Efi PylarinouThe $70 Billion Fintech Stripe: A Decade of Strategic Fintech AcquisitionsStripe’s 2024 acquisitions (three in total) got me thinking about Stripe’s acquisition strategy and how it has evolved since 2013.Aug 1, 2024Aug 1, 2024
Efi PylarinouAnemic adoption of Baas for merchants on online marketplacesThe case of Stripe TreasurySep 1, 20221Sep 1, 20221
Efi PylarinouStripe’s investment activities stand outStripe is the most valuable VC-backed privately held Fintech out of Silicon Valley. At a $95 billion valuation following a March 2021…Nov 2, 2021Nov 2, 2021
Efi PylarinouStripe has been aggressively investing in startups — 22 and growingStripe is in the spotlight as they ranked high based on several criteria in the latest Forrester Wave report (along with the European…Nov 26, 2020Nov 26, 2020
Efi PylarinouBanking as a service without being a Bank — Stripe`s TreasuryI rarely write multiple blogs about one company. Stripe is an exception. Over the past few months, I wrote about their aggressive…Dec 17, 20201Dec 17, 20201
InDataDrivenInvestorbyEfi PylarinouThe Stripe innovation stack and its 6 million Github commitsStripe was born out of a classic American drop-out story. In 2010, the Irish Collison brothers, Patrick and John, dropped out of MIT and…Oct 1, 2020Oct 1, 2020