category:
  id: acquisitions
  label: Acquisitions
  description: Completed acquisitions, talent acquisitions, announced agreements, and credibly reported deal discussions involving Stripe.
  order: 3
events:
  - id: openrouter-acquisition-talks-reported
    date: 2026-07-24
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe reportedly discusses acquiring OpenRouter
    summary: Stripe held talks to acquire AI-model marketplace OpenRouter at a price near $10 billion, according to reporting that cautioned the discussions could still collapse. Neither company had announced an agreement.
    confidence: reported
    status: Reported talks; no agreement announced
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: About $10 billion (reported)
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - OpenRouter
    tags:
      - reported-talks
      - artificial-intelligence
    source_ids:
      - source-990ab773c6c0913272f7
      - source-cf513568945a043b22bf
  - id: paypal-stripe-advent-offer-reported
    date: 2026-07-15
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe and Advent reportedly offer more than $53 billion for PayPal
    summary: Stripe and Advent International submitted a joint $60.50-per-share offer for PayPal worth more than $53 billion, Reuters reported. PayPal had not accepted the proposal, and later reporting said its board considered the bid inadequate.
    confidence: reported
    status: Reported offer; not accepted
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: More than $53 billion (reported)
      value: 53000000000
    details:
      - label: Reported price per share
        value: $60.50
      - label: Proposed ownership
        value: Stripe and Advent would own equal stakes
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Advent International
      - PayPal
    related_events:
      - paypal-preliminary-interest-reported
    tags:
      - reported-offer
      - payments
    source_ids:
      - source-d7cf2394464d8451acf0
      - source-f9148b5ae819e1e22054
  - id: paypal-preliminary-interest-reported
    date: 2026-02-24
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe reportedly explores buying all or part of PayPal
    summary: Before the later reported bid, Stripe was reported to be considering an acquisition of PayPal or selected PayPal assets. The inquiry was preliminary and did not constitute an announced transaction.
    confidence: reported
    status: Preliminary interest reported
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - PayPal
    related_events:
      - paypal-stripe-advent-offer-reported
    tags:
      - reported-talks
      - payments
    source_ids:
      - source-8e3a72ba39c49c012923
  - id: partydao-team-joins-stripe
    date: 2026-02-12
    date_precision: day
    title: PartyDAO team joins Stripe
    summary: Stripe acquired the team behind PartyDAO, the organization that developed Party Protocol. Reporting described an acquihire rather than a purchase of the protocol, which was scheduled for deprecation.
    confidence: reported
    status: Talent acquisition completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - PartyDAO
      - Party Protocol
    tags:
      - talent-acquisition
      - crypto
    source_ids:
      - source-a4ec681ae567502b002c
  - id: metronome-acquisition-completed
    date: 2026-01-14
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe completes Metronome acquisition
    summary: Stripe completed its acquisition of usage-based billing platform Metronome after announcing the agreement in December 2025. Stripe said Metronome would continue operating as a product and brand within Stripe.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: About $1 billion (reported; terms not disclosed by Stripe)
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Metronome
    related_events:
      - metronome-acquisition-agreement
    tags:
      - completed
      - billing
    source_ids:
      - source-df868a6dadc87913946e
      - source-796cdb4df88d6b0d4e78
  - id: valora-team-joins-stripe
    date: 2025-12-10
    date_precision: day
    title: Valora team joins Stripe
    summary: The team behind mobile crypto wallet Valora joined Stripe to work on stablecoin products. Valora described the move as a team acquisition and said the existing wallet would transition to a new steward.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Talent acquisition completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Valora
    tags:
      - talent-acquisition
      - stablecoins
      - crypto
    source_ids:
      - source-697130054848d78fea4f
      - source-d9f90ac2db539a45e974
  - id: metronome-acquisition-agreement
    date: 2025-12-02
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe agrees to acquire Metronome
    summary: Stripe and Metronome announced a definitive acquisition agreement intended to combine Metronome's usage-based billing capabilities with Stripe Billing. The transaction remained subject to customary closing conditions.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; later completed
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: About $1 billion (reported; official terms undisclosed)
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Metronome
    related_events:
      - metronome-acquisition-completed
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - billing
    source_ids:
      - source-9137103ae91044e460d7
      - source-6e7455b09494678f92f8
  - id: orum-team-joins-stripe
    date: 2025-07-18
    date_precision: day
    title: Orum team joins Stripe
    summary: Stripe acquired the team from instant bank-payment infrastructure company Orum. Orum said the team would join Stripe, while industry reporting characterized the transaction as an acquihire rather than a purchase of the full platform.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Talent acquisition completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Orum
    tags:
      - talent-acquisition
      - bank-payments
    source_ids:
      - source-a57c4c8a77e5bed9da3c
  - id: privy-acquisition-completed
    date: 2025-07
    date_precision: month
    title: Stripe completes Privy acquisition
    summary: Stripe completed its acquisition of crypto-wallet infrastructure provider Privy in July 2025. Stripe later said Privy powered more than 110 million programmable wallets.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Privy
    related_events:
      - privy-acquisition-announced
    tags:
      - completed
      - crypto
      - wallets
    source_ids:
      - source-bd6516ac551f19c37d33
  - id: privy-acquisition-announced
    date: 2025-06-11
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe announces agreement to acquire Privy
    summary: Stripe agreed to acquire crypto-wallet infrastructure provider Privy. Privy said it would remain an independent product inside Stripe, and the announcement described the transaction as subject to customary closing conditions.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; completed in July 2025
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Privy
    related_events:
      - privy-acquisition-completed
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - crypto
      - wallets
    source_ids:
      - source-f224d5f90223923cfaf7
  - id: bridge-acquisition-completed
    date: 2025-02-04
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe completes Bridge acquisition
    summary: Stripe completed its acquisition of stablecoin infrastructure company Bridge after receiving regulatory approvals. The transaction was widely reported at $1.1 billion, while Stripe's completion notice did not disclose financial terms.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: $1.1 billion (reported)
      value: 1100000000
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Bridge
    related_events:
      - bridge-acquisition-announced
    tags:
      - completed
      - stablecoins
      - crypto
    source_ids:
      - source-b5f3dd49770d38d3cc50
  - id: bridge-acquisition-announced
    date: 2024-10-21
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe agrees to acquire Bridge
    summary: Stripe confirmed plans to acquire stablecoin infrastructure platform Bridge in a transaction reported at $1.1 billion. The agreement was subject to regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; later completed
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: $1.1 billion (reported)
      value: 1100000000
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Bridge
    related_events:
      - bridge-acquisition-completed
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - stablecoins
      - crypto
    source_ids:
      - source-d11e76117c5e0a03a1f2
      - source-dd3581c945230bf4eb86
  - id: lemon-squeezy-acquisition-completed
    date: 2024-07-26
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Lemon Squeezy
    summary: Stripe completed its acquisition of merchant-of-record platform Lemon Squeezy. Lemon Squeezy said the companies would combine capabilities while continuing to support its software-business customers; terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Lemon Squeezy
    tags:
      - completed
      - merchant-of-record
    source_ids:
      - source-268854c30a2fade4c280
  - id: supaglue-team-joins-stripe
    date: 2024-03-29
    date_precision: day
    title: Supaglue team joins Stripe
    summary: Stripe completed an acquihire of Supaglue's four-person team for an undisclosed sum. The team joined Stripe's Revenue and Finance Automation group to work on its reporting platform, data services, and real-time analytics.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Talent acquisition completed
    people:
      - George Xing
      - Thomas Chen
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Supaglue
    metrics:
      - label: Team members
        value: "4"
        context: At acquisition
    tags:
      - talent-acquisition
      - revenue-automation
      - developer-tools
    source_ids:
      - source-df395fc3ea62abc206fa
      - source-5026cf90e1d1c99b4ed0
  - id: okay-acquisition-completed
    date: 2023-05-31
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Okay
    summary: Stripe acquired Okay, a seven-person startup that built engineering-productivity analytics. Okay's founders confirmed the transaction and said the team would join Stripe; financial terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Okay
    tags:
      - completed
      - developer-tools
    source_ids:
      - source-f9f2213f752388778543
  - id: indie-hackers-spins-out-from-stripe
    date: 2023-04-11
    date_precision: day
    title: Indie Hackers becomes independent again
    summary: Six years after Stripe acquired Indie Hackers, founder Courtland Allen announced that he had bought it back. Stripe remained involved as a seed investor, making the event a reversal of the 2017 acquisition rather than another purchase.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Divested to founder
    people:
      - Courtland Allen
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Indie Hackers
    related_events:
      - indie-hackers-acquisition-completed
    tags:
      - divestiture
      - community
    source_ids:
      - source-dce3e584b843eb876619
  - id: bbpos-acquisition-announced
    date: 2022-01-21
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe announces agreement to acquire BBPOS
    summary: Stripe announced an agreement to acquire card-reader manufacturer BBPOS, bringing more Terminal hardware development in-house. The agreement was subject to customary closing conditions; Stripe's April 2022 business update later said it had acquired BBPOS.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; completed by April 2022
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - BBPOS
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - terminal
      - hardware
    source_ids:
      - source-34734b9c0fe2092013a9
      - source-7aebf381a98587d0d180
  - id: openchannel-acquisition-completed
    date: 2021-12-06
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires OpenChannel
    summary: Stripe acquired OpenChannel, software for building app marketplaces and developer ecosystems. The OpenChannel team joined Stripe to help expand Stripe App Marketplace capabilities; terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - OpenChannel
    tags:
      - completed
      - app-marketplace
    source_ids:
      - source-2d5b5463c7b9bca3aaac
  - id: recko-acquisition-agreement
    date: 2021-10-20
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe agrees to acquire Recko
    summary: Stripe signed an agreement to acquire Bengaluru-based payments-reconciliation platform Recko. The announcement said the transaction was subject to customary closing conditions; Recko's company history confirms Stripe completed the acquisition in 2021.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; completed in 2021
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Recko
    locations:
      - Bengaluru, India
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - reconciliation
    source_ids:
      - source-f3752724710cc37c8ce1
      - source-2d56ebbcddbc67a32ada
  - id: bouncer-acquisition-completed
    date: 2021-05-14
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Bouncer
    summary: Stripe acquired Bouncer, whose card-scanning and verification technology was designed to reduce fraud during online transactions. Bouncer's team joined Stripe, and financial terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Bouncer
    tags:
      - completed
      - fraud-prevention
    source_ids:
      - source-87dbe8f2a19c4579de12
  - id: taxjar-acquisition-agreement
    date: 2021-04-27
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe agrees to acquire TaxJar
    summary: Stripe signed an agreement to acquire sales-tax software company TaxJar and its approximately 200 employees, subject to standard closing conditions. TaxJar's company history confirms Stripe completed the acquisition in 2021; later reporting placed the price between $850 million and $900 million.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; completed in 2021
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: $850 million to $900 million (reported later)
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - TaxJar
    metrics:
      - label: TaxJar employees
        value: About 200
        context: At the agreement announcement
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - tax
    source_ids:
      - source-c87c7df4d40a29c6f83b
      - source-fbc1c21181e56c57a806
      - source-7ce1b3c72bdb24dd6010
  - id: paystack-acquisition-agreement
    date: 2020-10-15
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe agrees to acquire Paystack
    summary: Stripe agreed to acquire Nigerian payments company Paystack, subject to standard closing conditions including regulatory approvals. Paystack served more than 60,000 businesses, and the transaction was reported at more than $200 million before completing later in October 2020.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Agreement announced; completed in October 2020
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: More than $200 million (reported)
      value: 200000000
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Paystack
    locations:
      - Nigeria
      - Africa
    metrics:
      - label: Businesses served
        value: More than 60,000
        context: At announcement
    related_events:
      - paystack-acquisition-completed
    tags:
      - agreement-announced
      - africa
      - payments
    source_ids:
      - source-5a23bc6e25af01d7594d
      - source-e7d509a0e61e558e9117
  - id: paystack-acquisition-completed
    date: 2020-10
    date_precision: month
    title: Stripe completes Paystack acquisition
    summary: Stripe completed its acquisition of Nigerian payments company Paystack in October 2020. Paystack continued operating as a Stripe company focused on accelerating commerce across Africa.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Paystack
    locations:
      - Nigeria
      - Africa
    related_events:
      - paystack-acquisition-agreement
    tags:
      - completed
      - africa
      - payments
    source_ids:
      - source-0270e48f213958f85c53
      - source-4cba29dde5bde54884d6
  - id: touchtech-acquisition-completed
    date: 2019-04-17
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Touchtech Payments
    summary: Stripe acquired Dublin-based Touchtech Payments, a specialist in strong customer authentication, as European merchants prepared for new authentication requirements. The purchase price was not disclosed.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Touchtech Payments
    locations:
      - Dublin, Ireland
    tags:
      - completed
      - authentication
    source_ids:
      - source-a2e28913a8773ba035c0
  - id: airwallex-acquisition-offer-rejected
    date: 2018-10
    date_precision: month
    title: Airwallex rejects reported Stripe acquisition offer
    summary: Stripe offered about $1.2 billion to acquire cross-border payments company Airwallex in October 2018, according to Airwallex cofounder Jack Zhang and later reporting. Zhang initially leaned toward accepting, but he and his cofounders ultimately rejected the offer, and no agreement followed.
    confidence: reported
    status: Reported offer rejected; no agreement
    amount:
      currency: USD
      display: About $1.2 billion (reported)
      value: 1200000000
    people:
      - Jack Zhang
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Airwallex
    tags:
      - reported-offer
      - cross-border-payments
    source_ids:
      - source-017ccc0342e03126244e
      - source-ee8d68525578975d8f67
      - source-004d97f1d873b1f8afcc
  - id: index-systems-acquisition-completed
    date: 2018-03-09
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Index Systems
    summary: Stripe acquired point-of-sale software startup Index Systems as it expanded from online payments into in-person commerce. The companies did not disclose the transaction price.
    confidence: reported
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Index Systems
    tags:
      - completed
      - point-of-sale
    source_ids:
      - source-feac6eb0d463593e4ca2
  - id: payable-acquisition-completed
    date: 2017-07-26
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Payable
    summary: Stripe acquired Payable, which automated contractor onboarding and tax-form workflows for marketplace businesses. Payable's team joined Stripe to improve tax reporting for Stripe Connect; terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Payable
    tags:
      - completed
      - tax
      - connect
    source_ids:
      - source-0056f18e050920188e0c
  - id: indie-hackers-acquisition-completed
    date: 2017-04-11
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Indie Hackers
    summary: Stripe acquired Indie Hackers, Courtland Allen's community and interview site for independent founders. Allen continued running the site at Stripe until buying it back six years later.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Completed; later divested
    people:
      - Courtland Allen
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Indie Hackers
    related_events:
      - indie-hackers-spins-out-from-stripe
    tags:
      - completed
      - community
    source_ids:
      - source-c4f4aea986f46f12cfc1
      - source-600517ef1c307d86cf25
  - id: rethinkdb-team-joins-stripe
    date: 2016-10-05
    date_precision: day
    title: RethinkDB engineering team joins Stripe
    summary: The RethinkDB company shut down and its engineering team joined Stripe. Stripe did not acquire the database's intellectual property or source code, so this was a talent acquisition rather than a purchase of the RethinkDB project.
    confidence: confirmed
    status: Talent acquisition; assets excluded
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - RethinkDB
    tags:
      - talent-acquisition
      - developer-tools
    source_ids:
      - source-8e85a9534567ebb62542
  - id: tonic-runkit-acquisition-completed
    date: 2016-09-13
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe acquires Tonic, later known as RunKit
    summary: Stripe acquired JavaScript prototyping startup Tonic and kept its notebook product operating as an independent subsidiary. The service later adopted the RunKit name; transaction terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: reported
    status: Completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Tonic
      - RunKit
    tags:
      - completed
      - developer-tools
    source_ids:
      - source-c5845822be2fe26f4d98
  - id: kickoff-acquisition-completed
    date: 2013-03-11
    date_precision: day
    title: Stripe makes its first acquisition with Kickoff
    summary: Stripe acquired the team behind Kickoff, a task-management and collaboration app. The founders joined Stripe, the Kickoff product remained available at the time, and financial terms were not disclosed.
    confidence: reported
    status: Talent acquisition completed
    organizations:
      - Stripe
      - Kickoff
    tags:
      - talent-acquisition
      - first-acquisition
    source_ids:
      - source-8335c39a9a30da274705
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