Digital payments firm Stripe valuation soars to $95bln after latest fundraising
Digital payments firm Stripe valuation soars to $95bln after latest fundraising Business March 16, 2021 San Francisco: Digital payments giant Stripe has become the most valuable private company Silicon Valley has produced, after investors struck a deal valuing the online payments processor at $95bn. Participants in Stripe’s latest financing, which raised $600m of new equity, include Ireland’s National Treasury Management Agency, Allianz, Fidelity, Baillie Gifford, AXA and Sequoia Capital. Founded in 2010 by Irish brothers Patrick and John Collison — now aged 32 and 30 — Stripe’s v...