Primary financing rounds and major employee or investor secondary transactions, with capital raises distinguished from liquidity events.
fundraising and liquidityEmployee liquidity transaction
Stripe arranged a tender offer that let current and former employees sell shares at a $159 billion valuation. Thrive Capital, Coatue, Andreessen Horowitz, and Stripe supplied liquidity; this was not a primary operating-capital raise.
fundraising and liquidityEmployee liquidity transaction
Stripe and investors agreed to buy shares from current and former employees at a $91.5 billion valuation. The tender provided liquidity without taking the company public and did not represent new operating capital.
fundraising and liquidityInvestor secondary transactionreported
Sequoia Capital purchased up to $861 million of Stripe shares from investors in older Sequoia funds at $27.51 per share, implying a roughly $70 billion valuation. It was an investor-led secondary transaction, not money raised by Stripe.
fundraising and liquidityEmployee liquidity transaction
Stripe and investors arranged a tender offer for current and former employees at a $65 billion valuation. The transaction provided shareholder liquidity and did not add primary capital to Stripe's balance sheet.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing dedicated to employee liquidity and taxes
Stripe raised more than $6.5 billion at a $50 billion valuation to fund employee liquidity and tax obligations connected to expiring equity awards. Stripe said it did not need the capital to operate and would retire shares to offset dilution.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completed
Stripe raised $600 million at a $95 billion valuation to invest in European operations, its payments and treasury network, and global expansion. The round included Allianz X, Axa, Baillie Gifford, Fidelity, Sequoia, and Ireland's NTMA.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completed
Stripe added $600 million to its Series G on the same terms and valuation as the September 2019 round. Stripe said it would invest in product development, global expansion, and support for businesses adapting during the COVID-19 pandemic.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completed
Stripe raised $250 million from General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz at a $35 billion pre-money valuation. The company said the funds would support international expansion and new products.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary follow-on financing completed
Stripe raised a $100 million follow-on investment from Tiger Global Management, four months after its prior growth round. The transaction increased Stripe's reported valuation from $20 billion to $22.5 billion.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completedreported
Stripe raised $245 million in a financing led by Tiger Global Management, with participation from DST Global and Sequoia Capital. The round valued the payments company at approximately $20 billion.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completedreported
Stripe raised $150 million in a round led by CapitalG and General Catalyst, with existing investors participating. Contemporary reporting placed the company's post-money valuation at about $9.2 billion.
fundraising and liquidityStrategic primary financing completedreported
Stripe raised a strategic financing reported at less than $100 million alongside a global partnership with Visa. Visa, American Express, Sequoia Capital, and Kleiner Perkins participated at a valuation of about $5 billion.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completedreported
Stripe raised $70 million in additional financing led by Thrive Capital, with Sequoia Capital, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, and Khosla Ventures participating. The round valued Stripe at roughly $3.5 billion.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completedreported
Stripe raised more than $80 million from Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures, Sequoia Capital, and Allen & Company to expand internationally. Contemporary reporting put its valuation at approximately $1.75 billion.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completedreported
Stripe raised $20 million in a Series B led by General Catalyst, with Sequoia Capital, Peter Thiel, Elad Gil, Redpoint Ventures, and others participating. Reports placed its valuation in the hundreds of millions of dollars.
fundraising and liquidityPrimary financing completedreported
Stripe raised $18 million in a round led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from Max Levchin and existing investors. The financing valued the young payments company at approximately $100 million.
fundraising and liquiditySeed financing completedreported
Before its public launch, Stripe had raised about $2 million from investors including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, and SV Angel. The capital supported development of its early payments product.