Stripe acquisitions history

TechCrunch, citing Bloomberg, reported that Stripe had finalized a deal to acquire OpenRouter for more than $7 billion. Stripe declined to comment, and the report did not establish transaction completion.

amount

More than $7 billion

Reported deal state

Finalized deal

Underlying report

Bloomberg, as cited by TechCrunch

Stripe response

Declined to comment on rumors or speculation

TechCrunch

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.

amount

About $10 billion (reported)

Axios · The Information

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.

amount

More than $53 billion (reported)

Reported price per share

$60.50

Proposed ownership

Stripe and Advent would own equal stakes

TechCrunch · Reuters · Reuters

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.

TechCrunch

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.

Bankless

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.

amount

About $1 billion (reported; terms not disclosed by Stripe)

Stripe · Metronome

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.

Valora · Payments Dive

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.

amount

About $1 billion (reported; official terms undisclosed)

Metronome · Upstarts Media

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.

Orum

Stripe completed its acquisition of crypto-wallet infrastructure provider Privy in July 2025. Stripe later said Privy powered more than 110 million programmable wallets.

Stripe

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.

Privy

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.

amount

$1.1 billion (reported)

Stripe

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.

amount

$1.1 billion (reported)

Reuters · Bloomberg Law

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.

Lemon Squeezy

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.

Team members

4 · At acquisition

George Xing · TechCrunch

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.

TechCrunch

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.

Indie Hackers

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.

Stripe · Stripe

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.

Stripe

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.

Stripe · Recko

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.

Stripe

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.

amount

$850 million to $900 million (reported later)

TaxJar employees

About 200 · At the agreement announcement

Stripe · Axios · TaxJar

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.

amount

More than $200 million (reported)

Businesses served

More than 60,000 · At announcement

Stripe · TechCrunch

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.

Paystack · Paystack

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.

TechCrunch

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.

amount

About $1.2 billion (reported)

20VC · TechCrunch · Forbes

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.

PYMNTS

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.

TechCrunch

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.

Indie Hackers · TechCrunch

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.

RethinkDB

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.

VentureBeat

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.

TechCrunch