Stripe in Talks for Staff Share Sales at $85 Billion-Plus Value Payments platform was valued at $70 billion last year Investors would buy out existing employee shareholders Stripe Inc. is in discussions to arrange sales of stock by employees at an $85 billion valuation, people familiar with the matter said, a deal that could help the Silicon Valley payments startup regain some of the capitalization it lost during a post-Covid slump. That transaction could add $15 billion to the valuation of one of Silicon Valley’s largest private firms, which was worth $70 billion in a similar tender offer last year. It would still remain a ways off its peak value of $95 billion, when Stripe last raised money during the 2021 technology boom.
