Stripe has announced a tender offer for employees and shareholders, bringing the payments giant’s valuation to $91.5 billion, nearly matching its 2021 peak of $95 billion. As part of the move, Stripe and its investors will repurchase shares, providing liquidity to both current and former employees.
The valuation marks a strong rebound from the $50 billion Stripe was valued at during its last funding round in March 2023. The announcement coincides with Stripe’s annual letter, which revealed that the company processed $1.4 trillion in payments in 2024—a 38% year-over-year increase, accounting for approximately 1.3% of global GDP.
Cofounders Patrick and John Collison attribute this resurgence to long-term AI investments, which have driven higher revenue from existing customers, encouraged new businesses to adopt Stripe, and helped startups scale rapidly.
Additionally, the Collisons highlighted stablecoins as an emerging force in payments. In 2023, Stripe acquired stablecoin orchestration platform Bridge and is now working with major organizations to develop stablecoin strategies.
“Improvements to the basic usability of money make economies more prosperous,” they wrote. “Stablecoins are a new branch of the money tree. Such transitions occur with some regularity over the centuries, and the effects tend to be large.”