Stripe
Series A
Global financial infrastructure platform for online payments, billing, fraud prevention, and banking-as-a-service.
Stripe is a financial infrastructure platform that helps businesses accept payments, manage recurring billing, embed financial services, and operate marketplaces. Its product suite spans Payments, Checkout, Connect, Billing, Atlas, Issuing, Terminal, Treasury, Capital, Radar, Tax, Sigma, Identity, and Climate, served through a unified API across more than 135 currencies and payment methods.
Founded in 2010 by brothers Patrick and John Collison and dual-headquartered in South San Francisco and Dublin, Stripe processed over $1.9 trillion in payment volume in 2025 across roughly 5 million businesses, including about half of the Fortune 100. Recent acquisitions of Lemon Squeezy, Bridge, and Metronome have extended the platform into merchant-of-record commerce, stablecoin payments, and usage-based billing infrastructure.
Stripe - M & A Snapshot
Stripe - Products & Services
Global payout platform from Stripe for sending money to recipients in 60+ countries and stablecoins.
Competing Products
Stripe Payments provides online payment processing, billing, fraud prevention, and global payment-method acceptance for businesses.
Competing Products
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Banking-as-a-service platform enabling businesses to store funds, send money, manage expenses, and access stablecoins.
Competing Products
Business financing with flat-fee loans and merchant cash advances repaid as a percentage of daily sales.
Competing Products
Stripe's infrastructure for stablecoin payments, payouts, and fiat-to-crypto onramps.
Startup incorporation service enabling founders to form a Delaware C-Corp or LLC and set up banking for .
Stripe - Quick Facts
Who are Stripe's competitors?
Companies similar to Stripe include NextPay, Chimoney, Xendit and Graph Finance.
When was Stripe founded?
Stripe was founded in 2010.
Where is Stripe's headquarters located?
Stripe's headquarters is located in South San Francisco, CA, US.
When was Stripe's last funding round?
Stripe's most recent funding round was for $10.1M (USD) in April 2023.
How much has Stripe raised to-date?
As of Apr 25, 2023, Stripe has raised a total of $8.7B (USD).
How many employees does Stripe have?
Stripe has 8,500 employees as of Jan 1, 2025.
Stripe - Classification
- Ownership
- Geographic Exposure
- EMEA
- North America
- Model
- Customer
- NAICS
- 520000Finance and Insurance
- 522000Credit Intermediation and Related Activities
- 522300Activities Related to Credit Intermediation
- 522320Financial Transactions Processing, Reserve, and Clearinghouse Activities
- SIC
- 8700Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management, And Related Services
- 8740Management And Public Relations Services
- 8742Management Consulting Services
Show 24 more industry codes
- NAICS
- 513200Software Publishers
- 517111Wired Telecommunications Carriers
- 540000Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 541500Computer Systems Design and Related Services
- 510000Information
- 513000Publishing Industries
- 517000Telecommunications
- 541000Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 517100Wired and Wireless Telecommunications (except Satellite)
- 513210Software Publishers
- 517110Wired and Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)
- 541510Computer Systems Design and Related Services
- 541511Custom Computer Programming Services
- SIC
- 4810Telephone Communications
- 4813Telephone Communications, Except Radiotelephone
- 4800Communications
- 6000Depository Institutions
- 6200Security And Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges, And Services
- 7300Business Services
- 6280Services Allied With The Exchange Of Securities Or Commodities
- 7370Computer Programming, Data Processing, And Other Computer Related
- 6282Investment Advice
- 7371Computer Programming Services
- 7372Prepackaged Software