 • 2017

Recognition: John Collison named youngest self‑made billionaire

John Collison recognized by media as the youngest self‑made billionaire in the world (coverage October 2017).

Year 7 • 2017

Series E: $245M at ~$20B valuation

Raised a large round (~$245M led by Tiger Global), valuation reported around $20B as Stripe scaled globally.

Year 8 • 2018Valuation: $20,000,000,000

Series F: $100M (~$22.5B valuation reported)

Reported additional financing (~$100M) and valuation increases as growth continued.

Year 9 • 2019Valuation: $22,500,000,000

Series G: $250M at ~$35B valuation

Another major round (~$250M) reported; valuation widely cited near $35B as Stripe expanded products and regions.

Year 9 • 2019Valuation: $35,000,000,000

Years 10-14

Series G extension: $600M (~$36B valuation)

Raised large extension ($600M) amid pandemic to shore up growth and liquidity; valuation reported ~$36B.

Year 10 • 2020Valuation: $36,000,000,000

Acquisition: Paystack (Nigeria) — $200M

Acquired Paystack, a prominent Nigerian payments processor, expanding Stripe's presence in Africa; reported price ~$200M.

Year 10 • 2020

Series H / large financing: $600M at ~$95B valuation

Stripe raised ~$600M from public‑market and institutional investors (including Ireland's NTMA and Baillie Gifford) in a round valuing the company near $95B (reported).

Year 11 • 2021Valuation: $95,000,000,000

Acquisition: TaxJar

Acquired TaxJar (sales tax automation) to strengthen tax features for merchants (amount undisclosed).

Year 11 • 2021

Acquisition: Recko (India) announced

Reported discussions / acquisition of Recko—a payments reconciliation platform—to bolster reconciliation capabilities for merchants.

Year 11 • 2021

Acquisition: BBPOS (hardware/POS maker)

Acquired BBPOS, a manufacturer of mobile POS hardware, to strengthen Terminal/hardware offerings (sum undisclosed).

Year 12 • 2022

Milestone: Processed $1 trillion total payment volume (TPV)

Stripe announced it surpassed $1T in cumulative TPV in 2023 — a major usage milestone.

Year 13 • 2023

Reported Series I: ~$7B raise (reports/secondary) and valuation adjustment

Reports of a massive $7B financing/secondary in 2023 with media citing a ~$50B effective valuation in the cloudy post‑deal market (figures vary by source).

Year 13 • 2023Valuation: $50,000,000,000

Employee secondary sales: April & November 2024 blocks (~$694M / $861M)

Stripe executed large employee liquidity transactions reported April 2024 ( ~$694.2M at ~$65B price) and Nov 2024 (~$861M at ~$70B price) — private secondary sales.

Year 14 • 2024Valuation: $70,000,000,000

Reported processing: $1.4 trillion TPV in 2024

Public figures and research note Stripe processed about $1.4T in payment volume in 2024 (annual TPV).

Year 14 • 2024

Acquisition: Supaglue (Supergrain) — developer integrations (reported)

Acquired Supaglue (formerly Supergrain) to accelerate integrations and developer platform capabilities (amount undisclosed).

Year 14 • 2024

Acquisition: Octane (revenue platform)

Acquired Octane, a next‑generation revenue platform to enhance revenue automation capabilities (amount undisclosed).

Year 14 • 2024

Acquisition: Lemon Squeezy

Acquired Lemon Squeezy (digital products/tax & commerce tooling) to expand direct‑to‑creator and digital goods capabilities (undisclosed).

Year 14 • 2024

Black Friday/Cyber Monday 2024 traffic milestone

Processed ~$31B in payments over BFCM 2024 and a record ~465M transactions over the four‑day period (company reported stats).

Year 14 • 2024

Years 15-19

Award/industry recognition: Forrester/Gartner leader placements

Stripe products (Billing, Radar, Payments) repeatedly recognized as leaders in analyst reports (Forrester, Gartner) for payments & billing solutions.

Year 15 • 2025

Notable partnerships & integrations (ongoing)

Long list of partnerships/integrations expanded over years: Shopify, Amazon, Xero, Twitter, Alipay/WeChat Pay, Visa, Payworks, Klarna, Tencent/Weixin Pay (expanded), Verifone; used to expand reach and product integrations.

Year 15 • 2025

Workforce milestone: ~8,550 employees (approx.)

Publicly reported headcount in the ballpark of ~8.5k employees worldwide (figures vary by source/time).

Year 15 • 2025

Product expansion: Stablecoin financial accounts & crypto focus on USDC

Reintroduced crypto support focused on stablecoins (USDC) and launched Stablecoin Financial Accounts and related tooling after prior experiments with bitcoin.

Year 15 • 2025

Operational milestone: API & reliability scale

Company reports ~200+ billion API requests annually previously and >99.999% success rates; blocks billions in fraud via Radar; ML recoveries (e.g., $6B false‑declines recovered in 2024).

Year 15 • 2025

Strategic pivot/expansion: From payments to full financial infrastructure

Stripe publicly doubles down on adjacent products (Billing, Radar, Atlas, Capital, Treasury, Terminal, Issuing) to become end‑to‑end financial infrastructure for internet businesses.

Year 15 • 2025

Tender/secondary: Tender offer valuing Stripe ~ $91.5B

Stripe and investors agreed on tender/secondary transactions valuing the company around $91–91.5B (reported Feb 2025).

Year 15 • 2025Valuation: $91,500,000,000

Acquisition: Bridge (Stablecoin API) — ~$1.1B

Acquired Bridge, a stablecoin orchestration and movement API, reported price ~$1.1B to accelerate programmable money and stablecoin services.

Year 15 • 2025