Stripe valued at $159B in new employee tender
Stripe has reached a $159 billion valuation following a new employee tender offer, co-founder and president John Collison told Bloomberg. The transaction is primarily funded by outside investors including Thrive Capital, Coatue and Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), with the company also using a portion of its own cash to repurchase shares.
The structure gives employees liquidity while Stripe remains private—an approach the payments company has used previously to balance retention with long-term growth. The new valuation marks a sharp increase from the $106.7 billion level the company achieved last year.
No immediate IPO plans
Despite the step-up in valuation, John Collison said there are no near-term plans for an IPO. The comments come as the company highlights continued scale: in its 2025 annual letter, Stripe said it processed $1.9 trillion in total payment volume in 2025, up 34% from 2024—equivalent to roughly 1.6% of global GDP. The company also said it remained profitable while continuing to invest heavily in new products and acquisitions.
Revenue tools approach $1B run rate
Stripe said its broader Revenue suite—including Billing, Invoicing and Tax—is on track to reach a $1 billion annual run rate this year, signaling momentum beyond core payments. The company also reported that 2025 was its strongest year for new business sign-ups, with 57% of new customers based outside the U.S.
Expanding into stablecoins and AI infrastructure
Stripe is also pushing deeper into crypto and AI-related infrastructure through acquisitions of stablecoin orchestration platform Bridge and crypto wallet provider Privy, and the purchase of usage-based billing provider Metronome. The company said the stablecoin payments market doubled to around $400 billion last year and introduced its blockchain network Tempo, developed with Paradigm, to support higher stablecoin transaction volumes.
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