Investor · 1 deal
San Francisco, OS
Every published round Stripe took part in, and every parcel of existing shares it bought off another holder. Deals we hold but haven't published yet are not counted.
| Company | Stage | Announced | Amount | Role | Alongside | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast | Series B | 2021 | $131m | Participant | Startup Daily, SmartCompany |
Companies Stripe has backed in a published round, and companies whose existing shares it bought off another holder.
| Company | What it does | First invested | Rounds | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fast | 2021, Series B | 1 | 0 |
Fund closes reported for Stripe, as distinct from the investments it has made.
Companies Stripe has backed that another company then bought. An exit for the holding, not a deal Stripe did.
| Name | Role | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| Bob Van Winden | Head of Support (former) | Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024), Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024) |
| Claire Johnson | COO (former) | Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024), Square Peg Capital (4 Oct 2024) |
| David Singleton | CTO (former) | Square Peg Capital (23 Jul 2025), Square Peg Capital (23 Jul 2025) |
| John Collison | Co-founder and President | Capital Brief, Forbes Australia, AFR Technology, Tech Funding News - Australia |
| Karl Durrance | Managing Director for Australia and New Zealand | SmartCompany |
| Patrick Collison | Founder | TechCrunch Venture, Startup Daily, Tech Funding News - Australia |
| Steve Hind | Executive (former) | Startup Daily (7 Aug 2025), Startup Daily (5 Feb 2025), Blackbird Ventures, Square Peg Capital |
| Tom Richardson | Head of Startup Practice | Startup Daily |
Stories naming Stripe. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
Dela, a Sydney payments startup founded by Meg van der Velde, has banked slightly more than A$1m from an unidentified backer to build out its buyer-protection app for peer-to-peer second-hand sales.
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Weekly roundup: Constantinople raises $62.5m; Blackbird wraps fund six above $1b; Guardhouse buys Mobohubb; SCX.ai debuts on the ASX; plus seed rounds, exits and executive changes across the ecosystem.
Capital Brief's roundup: superannuation policy plans, a NSW data centre planning dispute, KPMG resisting a break-up, Stripe and Canva leaders on AI, Stripe's local Treasury push, and Culture Amp's data policy change.
At a Sydney event, Canva's co-founder explained how soaring compute bills forced a delay to its AI relaunch, and how homegrown models cut serving costs; he also recalls early government backing.
Canva co-founder Cliff Obrecht says its AI engineers now work side by side in a shed at the Surry Hills campus, tackling problems behind delayed AI products, speaking alongside Stripe's John Collison.
TechCrunch selects eight Australian startups to pitch at Startup Battlefield Australia during Stripe Tour Sydney on August 19, competing for Stripe fee credits and a Disrupt spot.
Hello Clever has released Clever Connect, which gives software platforms and marketplaces dedicated accounts for instant merchant payments over Australian and Japanese rails, with a US launch planned later this year.
Vista Credit Partners is backing Cover Genius's USD 100 million raise, which puts the insurance platform's value at USD 1.9 billion; Morgan Stanley acted as placement agent.
Ten13's post explains why it led Flyweel's pre-seed round with QIC, Antler and angel investors, backing a platform bringing real-time financial visibility and funding to advertising spend.
Flyweel, a Queensland fintech for financing and managing ad spend, has banked $2.41 million in a pre-seed round Ten13 led, with Antler, QIC and several founder-angels aboard; a US launch comes first.
Startmate brought its 2026 intake to San Francisco for investor meetings and a Demo Day hosted by Stripe; Melbourne alumnus Fluency's Accel-led US$6 million seed round is recalled.
Airwallex co-founder Jack Zhang recounts turning down Stripe's billion-dollar buyout, describes building a licensed global payments network, and argues the Melbourne fintech can now challenge Stripe directly.
TechCrunch profiles Airwallex's new point-of-sale offering letting businesses take payments in person across countries, pitting the Australian firm against Stripe, Square and Adyen, and recalls its rejection of Stripe's 2019 buyout bid.
WorkOS has closed a $100m Series C at a $2bn valuation — its first external backing in over four years — with founder Michael Grinich pointing the company at identity infrastructure for enterprise AI agents.
AirTree closes its $650m Fund V across seed and growth vehicles, backed mostly by international institutional capital, and promotes three early-career investors to Principal.
Crunchbase's 2026 forecast lists fifteen late-stage companies it deems probable or very likely IPO candidates, profiling each with past raises, valuations and secondary sales; Australia's Canva makes the list.
Fintech Airwallex raised a $498 million Series G led by Addition, lifting its valuation to $12 billion; Square Peg and Airtree joined, and Blackbird's $60 million May Series F backing is recalled.
Ten13's monthly newsletter reports its first institutional mandate via Queensland's QVCDF, new seed investments in OneMRI and Source, follow-ons in Arintra and Everlab, and portfolio progress including Go1, Qsic, Pearler and After.com.
Crunchbase News profiles 14 venture-backed companies its predictive models flag as likely IPO candidates, from Stripe to Sierra Space, recapping their funding histories, valuations and financial milestones.
Australian payments fintech Hello Clever hires Kaido Chiwata to lead its new Japan office and regional growth, drawing on his past roles at Stripe, Moneytree, Spenmo and his startup BillPay.
Sydney AI customer-support startup Lorikeet has closed US$35 million in a Series A led by QED Investors, its third round in under a year, lifting total funding beyond $75 million.
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Square Peg led AI procurement startup Source's US$1.4 million pre-seed round, joined by TEN13 and angels including Stripe's former CTO; the platform automates purchasing for small retailers.
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Tyro says chief executive Jon Davey will leave within six months; the piece recalls his arrival via the Medipass acquisition and Stripe playing down takeover speculation.
Christie Jenkins, an elite athlete and Blackbird investor, is the new managing director of Techstars Sydney, which has opened applications for its 13-week accelerator program running September to December.
Crunchbase curates twelve fintech startups it considers likeliest to go public after Klarna's planned offering, covering their funding histories, Stripe's employee share sale, and MoonPay's recent purchase of Iron.
Blackbird's note explains why it led Lorikeet's nine-million-US-dollar round alongside co-investors, describing the startup's workflow-first approach to harder support tickets and its results with Eucalyptus.
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Square Peg led Lorikeet's US$5 million seed round for its AI customer-support automation platform, joined by Skip Capital and US angel investors, supporting the team's US expansion.
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Australian insurtech momentum examined: Honey Insurance's Series A and Cover Genius's raise led Q2 2024 funding, while an Airtree partner argues incumbents have left insurance open to technology-driven challengers.
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Antler partner James McClure argues few Australian VCs back MVP-stage startups through to Series A, and launches a Fast Track Funding pathway for young businesses, citing Xailient, Sapyen and Tactiq as past investments.
OwnHome has secured a $31 million Series A, with Square Peg Capital leading and Commonwealth Bank joining, as returning backers double down on its low-deposit route into home ownership.
Roundup of the week's Australian raises: Sitemate, Kashcade, Psychae Therapeutics, MediCann Health, Refilled and Upworth together banked $21.3 million across software, lending, psychedelic medicine, cannabis and drink dispensing.
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Startupbootcamp Australia unveils the ten startups joining its Sustainable Fintech 2023 Accelerator Program, drawn from eight countries, with support from corporate partners including Amazon, Stripe and the ASX.
Startupbootcamp Australia announces FCX as a partner for its Sustainable Fintech Accelerator Program, giving participant startups free cap table access and discounted fundraising tools alongside other named partners.
Startupbootcamp Australia unveils the ten startups chosen for its 2023 FoodTech Tasmania program, spanning seven countries, and acknowledges its government, corporate and long-term partners.
Square Peg's note announcing it has joined XFlow's US$10 million pre-Series A, describing the startup's cross-border payments platform for India and its founders' earlier years building Stripe there.
UNSW Founders profiles its alumnus HEO Robotics, a Sydney company that inspects satellites from orbit, recounting its founding, accelerator history, and founders' backgrounds.
Presentation startup Chronicle, based in Sydney and San Francisco, announced a $7.5 million seed round led by Accel and Square Peg, with angels from several major tech companies participating.
Airwallex appoints Justin Yek as Head of Strategic Finance and Corporate Development and Jon Stona as Global Head of Marketing, both joining its global leadership team as the payments platform pursues 2023 expansion.
Salesforce is shutting its Australian venture arm amid global layoffs. Local head Mike Ferrari has departed, and the unit's Australian investments will now be run from the company's American headquarters.
Devops startup Buildkite has raised a US$21 million Series B led by OneVentures and AirTree, with General Catalyst and angel Dom Pym participating, to build new developer products and grow teams.
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