Stripe
Internet payment infrastructure — APIs for online commerce
Fintech
📍 South San Francisco, CA
Founded 2010
Current Valuation
$159B
as of 2026-02
CENTURION
Stripe processes payments for millions of online businesses including Amazon, Google, Shopify, and OpenAI. Hit $159B valuation in February 2026 via employee tender offer. The Collison brothers have resisted IPO for 16 years but 2026 is increasingly seen as the inflection point.
Company Profile
HQ
South San Francisco, CA
Last Round
Tender offer — $4.0B (Feb 2026) · Lead: Stripe (employee liquidity)
Founders & Key People
Patrick CollisonJohn Collison
Investors
Sequoia · a16z · Founders Fund · Thrive Capital · Tiger Global · GV
Products
- Stripe Payments
- Stripe Connect (marketplaces)
- Stripe Atlas (incorporation)
- Stripe Issuing (cards)
- Stripe Tax
- Stripe Radar (fraud)
- Bridge (stablecoin payments)
Competitors
Adyen (ADYEY) · PayPal (PYPL) · Block (SQ) · Checkout.com
FintechPaymentsDecacorn
Private-company numbers are not real-time. Reflects publicly disclosed valuations from press releases, news reports, and tender offers as of 2026-02. Refreshed quarterly.