Stripe was trading at $150 a share in the private market which valued it at ~$135B at some point. I think the investors who got in at $10B would be lucky to see

Stripe was trading at $150 a share in the private market which valued it at ~$135B at some point. I think the investors who got in at $10B would be lucky to see a return. My guess is founder/early employee stock has already exited as much as possible and notional value still on the books will be mostly wiped out Stripe is a super paranoid company that knows it's valuation is tied to it's hype and they spend absurd $ on legal and "business intelligence" because the truth is they are really just a nicely documented API that any regulated entity can provide. If/when they stop subsidizing their growth with investor $, Stripe common stock = 0