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Stripe

stripe.com
88ICP
Financial Technology / PaymentsSan Francisco, CAFounded 2010
88
ICP Score
Strong Fit

High-growth fintech with developer-first culture. Engineering-led decisions mean technical value propositions resonate strongly.

Industry
Financial Technology / Payments
Team Size
8,000+
Est. Revenue
$14B+ (2023 est.)
Website
stripe.com

Key People

PC
Patrick Collison
Co-founder & CEO
JC
John Collison
Co-founder & President
DS
David Singleton
CTO
ST
Steffan Tomlinson
CFO

Discovery Questions

Tailored questions to ask on your call, based on research findings:

  1. 1

    How does your team evaluate new vendor solutions - is there a technical review process with engineering?

  2. 2

    With Stripe's expansion into Treasury and Capital, how has your internal tooling needs evolved?

  3. 3

    What's your approach to vendor security reviews given the sensitive financial data you handle?

  4. 4

    How do you balance building internally vs. buying solutions for non-core infrastructure?

Talking Points

  • 1

    Stripe has a strong engineering-first culture - technical credibility matters more than sales polish

  • 2

    They value documentation and developer experience highly - any solution should be API-first and well-documented

  • 3

    Patrick and John Collison are known for responding to cold emails - directness and clarity valued over formality

  • 4

    They're expanding beyond payments into financial services (Atlas, Treasury, Capital) - understand their full stack

About

Stripe is a technology company that builds economic infrastructure for the internet. Businesses of every size use Stripe's software and APIs to accept payments, send payouts, and manage their businesses online. Stripe powers millions of companies in over 120 countries.

Stripe PaymentsStripe BillingStripe ConnectStripe AtlasStripe Radar (Fraud)Stripe TreasuryStripe CapitalStripe Tax

Target market: Internet businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, that need to accept payments and build financial infrastructure

Tech Stack

Languages

RubyGoScalaJavaScript

Infrastructure

AWSKubernetesDocker

Data

Apache KafkaApache SparkPostgreSQL

Monitoring

DatadogPagerDutySentry

Communication

SlackNotionLinear

Hiring Signals

Open Roles
380
Growth
High

By Department

Engineering
210
Sales
65
Operations
55
Product
30
Legal/Compliance
20

Primary Focus: Expanding Engineering team

Recent News

Stripe launches Stripe Billing with revenue recovery features2024-09-18
Stripe valued at $65B in latest secondary share sales2024-02-15
Stripe expands crypto payment support with USDC settlements2024-06-20

Competitive Landscape

Adyen
PayPal/Braintree
Square
Checkout.com
Worldpay

This research brief is generated for demonstration purposes.Stripe is a trademark of its respective owner. Prepd is not affiliated with Stripe.

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