Founders: Patrick Collison, John Collison Founded: 2009 CEO: Patrick Collison Headquarters: Sunnyvale CA, Employees: 2500 Industry: Financial Software Valuation: $95.00B (As of 14-Mar-2021) Attached is relevant public information regarding Stripe, this is not an investment recommendation. About: Developer of an online payments processing platform intended to integrate electronic payments and enable secure transactions for online businesses. The company's platform offers application program interfaces (APIs) and streamlines coding that focuses on fraud prevention and helps to manage business operations, enabling clients to accept payments from anyone in a sec Allen & Company Investors: Allianz X, AXA, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity Investments, Ireland Strategic Investment Fund, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Ben Jen Holdings, DFJ Growth, General Catalyst, Glynn Capital, GV, Novator Partners, SciFi VC, Sequoia Capital, The Factory, Troy Capital Partners, Vika Ventures, and Tiger Global Management. Funding: September 2018: $245M January 2019: $102M September 2019: $875M April 2020: $175M In The News: Stripe takes aim at European business banking By taking its U.S. card issuing technology to more countries, the fintech is becoming a bigger threat to the acquiring banks that focus on B2B payments. Payments Source | 19-Apr-2021 How Stripe Became Silicon Valley's Hottest Startup The pandemic threatened to clobber Stripe Inc. Instead, it turbocharged the company. Bangkok Post | 14-Apr-2021 Ramp Secures $115 Million in Funding Round Led by Stripe, Ramp’s Valuation at $1.6 Billion Another company that led financing round which valued fintech startup Ramp at $115 million, apart from Stripe, was D1 Capital Partners. Coinspeaker | 09-Apr-2021 A 20-year veteran of Goldman Sachs just joined Stripe to serve as a top risk manager for the $95 billion fintech Payment fintech Stripe has hired Goldman Sachs MD Sujatha Srinivasan to serve as its enterprise risk management lead. Business Insider | 06-Apr-2021.