Stripe, the pride of Ireland, is now the most valuable technology start-up in the US. It was valued at $95 billion in its latest funding round. But because it is still a private company, little is known about its underlying business. That’s because it doesn’t have to disclose financials to the stock market, and in the US, private companies don’t have to disclose anything to their equivalent of the companies registration office (CRO). So the filing of accounts for Stripe’s international businesses at Ireland’s CRO is an important event. It’s the best view we have of this giant business. This…

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Much bigger, much more Irish: What Stripe’s new filings tell us about the $95bn payments giant

Stripe's Dublin office has just filed annual accounts revealing the central role Ireland has come to play in its expanding business outside the US. Just before the pandemic provided a huge boost to its business, it also posted its first ever Irish profit.

5th May, 2021 - 6 min read

S. Keyes and T. Hubert

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